Combined Honours
Contemporary Studies Program students are required to take the program’s three core course doublets:
- CTMP 2001.03 & CTMP 2002.03 (or CTMP 2000.06)
- CTMP 3001.03 & CTMP 3002.03 (or CTMP 3000.06)
- CTMP 4001.03 & CTMP 4002.03 (or CTMP 4000.06)
plus at least twelve credit hours CSP electives.
The requirements for the second honours subject are dependent on that department, and vary from program to program. Students may fulfil the honours requirement in either of the two honours subjects. Usually, 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. Students must enrol in the non-credit CTMP 0456.00 & CTMP 0457.00, the Honours.
Explore courses
Core Courses
Modern Social and Political Thought I: Politics of Recognition
CTMP2001.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
Modern Social and Political Thought II: Challenging Recognition
CTMP2002.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
Science and Culture I: The Discourses of Modernity
CTMP3001.03 / HSTC3031.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
Science and Culture II: Resetting the Modern
CTMP3002.03 / HSTC3032.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
The Deconstruction of the Tradition I: Language and Dispossession
CTMP4001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1535-1725
W 1535-1625
The Deconstruction of the Tradition II: Precarities
CTMP4002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1535-1725
W 1535-1625
Electives
The Lecture Series: Representation of Colonialization and De-Colonialization
CTMP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / EMSP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / HSTC2011.03/3011.03/4011.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
T 1605-1755
T 1905-2055 (biweekly)
The Politics of Hope: From Romanticism to Anarchism and Beyond
CTMP2100.03
Fall
Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
Apocalypse: The Revolutionary Transformation of Politics and Culture
CTMP2101.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
T 1735-2025
The Idea of Race in Philosophy, Literature, and Art
CTMP2115.03
Winter
Classroom AA1
MW 1005-1125
Humanism and Anti-Humanism: The Dramatic Story of What Makes Us Modern
CTMP2121.03
Winter
Frazee Room
W 1725-2025
Mass and Digital Media Culture
CTMP2201.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
MW 1005-1125
Bio-Politics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought
CTMP2203.03 / HSTC2206.03
Winter
Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
Pain
CTMP2301.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1735-1925
W 1735-1825
The Vampire: Modernity and the Undead
EMSP2313.03 / CTMP2313.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
M 1735-2025
Human Experiments
HSTC3101.03 / CTMP3204.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1435-1555
The 'Pictorial Turn' in Recent Thought, Art and Theory
CTMP2316.03
Fall
Archibald Room
TR 1305-1425
The Experience of Others in Philosophy, History and Literature
CTMP2322.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
T 1605-1755
R 1605-1655
East Meets West in Popular Culture
CTMP2336.03 / CHIN2052.03
Winter
Classroom AA1
TR 1605-1725
Asia and the West: Centuries of Dialogue
EMSP2390.03 / CTMP2102.03 / HSTC2811.03 / CHIN2082.03
Fall
Classroom AA1
MW 1005-1125
Ideas of the Sea and Seafaring: Intercultural Perspectives
EMSP2490.03 / CTMP2207.03 / HSTC2220.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
MW 1605-1725
The Rise of Nietzscheanism
CTMP3104.03
Fall
Frazee Room
M 1735-2025
The Nietzschean Legacy
CTMP3105.03
Winter
Frazee Room
M 1735-2025
The Thought of Michel Foucault
CTMP3130.03
Fall
Classroom 1
TR 1005-1125
The Question of the Animal
CTMP3155.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1605-1725
Science and Religion: Contemporary Perspectives
HSTC3201.03 / CTMP3201.03 / RELS3201.03 / HIST3076.03
Winter
Seminar 7
TR 1605-1725
Intersecting Bodies, Selves and Environments
CTMP3210.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
MW 1605-1725
Feminism and Science
CTMP3215.03 / HSTC3411.03 / GWST3215.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1005-1125
Spinozisms: From Early Modernity to the Contemporary World
EMSP3216.03 / CTMP3316.03
Fall
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Representations of the Holocaust: Bearing Witness
CTMP3321.03
Fall
Archibald Room
TR 1605-1725
Art and Atrocity: Contemporary Contexts, Gendered Perspectives
CTMP3330.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
TR 1305-1425
Theories of Punishment
EMSP3430.03 / CTMP3170.03
Fall
Online / Asynchronous
Walter Benjamin's Materials
CTMP4124.03
Fall
Classroom AA1
TR 1605-1725
Philosophies of Technology I: From Techne to Technology
CTMP4200.03 / HSTC4200.03
Fall
Frazee Room
T 1435-1625
R 1435-1525
Studies in Contemporary Science and Technology: New Materialisms: Life, Politics, and Science
CTMP3411.03 AND HSTC3615.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
T 1305-1355
R 1305-1455
Studies in Contemporary Aesthetics and Critical Theories - "Little Girls"
CTMP4415.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1305-1425
Giants of 20th Century Jewish Thought
CTMP4340.03
Winter
Frazee Room
T 1435-1625
R 1435-1525
Honours Thesis & Colloquium
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:
- One of the core course doublets:
- CTMP 2001.03 & CTMP 2002.03 (or CTMP 2000.06)
* Both CTMP 2001.03 & CTMP 2002.03 must normally be taken in the same academic year to meet this requirement. - CTMP 3001.03 & CTMP 3002.03 (or CTMP 3000.06)
*Both CTMP 3001.03 & CTMP 3002.03 must normally be taken in the same academic year to meet this requirement. - CTMP 4001.03 & CTMP 4002.03 (or CTMP 4000.06)
*Both CTMP 4001.03 & CTMP 4002.03 must normally be taken in the same academic year to meet this requirement.
- CTMP 2001.03 & CTMP 2002.03 (or CTMP 2000.06)
- 6 credit hours at the 3000 or 4000 level. CTMP 3001.03 & CTMP 3002.03 (or CTMP 3000.06) OR CTMP 4001.03 & CTMP 4002.03 (or CTMP 4000.06) will also fulfill this requirement).
- 6 credit hours at any level.
Explore courses
Core Courses
Modern Social and Political Thought I: Politics of Recognition
CTMP2001.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
Modern Social and Political Thought II: Challenging Recognition
CTMP2002.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
Science and Culture I: The Discourses of Modernity
CTMP3001.03 / HSTC3031.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
Science and Culture II: Resetting the Modern
CTMP3002.03 / HSTC3032.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
The Deconstruction of the Tradition I: Language and Dispossession
CTMP4001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1535-1725
W 1535-1625
The Deconstruction of the Tradition II: Precarities
CTMP4002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1535-1725
W 1535-1625
6 credit hours at the 3000 or 4000 level
Science and Culture I: The Discourses of Modernity
CTMP3001.03 / HSTC3031.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
Science and Culture II: Resetting the Modern
CTMP3002.03 / HSTC3032.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
The Lecture Series: Representation of Colonialization and De-Colonialization
CTMP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / EMSP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / HSTC2011.03/3011.03/4011.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
T 1605-1755
T 1905-2055 (biweekly)
The Rise of Nietzscheanism
CTMP3104.03
Fall
Frazee Room
M 1735-2025
The Nietzschean Legacy
CTMP3105.03
Winter
Frazee Room
M 1735-2025
The Thought of Michel Foucault
CTMP3130.03
Fall
Classroom 1
TR 1005-1125
The Question of the Animal
CTMP3155.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1605-1725
Science and Religion: Contemporary Perspectives
HSTC3201.03 / CTMP3201.03 / RELS3201.03 / HIST3076.03
Winter
Seminar 7
TR 1605-1725
Intersecting Bodies, Selves and Environments
CTMP3210.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
MW 1605-1725
Feminism and Science
CTMP3215.03 / HSTC3411.03 / GWST3215.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1005-1125
Spinozisms: From Early Modernity to the Contemporary World
EMSP3216.03 / CTMP3316.03
Fall
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Representations of the Holocaust: Bearing Witness
CTMP3321.03
Fall
Archibald Room
TR 1605-1725
Art and Atrocity: Contemporary Contexts, Gendered Perspectives
CTMP3330.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
TR 1305-1425
Theories of Punishment
EMSP3430.03 / CTMP3170.03
Fall
Online / Asynchronous
Walter Benjamin's Materials
CTMP4124.03
Fall
Classroom AA1
TR 1605-1725
Philosophies of Technology I: From Techne to Technology
CTMP4200.03 / HSTC4200.03
Fall
Frazee Room
T 1435-1625
R 1435-1525
Studies in Contemporary Science and Technology: New Materialisms: Life, Politics, and Science
CTMP3411.03 AND HSTC3615.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
T 1305-1355
R 1305-1455
Studies in Contemporary Aesthetics and Critical Theories - "Little Girls"
CTMP4415.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1305-1425
Giants of 20th Century Jewish Thought
CTMP4340.03
Winter
Frazee Room
T 1435-1625
R 1435-1525
6 credit hours at any level
Modern Social and Political Thought I: Politics of Recognition
CTMP2001.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
Modern Social and Political Thought II: Challenging Recognition
CTMP2002.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
The Lecture Series: Representation of Colonialization and De-Colonialization
CTMP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / EMSP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / HSTC2011.03/3011.03/4011.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
T 1605-1755
T 1905-2055 (biweekly)
The Politics of Hope: From Romanticism to Anarchism and Beyond
CTMP2100.03
Fall
Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
Apocalypse: The Revolutionary Transformation of Politics and Culture
CTMP2101.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
T 1735-2025
The Idea of Race in Philosophy, Literature, and Art
CTMP2115.03
Winter
Classroom AA1
MW 1005-1125
Humanism and Anti-Humanism: The Dramatic Story of What Makes Us Modern
CTMP2121.03
Winter
Frazee Room
W 1725-2025
Mass and Digital Media Culture
CTMP2201.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
MW 1005-1125
Bio-Politics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought
CTMP2203.03 / HSTC2206.03
Winter
Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
Pain
CTMP2301.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1735-1925
W 1735-1825
The Vampire: Modernity and the Undead
EMSP2313.03 / CTMP2313.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
M 1735-2025
The 'Pictorial Turn' in Recent Thought, Art and Theory
CTMP2316.03
Fall
Archibald Room
TR 1305-1425
The Experience of Others in Philosophy, History and Literature
CTMP2322.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
T 1605-1755
R 1605-1655
East Meets West in Popular Culture
CTMP2336.03 / CHIN2052.03
Winter
Classroom AA1
TR 1605-1725
Asia and the West: Centuries of Dialogue
EMSP2390.03 / CTMP2102.03 / HSTC2811.03 / CHIN2082.03
Fall
Classroom AA1
MW 1005-1125
Ideas of the Sea and Seafaring: Intercultural Perspectives
EMSP2490.03 / CTMP2207.03 / HSTC2220.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
MW 1605-1725
Science and Culture I: The Discourses of Modernity
CTMP3001.03 / HSTC3031.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
Science and Culture II: Resetting the Modern
CTMP3002.03 / HSTC3032.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
The Rise of Nietzscheanism
CTMP3104.03
Fall
Frazee Room
M 1735-2025
The Nietzschean Legacy
CTMP3105.03
Winter
Frazee Room
M 1735-2025
The Thought of Michel Foucault
CTMP3130.03
Fall
Classroom 1
TR 1005-1125
The Question of the Animal
CTMP3155.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1605-1725
Intersecting Bodies, Selves and Environments
CTMP3210.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
MW 1605-1725
Feminism and Science
CTMP3215.03 / HSTC3411.03 / GWST3215.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1005-1125
Spinozisms: From Early Modernity to the Contemporary World
EMSP3216.03 / CTMP3316.03
Fall
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Representations of the Holocaust: Bearing Witness
CTMP3321.03
Fall
Archibald Room
TR 1605-1725
Art and Atrocity: Contemporary Contexts, Gendered Perspectives
CTMP3330.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
TR 1305-1425
Theories of Punishment
EMSP3430.03 / CTMP3170.03
Fall
Online / Asynchronous
The Deconstruction of the Tradition I: Language and Dispossession
CTMP4001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1535-1725
W 1535-1625
The Deconstruction of the Tradition II: Precarities
CTMP4002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1535-1725
W 1535-1625
Walter Benjamin's Materials
CTMP4124.03
Fall
Classroom AA1
TR 1605-1725
Philosophies of Technology I: From Techne to Technology
CTMP4200.03 / HSTC4200.03
Fall
Frazee Room
T 1435-1625
R 1435-1525
Studies in Contemporary Science and Technology: New Materialisms: Life, Politics, and Science
CTMP3411.03 AND HSTC3615.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
T 1305-1355
R 1305-1455
Studies in Contemporary Aesthetics and Critical Theories - "Little Girls"
CTMP4415.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1305-1425
Giants of 20th Century Jewish Thought
CTMP4340.03
Winter
Frazee Room
T 1435-1625
R 1435-1525
DALHOUSIE SELECTIVES
Students enrolled in the Combined Honours or Minor program in CSP can opt to take a maximum of one 3-credit hour “selective” course at Dalhousie University to count towards the CSP part of their degree. The Registrar’s Office at King’s should be notified if students wish to pursue this option.
Approved selectives (for 2021-22 only) are:
- CHIN 3050/FILM 3350 Topics in Asian Cinema
- CHIN 3062 Modern Chinese Literature in Revolutionary Times
- ENGL 2070 African American Literature
- ENGL 3086 Post-Colonial Literatures
- HIST 3380 Slavery and Freedom in the Americas
- INDG 3400 Contemporary Indigenous Art
- INDG 3401 Indigenous Representation in Film
- POLI 2450 Democracy, Difference and Citizenship: A Survey of Political Philosophy
- POLI 2520 World Politics
- POLI 3385 Politics of the Environment
- SOSA 3215 Migration and Identity
- SOSA 3225 Culture, Rights and Power