Combined Honours
Contemporary Studies Programme students must take 21 credit hours across two honours subjects. They are required to take the programme’s three core courses:
plus at least four half-credit CSP electives.
The requirements for the second honours subject are dependent on that department, and vary from programme to programme. Students may fulfil the honours requirement (which gives them the 21st credit necessary to graduate with honours) in either of the two honours subjects. Usually, but not necessarily, this subject will be the one in which the student has taken more classes. The honours requirement in CSP is satisfied by writing an honours thesis, which is defended at an oral examination.
Explore courses
Core Courses
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Modern Social and Political Thought
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CTMP2000.06
Fall
Winter
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New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
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Science and Culture
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CTMP3000.06 / HSTC3030.06
Fall
Winter
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New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1135-1225
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The Deconstruction of the Tradition
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CTMP4000.06
Fall
Winter
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New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 905-1025
W 905-1025
Electives
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Automatons! From Ovid to AI (and cyborgs along the way)
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CTMP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03; EMSP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03; HSTC2011.03/3011.03/4011.03
Winter
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New Academic Building - Alumni Hall
W 1835-2025
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The Politics of Hope: From Romanticism to Anarchism and Beyond
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CTMP2100.03
Winter
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New Academic Building - Frazee Room
M 0935-1125
W 0935-1025
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Apocalypse: The Revolutionary Transformation of Politics and Culture
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CTMP2101.03
Fall
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New Academic Building - Scotiabank Room
R 1835-2125
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Asia and the West: Centuries of Dialogue
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EMSP2390.03 / CTMP2102.03 / HSTC2811.03 / CHIN2082.03
Fall
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New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1605-1725
W 1605-1725
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Bio-Politics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought
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HSTC2206.03 / CTMP2203.03
Winter
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New Academic Building - Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
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The Vampire: Modernity and the Undead
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EMSP2313.03 / CTMP2313.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1835-2125
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The ‘Pictorial Turn’ in Recent Thought, Art and Theory
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CTMP2316.03
Winter
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New Academic Building - Scotiabank Room
T 1435-1555
R 1435-1555
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Reflections on Death
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CTMP2330.03
Fall
-
New Academic - KTS Lecture Hall
R 1135-1325
F 935-1025
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The Artist and Society - David Bowie
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CTMP2335.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
W 1425-1555
F 1425-1555
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Feminisms: the Three Waves
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CTMP2350.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1005-1125
R 1005-1125
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The Rise of Nietzscheanism
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CTMP3104.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
W 1435-1625
F 1435-1525
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The Nietzschean Legacy
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CTMP3105.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
W 1435-1625
F 1435-1525
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Heidegger: Science, Poetry, Thought
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CTMP3116.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1735-2025
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The Thought of Michel Foucault
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CTMP3130.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 1605-1725
W 1605-1725
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The Question of the Animal
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CTMP3155.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
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Science and Religion: Contemporary Perspectives
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HSTC3201.03 / CTMP3201.03 / RELS3201.03 / HIST3076.03
Winter
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Arts & Administration - Seminar 7
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
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Representations of the Holocaust: Remembrance
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CTMP3322.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Haliburton Room
M 1635-1825
W 1635-1725
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The Theory of the Gift
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CTMP3345.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1305-1425
R 1305-1425
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Rewriting Gender
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CTMP3350.03 / GWST3350.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration - Haliburton Room
T 1735-2025
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Studies in Contemporary Science and Technology Topic: Human Experiments
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CTMP3411.03 / HSTC3615.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
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The Deconstruction of the Tradition
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CTMP4000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 905-1025
W 905-1025
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Walter Benjamin's Materials
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CTMP4124.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1305-1425
R 1305-1425
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Hannah Arendt: Terror, Politics, Thought
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CTMP4125.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1735-2025
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Ethics after the Holocaust
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CTMP4330.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Seminar Room
R 935-1125
F 935-1025
Honours Thesis & Colloquium
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Contemporary Studies Honours Thesis
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CTMP0455X/Y
Fall
Winter
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Arts & Administration - Senior Common Room
Minor
You can take a minor in CSP to complement your degree. Understand the contemporary world by choosing from a wide range of courses in the areas of social and political thought, science and culture, and aesthetics, literature and literary theory, and film.
Complete a minimum of 18 credit hours to a maximum of 27 credit hours including:
- Completion of one of the “core” courses:
- Completion of one full credit at the 3000 or 4000 level (CTMP 3000.06 or CTMP 4000.06 will also fulfill this requirement).
- Completion of one full credit (or two half credits) at the 2000 level or above.
Explore courses
Core Courses
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Modern Social and Political Thought
-
CTMP2000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
-
Science and Culture
-
CTMP3000.06 / HSTC3030.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1135-1225
-
The Deconstruction of the Tradition
-
CTMP4000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 905-1025
W 905-1025
Completion of one full credit at the 3000 or 4000 level.
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Science and Culture
-
CTMP3000.06 / HSTC3030.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1135-1225
-
The Rise of Nietzscheanism
-
CTMP3104.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
W 1435-1625
F 1435-1525
-
The Nietzschean Legacy
-
CTMP3105.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
W 1435-1625
F 1435-1525
-
Heidegger: Science, Poetry, Thought
-
CTMP3116.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1735-2025
-
The Question of the Animal
-
CTMP3155.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
-
Science and Religion: Contemporary Perspectives
-
HSTC3201.03 / CTMP3201.03 / RELS3201.03 / HIST3076.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration - Seminar 7
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
-
Representations of the Holocaust: Remembrance
-
CTMP3322.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Haliburton Room
M 1635-1825
W 1635-1725
-
The Theory of the Gift
-
CTMP3345.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1305-1425
R 1305-1425
-
Rewriting Gender
-
CTMP3350.03 / GWST3350.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration - Haliburton Room
T 1735-2025
-
Studies in Contemporary Science and Technology Topic: Human Experiments
-
CTMP3411.03 / HSTC3615.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
-
The Deconstruction of the Tradition
-
CTMP4000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 905-1025
W 905-1025
-
Walter Benjamin's Materials
-
CTMP4124.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1305-1425
R 1305-1425
-
Hannah Arendt: Terror, Politics, Thought
-
CTMP4125.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1735-2025
-
Ethics after the Holocaust
-
CTMP4330.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Seminar Room
R 935-1125
F 935-1025
Completion of one full credit (or two half credits) at the 2000 level or above.
-
Modern Social and Political Thought
-
CTMP2000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
-
Automatons! From Ovid to AI (and cyborgs along the way)
-
CTMP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03; EMSP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03; HSTC2011.03/3011.03/4011.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Alumni Hall
W 1835-2025
-
The Politics of Hope: From Romanticism to Anarchism and Beyond
-
CTMP2100.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
M 0935-1125
W 0935-1025
-
Apocalypse: The Revolutionary Transformation of Politics and Culture
-
CTMP2101.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotiabank Room
R 1835-2125
-
Asia and the West: Centuries of Dialogue
-
EMSP2390.03 / CTMP2102.03 / HSTC2811.03 / CHIN2082.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1605-1725
W 1605-1725
-
Bio-Politics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought
-
HSTC2206.03 / CTMP2203.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
-
The Vampire: Modernity and the Undead
-
EMSP2313.03 / CTMP2313.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1835-2125
-
The ‘Pictorial Turn’ in Recent Thought, Art and Theory
-
CTMP2316.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotiabank Room
T 1435-1555
R 1435-1555
-
Reflections on Death
-
CTMP2330.03
Fall
-
New Academic - KTS Lecture Hall
R 1135-1325
F 935-1025
-
The Artist and Society - David Bowie
-
CTMP2335.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
W 1425-1555
F 1425-1555
-
Feminisms: the Three Waves
-
CTMP2350.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1005-1125
R 1005-1125
-
Science and Culture
-
CTMP3000.06 / HSTC3030.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1135-1225
-
The Rise of Nietzscheanism
-
CTMP3104.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
W 1435-1625
F 1435-1525
-
The Nietzschean Legacy
-
CTMP3105.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
W 1435-1625
F 1435-1525
-
Heidegger: Science, Poetry, Thought
-
CTMP3116.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1735-2025
-
The Question of the Animal
-
CTMP3155.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
-
Science and Religion: Contemporary Perspectives
-
HSTC3201.03 / CTMP3201.03 / RELS3201.03 / HIST3076.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration - Seminar 7
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
-
Representations of the Holocaust: Remembrance
-
CTMP3322.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Haliburton Room
M 1635-1825
W 1635-1725
-
The Theory of the Gift
-
CTMP3345.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1305-1425
R 1305-1425
-
Rewriting Gender
-
CTMP3350.03 / GWST3350.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration - Haliburton Room
T 1735-2025
-
Studies in Contemporary Science and Technology Topic: Human Experiments
-
CTMP3411.03 / HSTC3615.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
-
The Deconstruction of the Tradition
-
CTMP4000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 905-1025
W 905-1025
-
Walter Benjamin's Materials
-
CTMP4124.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1305-1425
R 1305-1425
-
Hannah Arendt: Terror, Politics, Thought
-
CTMP4125.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1735-2025
-
Ethics after the Holocaust
-
CTMP4330.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Seminar Room
R 935-1125
F 935-1025
