• Why should I apply?
    Image of TRC Bentwood Box

    The Bentwood Box travelled to each of the eight national gatherings of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (Image courtesy of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation).

    The Christianity, Truth and Reconciliation Seminar introduces you to university-level studies on a small scale with students who share your interests in, or desire to learn more about, reconciliation, resurgence, restitution, or relationships that promote truth-telling, better understanding of our shared history, and the pursuit of healing and social justice. In this course you’ll learn to critically engage with important issues and locate yourself within them by learning about the far-reaching influences of settler colonialism and by listening and learning from the voices, experiences, and wisdom of Indigenous educators, writers, survivors, and storytellers.

    Beyond your academic activities in the seminar, you will have an opportunity to participate in co-curricular training in Indigenous cultural awareness. On experiential learning field trips, you will also have opportunity to participate in community events and forms of relational learning that celebrate the beauty, gifts, and resiliency of Indigenous peoples.

  • What is the course?
    Image of the Shingwauk Residential School

    Shingwauk Residential School (image courtesy of the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre).

    SMC185, the Christianity, Truth and Reconciliation Seminar is a half-course worth 0.5 credits. It will be offered in Fall 2022. The course consists of seminar discussions, guest speakers, and opportunities for experiential learning and listening. In this course, students will trace the relationships of encounter both historically through the life stories of prominent Indigenous leaders and thematically by examining specific and relevant topics. Throughout the course, students will also study Canadian churches’ complicity in the Indian Residential School System, with special reference to the Shingwauk School in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario (Anglican) and the Jesuit residential schools in nearby Spanish, Ontario (Catholic). Students will develop familiarity with the complex dynamics of engagement, critique, and creative adaptation of Christianity by diverse Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island. Students will also develop academic skills in careful reading, listening, reflective engagement, archival research and effective oral and written expression.

  • What will I be reading?
    Black and white image of the Niagara Wampum, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Covenant_Chain_Wampum.jpg

    The Treaty of Niagara Wampum Belt (1794) marks the relationship that is foundational to the formation of Canada; a relationship between the British crown and over 24 sovereign Indigenous Nations (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

    The guiding texts for this course include selections from several volumes of the Final Report of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015), along with supporting primary and secondary sources. The majority of assigned readings are drawn from Indigenous scholars and visionary leaders, from the seventeenth century to the present day.

    The first half of the course traces histories of the engagement between Indigenous peoples and Christian churches through the life stories of prominent Indigenous leaders, considered against the backdrop of settler colonialism, the emergence of Canada and its systematic programme of cultural genocide. In this unit you will be reading texts such as the diaries and journals of Louis Riel and Kahkewaquonaby (Rev. Peter Jones), as well as Darren Bonaparte’s Mohawk reflection on the legacy of Káteri Tekahkwí:tha.

    The second half of the course explores selected themes, such as education, the interpretation of Jesus Christ, and traditions of treaty, sacred law and relationship to the land. Students will be guided by contemporary Indigenous thinkers, such as educational theorist Marie Battiste, legal scholar John Borrows, political scientist Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, theologian and bishop Rev. Steven Charleston and the late poet and public intellectual Si’yam Lee Maracle.

  • What about the trips?

    Shirley Horn is a residential school survivor, leader of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association and the first chancellor of Algoma University (image courtesy of the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre).

    During the November Reading Week, students will participate in an extended research trip at the Shingwauk Residential School Centre at Algoma University in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. The Shingwauk Centre is home to the archives of three residential schools: the Anglican-operated Shingwauk Residential School and two Catholic schools in nearby Spanish, Ontario—namely, the Jesuit-operated St. Peter Claver Residential School, and the St. Joseph’s School for Girls operated by the Daughters of the Heart of Mary. Students will receive archival training from the Shingwauk staff, meet with a panel of residential school survivors and have opportunities to engage in activities that celebrate the culture of Indigenous communities.

    Other experiential modules may include day-visits to the Canadian Martyrs Shrine in Midland, Ontario and the Woodland Cultural Centre in Six Nations (former Mohawk Institute Residential School). A final itinerary for all trips will be made available prior to the beginning of the term.

     

Program Requirements and Courses

The term “mediaeval” is the name given to a period in the history between “antiquity” and “modernity,” or roughly the fifth through the fifteenth centuries. Its parameters are broad and boundaries are not clearly defined. The Mediaeval Studies program adopts an interdisciplinary approach to exploring this world through the study of subjects such as the Latin language, art, literature, law, gender roles, and religion. As well as examining the mediaeval foundations of modern culture, students also explore “mediaevalisms” that appear in our own culture through such media as film, literature, drama, and art, and introduce new approaches including digital humanities.

The Mediaeval Studies program is open to undergraduate students registered in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto. Our courses are open to students registered at the University of Toronto.

Mediaeval Studies Program Overview

See Mediaeval Studies Program Overview

For more information

For any questions about our program or courses please contact smc.programs@utoronto.ca. Note that courses listed below are not offered every year. For current course details please see the Faculty of Arts and Science Timetable Builder.


Mediaeval Studies Specialist

An interdisciplinary treatment of the history, art, literature and thought of the Middle Ages.

Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

Completion Requirements:

(12.0 credits, including at least 4.0 credits at the 300+ level, 1.0 of which must be at the 400-level)

1. 0.5 credit from the introductory courses: MST210H1/​ MST212H1/​ SMC165H1/​ SMC176Y1.

2. 2.0 credits from the foundational courses which provide further introduction into more specific aspects of Mediaeval Studies: CHC200H1/​ CHC307H1/​ CHC327H1/​ CHC367H1/​ MST222H1/​ MST230H1/​ MST231H1/​ MST232H1/​ MST233H1/​ MST234H1/​ MST242H1/​ MST323H1/​ MST328H1/​ MST358H1/​ MST359H1/​ MST361H1/​ SMC176Y1.

3. 2.0 credits from the following Latin courses: LAT101H1/​ LAT102H1/​ LAT201H1/​ LAT202H1/​ MST222H1/​ MST323H1/​ MST328H1/​ MST436H1/​ SMC176Y1.

4. 6.0 credits from the following elective courses, with at least 2.0 credits from courses with an SMC/CHC/CLT/MST designator. Students can choose courses from all four groups.

History:
MST201H1/​ MST202H1/​ MST211H1/​ MST230H1/​ MST231H1/​ MST232H1/​ MST233H1/​ MST234H1/​ MST300H1/​ MST301H1/​ MST340H1/​ MST401H1/​ MST442H1/​ CHC215H1/​ CHC322H1/​ CLA378H1/​ CLT337H1/​ CLT338H1/​ CLT344Y1/​ HIS208Y1/​ HIS220Y1/​ HIS251Y1/​ HIS320H1/​ HIS321H1/​ HIS322H1/​ HIS323H1/​ HIS336H1/​ HIS403H1/​ HIS424H1/​ HIS426H1/​ HIS427H1/​ HIS428H1/​ HIS432H1/​ HIS434Y1/​ HIS438H1/​ HPS201H1/​ HPS430H1/​ NMC270H1/​ NMC273Y1/​ NMC275H1/​ NMC342H1/​ NMC376H1/​ NMC377Y1/​ SLA253H1/​ SMC165H1

Thought:
MST200Y1/​ MST210H1/​ MST212H1/​ MST213H1/​ MST242H1/​ MST324H1/​ MST341H1/​ MST359H1/​ MST361H1/​ CHC307H1/​ CHC327H1/​ CHC368H1/​ CHC383H1/​ CLA336H1/​ CLT350H1/​ MAT390H1/​ PHL200Y1/​ PHL205H1/​ PHL206H1/​ PHL303H1/​ PHL304H1/​ PHL307H1/​ PHL308H1/​ PHL309H1/​ PHL336H1/​ RLG241H1/​ SMC188H1/​ SMC189H1

Literature:
MST222H1/​ MST226H1/​ MST323H1/​ MST328H1/​ MST436H1/​ CLT250H1/​ CLT343H1/​ CLT373H1/​ CLT440H1/​ CLT441H1/​ CLT445H1/​ ENG240Y1/​ ENG300Y1/​ ENG311H1/​ ENG330H1/​ ENG385H1/​ FRE318H1/​ FRE471H1/​ ITA311H1/​ ITA312H1/​ ITA320H1/​ LAT101H1/​ LAT102H1/​ LAT201H1/​ LAT202H1/​ NMC255H1/​ NMC350H1/​ SLA330H1/​ SLA400H1/​ SMC176Y1/​ SMC441Y1/​ SPA450H1

The Arts:
MST326H1/​ MST358H1/​ CHC200H1/​ CHC367H1/​ CLT344Y1/​ FAH215H1/​ FAH216H1/​ FAH318H1/​ FAH319H1/​ FAH327H1/​ FAH328H1/​ FAH420H1/​ FAH421H1/​ FAH424H1/​ FAH492H1

And from the intensive research courses with changing topics in the fourth year: MST406H1/​ MST407Y1/​ MST435H1/​ SMC457H1

5. 0.5 credit from CHC232H1/​ CHC370H1/​ CHC371H1/​ CHC383H1/​ MST242H1/​ MST341H1/​ MST442H1/​ SMC385H1 or 0.5 credit of 200+ level course from Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes.

6. MST490Y1

Notes:

  • Effective Fall 2021, courses associated with St. Michael’s College’s Mediaeval Studies, Christianity and Culture, and Celtic Studies programs will have the new “MST,” “CHC,” and “CLT” designators respectively.
  • MST201H1MST202H1MST300H1 are offered through the Centre for Medieval Studies.

Mediaeval Studies Major

An interdisciplinary treatment of the history, art, literature and thought of the Middle Ages.

Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

Completion Requirements:

(7.0 credits, including at least 2.0 credits at the 300+ level, 0.5 of which must be at the 400-level)

1. 0.5 credit from the introductory courses: MST210H1/​ MST212H1/​ SMC165H1/​ SMC176Y1.

2. 1.0 credit from the foundational courses which provide further introduction into more specific aspects of Mediaeval Studies: CHC200H1/​ CHC307H1/​ CHC327H1/​ CHC367H1/​ MST222H1/​ MST230H1/​ MST231H1/​ MST232H1/​ MST233H1/​ MST234H1/​ MST242H1/​ MST323H1/​ MST328H1/​ MST358H1/​ MST359H1/​ MST361H1/​ SMC176Y1.

3. 4.5 credits from the following elective courses, with at least 1.5 credits from courses with an SMC/CHC/CLT/MST designator. Students can choose courses from all four groups.

History:
MST201H1/​ MST202H1/​ MST211H1/​ MST230H1/​ MST231H1/​ MST232H1/​ MST233H1/​ MST234H1/​ MST300H1/​ MST301H1/​ MST340H1/​ MST401H1/​ MST442H1/​ CHC215H1/​ CHC322H1/​ CLA378H1/​ CLT337H1/​ CLT338H1/​ CLT344Y1/​ HIS208Y1/​ HIS220Y1/​ HIS251Y1/​ HIS320H1/​ HIS321H1/​ HIS322H1/​ HIS323H1/​ HIS336H1/​ HIS403H1/​ HIS424H1/​ HIS426H1/​ HIS427H1/​ HIS428H1/​ HIS432H1/​ HIS434Y1/​ HIS438H1/​ HPS201H1/​ HPS430H1/​ NMC270H1/​ NMC273Y1/​ NMC275H1/​ NMC342H1/​ NMC376H1/​ NMC377Y1/​ SLA253H1/​ SMC165H1

Thought:
MST200Y1/​ MST210H1/​ MST212H1/​ MST213H1/​ MST242H1/​ MST324H1/​ MST341H1/​ MST359H1/​ MST361H1/​ CHC307H1/​ CHC327H1/​ CHC368H1/​ CHC383H1/​ CLA336H1/​ CLT350H1/​ MAT390H1/​ PHL200Y1/​ PHL205H1/​ PHL206H1/​ PHL303H1/​ PHL304H1/​ PHL307H1/​ PHL308H1/​ PHL309H1/​ PHL336H1/​ RLG241H1/​ SMC188H1/​ SMC189H1

Literature:
MST222H1/​ MST226H1/​ MST323H1/​ MST328H1/​ MST436H1/​ CLT250H1/​ CLT343H1/​ CLT373H1/​ CLT440H1/​ CLT441H1/​ CLT445H1/​ ENG240Y1/​ ENG300Y1/​ ENG311H1/​ ENG330H1/​ ENG385H1/​ FRE318H1/​ FRE471H1/​ ITA311H1/​ ITA312H1/​ ITA320H1/​ LAT101H1/​ LAT102H1/​ LAT201H1/​ LAT202H1/​ NMC255H1/​ NMC350H1/​ SLA330H1/​ SLA400H1/​ SMC176Y1/​ SMC441Y1/​ SPA450H1

The Arts:
MST326H1/​ MST358H1/​ CHC200H1/​ CHC367H1/​ CLT344Y1/​ FAH215H1/​ FAH216H1/​ FAH318H1/​ FAH319H1/​ FAH327H1/​ FAH328H1/​ FAH420H1/​ FAH421H1/​ FAH424H1/​ FAH492H1

And from the intensive research courses with changing topics in the fourth year: MST406H1MST407Y1MST435H1SMC457H1.

4. 0.5 credit from CHC232H1/​ CHC370H1/​ CHC371H1/​ CHC383H1/​ MST242H1/​ MST341H1/​ MST442H1/​ SMC385H1 or 0.5 credit of 200+ level course from Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes.

5. 0.5 credit from the following: MST406H1/​ MST407Y1/​ MST435H1/​ MST436H1/​ SMC457H1/​ MST490Y1.


Notes:

  • Effective Fall 2021, courses associated with St. Michael’s College’s Mediaeval Studies, Christianity and Culture, and Celtic Studies programs will have the new “MST,” “CHC,” and “CLT” designators respectively.
  • MST201H1MST202H1MST300H1 are offered through the Centre for Medieval Studies.

Mediaeval Studies Minor

An interdisciplinary treatment of the history, art, literature and thought of the Middle Ages.

Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

Completion Requirements:

(4.0 credits including at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level)

1. 0.5 credit from the introductory courses: MST210H1/​ MST212H1/​ SMC165H1/​ SMC176Y1
2. 1.0 credit from the foundational courses: CHC200H1/​ CHC307H1/​ CHC327H1/​ CHC367H1/​ MST222H1/​ MST230H1/​ MST231H1/​ MST232H1/​ MST233H1/​ MST234H1/​ MST242H1/​ MST323H1/​ MST328H1/​ MST358H1/​ MST359H1/​ MST361H1/​ SMC176Y1
3. 2.5 credits from the foundational courses listed in requirement 2 above or from the elective courses listed in requirement 4 of the Specialist Program.


Notes:

  • Effective Fall 2021, courses associated with St. Michael’s College’s Mediaeval Studies, Christianity and Culture, and Celtic Studies programs will have the new “MST,” “CHC,” and “CLT” designators respectively.
  • MST201H1MST202H1MST300H1 are offered through the Centre for Medieval Studies.

For the most up-to-date course listings please see the Faculty of Arts and Science Timetable.

As of the 2021/2022 academic year all Mediaeval Studies courses will have new course codes. Both the old SMC program courses and new MST courses will count toward your Mediaeval Studies program requirements. If you notice a course not being counted in Degree Explorer please contact us at smc.programs@utoronto.ca.

The course re-coding is taking place across all St. Michael’s College courses. As of Fall 2021, Mediaeval Studies courses will be coded as MST courses, Celtic courses will be CLT courses, and Christianity and Culture courses will be CHC courses.


Mediaeval Studies All Course Offerings

200 Level

MST210H1 – The Early Mediaeval Tradition

Previous Course Number: SMC210H1
Hours: 24L/12T

An introduction to the thought and culture of early mediaeval Europe. Students are introduced to important monuments of early mediaeval History, Thought, Literature, and Art. They follow some of the common threads that run through these disciplines and explore chief expressions of early mediaeval life and thought.

Exclusion: SMC210H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

MST211H1 – The Middle Ages and the Movies

Previous Course Number: SMC211H1
Hours: 24L/12T

This course examines the ways mediaeval themes have been presented in the cinema over the last century by taking exemplary films from different countries and epochs. The purpose is to explore each on three levels: the mediaeval reality, the subsequent legendary or literary elaboration, and the twentieth-century film rendition, regarded equally as work of art, ideology and economic product.

Exclusion: SMC211H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST212H1 – The Later Mediaeval Tradition

Previous Course Number: SMC212H1
Hours: 24L/12T

An introduction to the thought and culture of later mediaeval Europe. Students are introduced to important monuments of later mediaeval History, Thought, Literature, and Art. They follow some of the common threads that run through these disciplines and explore chief expressions of later mediaeval life and thought.

Exclusion: SMC212H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

MST213H1 – Dante and the Christian Imagination

Previous Course Number: SMC213H1
Hours: 24L

A study of selections from various works by Dante as an expression of the medieval imagination, viewed against the background of medieval Christian doctrine and psychology and in relation to various contemporary approaches to the study of medieval Christian culture.

Exclusion: SMC213H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

MST222H1 – Mediaeval Latin Literature

Previous Course Number: SMC222H1
Hours: 48S

This course studies a selection of Mediaeval Latin prose and poetry. Emphasis is on the linguistic differences between Mediaeval Latin and its classical antecedent, especially in regard to vocabulary, grammar and orthography. A review of Latin grammar is part of the course.

Prerequisite: SMC176Y1/LAT102H1
Exclusion: SMC222H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST226H1 – King Arthur

Previous Course Number: SMC226H1
Hours: 24L

A survey of the Arthurian legends from the earliest Latin histories through selected Welsh, French and German Romances to the English-language classic, Morte d’Arthur of Malory. Emphasis will be on reading the primary sources (in translation).

Prerequisite: 5.0 credits
Exclusion: SMC226H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST230H1 – The Middle Ages in Modern Life: Games, Television, and the Popular Imagination

Hours: 24L

Modern culture retains a fascination with the middle ages. In many cases, the Mediaeval world or more often ideas about the Mediaeval world, feature in modern entertainment, politics, or literature. This course explores the ways the middle ages have been interpreted and reinterpreted in various aspects of modern culture such as role playing games, videogames, television, literature, and iconography.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST231H1 – On the Move in Mediaeval Eurasia

Hours: 24L

In this age of constant global travel, it is easy both to forget how much more complicated travel was in earlier periods, and to assume that there was very little of it. In the Mediaeval world, people travelled for work as traders, craftsmen and warriors; they travelled for their spirit as pilgrims; they travelled as migrants and refugees. This course will introduce students to the variety of people on the move in Mediaeval Eurasia, their motives, and the means they used to travel.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST232H1 – How to Be a Barbarian: Beard, Battles and Belief at the Dawn of the Middle Ages

Hours: 24L

Barbarians have caught the modern popular imagination, and they appear to be much the same: hairy warriors who destroyed civilization. The late antique period (c.300–c.600) was a time of transition and the meetings of several cultures. This course examines the so-called barbarians who entered and soon came to rule the former Roman provinces of western Europe in this period. Our particular focus is the cultural, religious, artistic, and socio-economic aspects of barbarian peoples, and how these intersected with the civilization of Rome.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

MST233H1 – Viking Cultures

Hours: 24L

Everyone thinks they know who the Vikings were. Like many aspects of the middle ages popular in modern life, there is much that is inaccurate about this picture of the Vikings. This course explores how Vikings lived—what sorts of things they did for a living, how they amused and entertained themselves, and what they thought—and moves on to consider their rituals of death and their notions of the afterlife. It will be based both on reading a variety of texts produced by and about the Vikings, as well as looking at various objects they produced that have survived.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST234H1 – Women’s Lives in Mediaeval Europe

Hours: 24L

Using an interdisciplinary lens, this course explores the experiences of Mediaeval women. Some attention will be given to subjects such as the idea of the Mediaeval feminine, holiness and femininity, and appropriate feminine behaviour. At the same time, we will look at the social and cultural roles of women in society for instance the gendered ideals of marriage, guild structures, and child rearing.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

MST242H1 – Mediaeval Mythologies and Methodologies

Hours: 24L

The idea of the ‘middle ages’ is pervasive in Western thought, but only some of what is ‘traditional’ actually happened. This course introduces various interpretations, constrictions, and re-creations. Our analysis will draw on literary texts and their various interdisciplinary interpretations and applications.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)


300 Level

MST301H1 – Special Topics in Mediaeval Studies

Hours: 24L

A senior-level special topics seminar in Mediaeval Studies as determined by the instructor.Prerequisite: Completion of 9.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: MST210H1MST212H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

MST323H1 – Mediaeval Latin Prose

Previous Course Number: SMC323H1
Hours: 48S

Comprising an immersion in Mediaeval Latin prose texts, this course gives students a deepened acquaintance with the linguistic features of Mediaeval Latin, as well as with its literature, and generic and stylistic conventions. A solid foundation in basic Latin morphology, syntax and vocabulary is assumed.

Prerequisite: LAT202H1/MST222H1
Exclusion: SMC323H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST324H1 – The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages

Previous Course Number: SMC324H1
Hours: 24L/12T

This course explores mediaeval biblical commentary and the various approaches taken by the exegetes to uncover the secrets of the sacred page, for instance through the four senses of Scripture: history, allegory, tropology, and anagogy.

Exclusion: SMC324H1
Recommended Preparation: MST210H1/MST212H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

MST326H1 – Mediaeval Music: thought and practice

Previous Course Number: SMC326H1
Hours: 24L

An introduction to musical theory and practice in the middle ages: sacred and secular music, monophony and polyphony, performers and patrons, notation and orality. No prior background in music or ability to read music is required.

Prerequisite: CHC203Y1/SMC206H1/MST210H1/MST212H1/MUS111H1
Exclusion: SMC326H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST328H1 – Mediaeval Latin Poetry

Previous Course Number: SMC328H1
Hours: 48L

This course studies selections from the rich variety of Mediaeval Latin poetry, rhymed as well as rhythmic, and provides a survey of prosody and metrics. A solid foundation in basic Latin morphology, syntax and vocabulary is assumed.

Prerequisite: MST222H1/LAT202H1
Exclusion: SMC328H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST340H1 – Mediaeval Genders and Sexualities

Hours: 24L

This course explores ideas of gender and sexuality in the mediaeval world. In particular it examines the links between the two throughout history, the social religious, and literary ideas of marriage and reproduction. Through close readings of primary sources including literature, canon law, penitentials, sermons, and medical treatises, students will explore the boundaries between the worlds of biology and culture.

Prerequisite: Completion of 9.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: MST210H1MST212H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

MST341H1 – Middle Ages by the Numbers

Hours: 24L

Numbers and their uses often appear to be absolute fact: a thousand dollars is exactly that, not more or less; and if you weigh fifty kilos, that’s what you weigh. But the use and meaning of numbers—for recording and counting dates, money, weights, distances, and myriad other functions—is not, in fact, devoid of cultural, historical, and political context. Mediaeval Europe provided a bewildering range of calendric systems, currencies, systems of measurement, and numerical symbolism was much used in art, music, religious thought, and literature. This course provides an introduction to the various uses of numbers in this period across different regions and cultural contexts.

Prerequisite: Completion of 9.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: MST210H1MST212H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

MST358H1 – The Mediaeval Book

Previous Course Number: SMC358H1
Hours: 24S

This course examines the most salient aspects of mediaeval manuscript culture. We will study, first, how the parchment for books was folded, pricked, ruled and bound, and second, what scripts were employed in the different codices. We will also examine the various types of books made in the Middle Ages and the challenges they pose to modern scholars.

Exclusion: SMC358H1
Recommended Preparation: LAT102H1MST210H1/MST212H1 or a course in mediaeval history.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST359H1 – Mediaeval Theology

Previous Course Number: SMC359H1
Hours: 24L

An introduction to the discipline of theology as taught in the mediaeval schools. Building on a basic knowledge of Christian scriptures and of philosophical argument, this course will offer an organic exposition of mediaeval theology, together with an introduction into the scientific method of theological investigation as practised in the Middle ages.

Exclusion: SMC359H1
Recommended Preparation: MST210H1/MST212H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

MST361H1 – Mediaeval Law

Previous Course Number: SMC361H1
Hours: 24S

Mediaeval jurisprudence combines the high technical quality of Roman law with the requirements of Christianity. The seminar provides an overview of the development of mediaeval learned jurisprudence; select texts from Roman and canon law, with their glosses, are read in order to explore more specifically the methods and concerns of mediaeval jurists.

Exclusion: SMC361H1
Recommended Preparation: HIS220Y1/MST210H1/MST212H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)


400 Level

MST401H1 – Advanced Topics in Mediaeval Studies

Hours: 24L

In this course, students will have an opportunity to take a graduate seminar at the Centre for Medieval Studies, one of the world’s premier research institutions in the field. Depending on the nature of the seminar, the instructor, the SMC program coordinator, and the student will determine a method of assessment appropriate for an undergraduate student while still pushing the student’s boundaries to be able to participate in weekly discussions in a graduate seminar along with MA and PhD students. Course forms are available from the SMC Principal’s Office.

Prerequisite: MST210H1MST212H1, 9.0 credits
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

MST406H1 – Mediaeval Seminar II

Previous Course Number: SMC406H1
Hours: 12T/24S

A fourth-year seminar on a topic to be determined annually. Refer to the St. Michael’s College website for more information.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in MST courses
Recommended Preparation: MST210H1/MST212H1 or other mediaeval courses
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

MST407Y1 – Mediaeval Seminar I

Previous Course Number: SMC407Y1
Hours: 24T/48S

A fourth-year seminar on a topic to be determined annually. Refer to the St. Michael’s College website for more information.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in MST courses
Recommended Preparation: MST210H1/MST212H1 or other mediaeval courses
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

MST435H1 – Independent Studies in Mediaeval Studies

Previous Course Number: SMC435H1

An independent research project to be proposed by the student and supervised by a member of faculty affiliated with the Mediaeval Studies Program. Application forms are available from the SMC Principal’s Office. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Completion of 10.0 credits and written approval of the Program Coordinator and Program Director
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

MST436H1 – Advanced Latin Seminar

Previous Course Number: SMC436H1
Hours: 24S

This seminar is devoted to the in-depth study of one or a number of related Mediaeval Latin text(s) in their linguistic, historical, and intellectual context. Readings in the original Latin will be discussed and commented upon by students.

Prerequisite: MST323H1/MST328H1
Recommended Preparation: MST210H1/MST212H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

MST442H1 – Mediaeval Skills and Methodologies

Hours: 24L

This course focuses on the skills and tools necessary for graduate research in mediaeval studies. It introduces palaeography, codicology, and diplomatics, as well as other lexical and conceptual tools needed for dealing with mediaeval primary sources.

Prerequisite: MST210H1MST212H1, 9.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: MST242H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

MST490Y1 – Senior Essay in Mediaeval Studies

Previous Course Number: SMC490Y1
Hours: 24S

A scholarly project chosen by the student in consultation with a faculty member and approved by the Program Coordinator. Arrangements for the choice of topic and supervisor must be completed by the student before registration. The project will be accompanied by a research seminar component. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Completion of 10.0 credits and written approval of the Program Coordinator and Program Director
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1), Society and its Institutions (3)

St. Michael’s has long been celebrated for Mediaeval Studies, with an impressive history of renowned professors, rich resources, and an exciting interdisciplinary approach to studies. Students studying the art, culture, history and thought of the years between the fifth and fifteenth centuries graduate backed by the best of the Humanities and well prepared for a range of careers or further studies, including work at St. Michael’s own Faculty of Theology or the University of Toronto’s Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS).

Undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto, regardless of college affiliation, are invited to join our SpecialistMajor, or Minor in Mediaeval Studies.

Mediaeval Studies Program Requirements and Courses

See the Mediaeval Studies Program Requirements and Courses

Introducing Mediaeval Studies Program Courses for 2023-2024

Proposed course offerings and information for the 2023/2024 academic year are detailed in the PDF below. For the most up-to-date course listings please see the Faculty of Arts and Science Timetable.

As of the 2021/2022 academic year all Mediaeval Studies courses have new course codes. Both the old SMC program courses and new CLT courses will count toward your Mediaeval Studies program requirements. If you notice a course not being counted in Degree Explorer please contact us at smc.programs@utoronto.ca.

The course re-coding is taking place across all St. Michael’s College courses. As of Fall 2021, Mediaeval Studies courses are coded as MST courses, Celtic courses are CLT courses, and Christianity and Culture courses are CHC courses.

Featured Courses/Seminars

The Little Garden of Paradise, ca. 1410 – 1420, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
The Little Garden of Paradise, ca. 1410 – 1420, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

200 Level

MST226H1 King Arthur

Brent Miles

MST233H1 Viking Cultures

MST234H1F Women’s Lives in Mediaeval Europe
Alison More
(St. Michael’s)

MST242H1S Mediaeval Mythologies and Methodologies
Alison More
(St. Michael’s)

See all 200 Level Courses on St. Mike’s website

God the Geometer, circa 1220-1230
God the Geometer,
circa 1220-1230

300 Level

MST324H1 The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages
Jim Ginther
(St. Michael’s)

MST326H1 Mediaeval Music: Thought and Practice
Michael O’Connor
(St. Michael’s College)

See all 300 Level Courses on St. Mike’s website

Hildegard von Bingen and her nuns, 13th century
Hildegard von Bingen and her nuns,
13th century

400 Level

MST406H1S Mediaeval Seminar II: Apocalypse: The End of the World in Mediaeval Thought
Alison More

See all 400 Level Courses on St. Mike’s website

Why Take Mediaeval Studies

The discipline known as Mediaeval Studies examines the mediaeval foundations of modern culture through history, thought, literature, and art. The program is an ideal example of the humanistic values of liberal education that reflect Catholic education at its best.

Students with a degree in Mediaeval Studies graduate with strong critical thinking skills and an awareness of cultural heritage, preparing them for a broad range of career paths, including professional studies in education, law, theology, museology, journalism, communication, politics, or graduate study in related fields including history, literature, archaeology, folklore, and library science.

By crossing traditional disciplinary boundaries and an intense study of a variety of cultural materials from the Middle Ages, students can improve their cultural literacy, cultivate their sense of internationalization, learn to use an unbounded array of theories and methodologies, and communicate with skill – qualities with important implications for civic engagement and good leadership.

Recent Mediaeval Studies News and Insights

Special to the Mediaeval Studies Program

A Leader in Teaching and Research in Mediaeval Disciplines

St. Michael’s well-deserved reputation for teaching and research in mediaeval disciplines is bolstered by the university’s John M. Kelly Library, which has rich resources in the field, including the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS) collection. PIMS, located on the St. Michael’s campus, is Canada’s oldest research institute in the Humanities and is widely regarded as the birthplace of mediaeval studies in North America. Since its founding in 1929, the Institute has been associated with prominent scholars such as Étienne Gilson and Jacques Maritain and has provided training at the highest level in the fundamentals of mediaeval scholarship in languages, manuscript studies and related disciplines.

Photos courtesy of the University of St. Michael’s College Archives.

The Mediaeval Studies Undergraduate Society

Life as a Mediaeval Studies student is not only enhanced by small class sizes and access to professors, but it is further enriched via the Mediaeval Studies Undergraduate Society (MSUS), which provides regular social and academic activities for students throughout the school year. MSUS offers academic assistance and peer mentoring within the field of medieval studies and hosts campus-wide events such as a masquerade ball, seminars in mediaeval self-defence, medieval feasts, lectures, workshops and movie nights. During COVID, the group also  arranged virtual tours of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, the Aga Khan Museum and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

For more information about MSUS:

Program Faculty and Contacts

Faculty

Alison More, Assistant Professor, Comper Professorship of Medieval Studies
alison.more@utoronto.ca


Michael O’Connor, Associate Professor
michael.oconnor@utoronto.ca

Giulio Silano, Professor
gsilano@chass.utoronto.ca


Ann Dooley, Professor Emerita
ann.dooley@utoronto.ca

Joseph Goering, Professor Emeritus
goering@chass.utoronto.ca

Kelly Library Liaison

Richard Carter, Librarian
Kelly Library, Room 127
416-926-1300 ext. 3444
richard.carter@utoronto.ca

Contact Richard Carter with any library-related questions, including using online resources, arranging library instruction, ordering new titles, and getting help with research.

St. Michael’s College Programs

For more information about the program, including queries about enrollment and completion, contact smc.programs@utoronto.ca

Learn more about Mediaeval Studies Program Requirements and Courses

Mediaeval Studies Program Requirements and Courses

See the Mediaeval Studies Program Requirements and Courses

The First Year Foundations seminars enable new students to engage in academically rigorous discussions and develop strong written, oral and teamwork skills in the process. Small classes capped at 30 students help ensure that all students are active participants in discussions and have the opportunity to build relationships with professors early on in their academic career.

These half-credit courses focus on issues, questions and controversies surrounding a particular topic or theme. Taught by some of the Faculty’s leading scholars, the best researchers and teachers at U of T, they are restricted to students newly admitted to university, so don’t miss out.

The Boyle Seminar brings first-year students to the intersection of Celtic and mediaeval cultures. The Seminar, inspired by the work of Fr. Leonard Boyle, an internationally-renowned scholar of manuscripts and long-time figure on St. Michael’s College campus, invites students to investigate layers of history, analyse mediaeval books, and take language instruction in Latin or Irish.

Through lectures, seminars, language instruction, workshops, and guest speakers, students will study texts and their stories in their own times and over the centuries.

The course is taught by University of St. Michael’s College Assistant Professor Alison More.

St. Mike’s McLuhan Seminar is an exploration of the relationship between creativity and technology. Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), one of the most charismatic and wide-ranging thinkers of the 20th century, taught at St. Mike’s from 1946 until his death in 1980.

The Seminar is inspired by McLuhan’s innovative thinking. First-year students will explore how the humanities relate to other fields of thought in addressing the individual, social, and cultural experiences and effects of technological innovation.

University of St. Michael’s College professor Paolo Granata, an expert on McLuhan’s work, will teach the course.

  • What is the course?

    SMC155H1, the McLuhan Seminar in Creativity and Technology, is a half-course worth 0.5 credits. It will be offered in Winter 2023. The course consists of lectures, seminar discussions, and guest speakers. You will explore how creativity makes innovation possible and influences our individual and social responses to technological change.

  • What will I be reading?

    Some of the material you’ll be reading could include selections from:

    • Marshall McLuhan’s Laws of Media: The New Science and Take Today: The Executive as Dropout

    • Adam Grant’s Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, a book about recognizing good ideas, facing doubt, and choosing how and when to act

    • Walter Isaacson’s bestselling biography Steve Jobs

    • Ashlee Vance’s Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, a biography that explores the role of inventors and entrepreneurs in the global market

    • Timothy Ferriss’ Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

    • Silicon Valley (HBO TV series)

  • Why should I apply?

    The McLuhan Seminar introduces you to university-level studies on a small scale, with students who share your interest in creativity and technology. You will experiment with interdisciplinary and critical thinking, access path-breaking new research, and engage with some of the most popular, profitable, and recognized sources and sites of human connectivity today. As a member of the class you will inspire future generations, forge lifelong friendships, and help create exciting new ways for St. Michael’s to flourish as the centre of Catholic intellectual life at the University of Toronto.

Christians claim that the Gospel has the power to transform not only individual lives but whole societies. The Christianity and Culture Program offers students an opportunity to explore this bold claim through critical, academic studies of how the Christian faith has shaped—and been shaped by—the institutions, artistic expressions, and intellectual achievements of Western and world cultures. Courses provide a comprehensive and humanistic approach to Christian experience, past and present. By focusing on students’ personal engagement with primary sources, the Program fosters scholarly exchange, intellectual community, and a shared search for meaning.

Individual courses focus on art, literature, science, philosophy, theology, ritual, law, and social and institutional history. The program addresses the broad range of Christian experience, with a particular emphasis on the Catholic tradition.

Christianity and Culture is a good preparation for a career in education, journalism, arts and entertainment, or communications. Many of our students proceed to graduate work in theology and religious studies.For students anticipating teaching careers in Ontario Catholic schools, certain of the Christianity and Culture courses have been judged by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association as providing equivalent standing in ministry courses required for permanent teachers’ contracts.

The Christianity and Culture Program is open to undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto, and students from across the University are welcome to join our classes.

The Celtic Studies Program is open to undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto, and students from across the University are welcome to join our classes. The program introduces students to a wide variety of undergraduate courses on the languages, literature, history, music, folklore, art and archaeology of the peoples of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. We examine Celtic identities in the modern as well as the ancient and medieval world and explore the transmission of these traditions to Canada and the United States.

Our program attracts visiting professors from Ireland, organizes conferences with international scholars, and offers summer scholarships for students to study across the Atlantic. We provide intellectually stimulating courses in a personal, student-friendly learning environment.

The Celtic Studies program is a good preparation for a career in education, journalism, arts and entertainment, or communications. Many of our students proceed to graduate work in the fields of history, mediaeval studies, literature, archaeology, folklore, and library science.

  • Special to our Program

    Celtic Studies Course Union

    The Celtic Studies Course Union aims to unite students enrolled in the Celtic Studies program and classes. The union provides a social environment for students with common interests through free lectures and events like music sessions, movie nights, dances, and professor/student socials.

    Garm Lu

    Garm Lu is a Canadian Celtic Arts Journal published by the Celtic Studies Course Union. It showcases Canadian-Celtic works, ranging from papers to poems and photos and has been in print since 1986.

  • Scholarships and Awards

    The Irene J. McGovern and John Ward McGovern Scholarship

    Value $5000, open only to students registered at St. Michael’s College.

    This scholarship is awarded to a St. Michael’s College full-time student who will have completed their second year or higher of an undergraduate program by May 2021, and whose course of study involves a concentration or major focus in Celtic Studies. Students qualifying for the scholarship will have high academic achievement, particularly in the areas of Celtic History and Literature. The scholarship will be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees in September and any credit remaining after reduction of tuition fees will be mailed to the recipient.

    Applications now open. Click here to apply. 

    The Eileen Allen Scholarship

    Open to all students in the Faculty of Arts and Science who are registered in Celtic Studies courses.

    This scholarship is awarded to a student who wishes to attend the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Irish Studies. Information regarding the conference can be obtained from the Celtic Studies Office or from the Canadian Association for Irish Studies.

    St. Michael’s College Scholarships for Summer Study

    Open to all students in the Faculty of Arts and Science who are registered in Celtic Studies courses.

    These scholarships are funded by St. Michael’s College and by the Anna Mary Bridget Loftus Fund and are available to students who wish to study overseas during the summer. The staff of the Celtic Studies Program must approve the course of study requested by the student. Information on various summer school options is available at the Celtic Studies Office.

    Students who are applying to attend the Irish Summer Language School in An Cheathrú Rua, Co. Galway may be eligible for the Ireland Canada University Foundation scholarship. The successful students will be selected from the applicants for the St. Michael’s College Summer Scholarship and do not need to submit a separate application. Likewise students who wish to attend a Summer School in Scotland may be eligible for the St. Andrew’s Society of Toronto scholarship; the successful student will be selected from the applicants for the St. Michael’s College Summer Scholarship.

  • 2023-2024 Program Requirements: Specialist

    You are responsible for fulfilling the program requirements of the year you first joined the Celtic Studies program. Both the CLT and SMC program courses you have completed count toward your program requirements. Please check your specific program requirements and progress on Degree Explorer.

    For the most up-to-date requirements and current course offerings, please see the University of Toronto Timetable Builder and Faculty of Arts & Science Calendar.


    If you have any questions, please contact us at smc.programs@utoronto.ca

    Examines the literature, languages, history, music, folklore and archaeology of the peoples of Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the ancient and modern worlds, including the transmission of Celtic traditions to Canada and the United States.

    Enrolment Requirements:

    This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

    Completion Requirements:

    (10.5 credits including 4.0 credits at the 300+level, 1.0 of which must be at the 400-level)

    1. CLT240H1 and CLT241H1

    2. 2.0 credits from the following language courses: CLT141Y1/​ CLT242Y1/​ CLT243Y1/​ CLT251H1/​ CLT252H1/​ CLT331H1/​ CLT332H1

    3. 6.0 credits from the list above and/or SMC165H1/​ MST226H1/​ CLT250H1/​ CLT333H1/​ CLT334H1/​ CLT335Y1/​ CLT337H1/​ CLT338H1/​ CLT341H1/​ CLT342Y1/​ CLT343H1/​ CLT344Y1/​ CLT345H1/​ CLT346H1/​ CLT347H1/​ CLT348H1/​ CLT350H1/​ CLT351H1/​ CLT355H1/​ CLT356H1/​ CLT373H1/​ CLT374H1/​ CLT375H1/​ CLT376H1/​ CLT377H1/​ CLT378H1/​ CLT395Y1/​ CLT396H1/​ CLT411H1/​ CLT412H1/​ CLT413H1/​ CLT416H1/​ CLT440H1/​ CLT441H1/​ CLT444H1/​ CLT445H1/​ SMC441Y1/​ SMC457H1

    4. CLT451Y1

    5. 0.5 credit from CLT341H1/​ CLT348H1/​ CLT377H1/​ CLT378H1/​ CLT444H1/​ CHC232H1/​ CHC370H1/​ CHC371H1/​ CHC383H1/​ MST341H1/​ SMC385H1 or 0.5 credit 200+ level from Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes.

    Note: Effective Fall 2021, courses associated with St. Michael’s College’s Celtic Studies, Christianity and Culture, and Mediaeval Studies programs will have the new “CLT,” “CHC,” and “MST” designators respectively.

  • 2023-2024 Program Requirements: Major

    You are responsible for fulfilling the program requirements of the year you first joined the Celtic Studies program. Both the CLT and SMC program courses you have completed count toward your program requirements. Please check your specific program requirements and progress on Degree Explorer.

    For the most up-to-date requirements and current course offerings, please see the University of Toronto Timetable Builder and Faculty of Arts & Science Calendar.


    Examines the literature, languages, history, music, folklore and archaeology of the peoples of Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the ancient and modern worlds, including the transmission of Celtic traditions to Canada and the United States.

    Enrolment Requirements:

    This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

    Completion Requirements:

    (6.5 credits, including at least 2.0 credits at the 300+level, of which 0.5 credit must be at the 400-level)

    1. CLT240H1 and CLT241H1
    2. 1.0 credit from the following language courses: CLT141Y1/​​ CLT242Y1/​ CLT243Y1/​​ CLT251H1/​​ CLT252H1/​​ CLT331H1/​​ CLT332H1
    3. 4.0 credits from the list above and/or SMC165H1/​ MST226H1/​ CLT250H1/​​ CLT333H1/​​ CLT334H1/​​ CLT335Y1/​​ CLT337H1/​​ CLT338H1/​​ CLT341H1/​​ CLT342Y1/​​ CLT343H1/​​ CLT344Y1/​​ CLT345H1/​​ CLT346H1/​​ CLT347H1/​​ CLT348H1/​​ CLT350H1/​​ CLT351H1/​​ CLT355H1/​​ CLT356H1/​​ CLT373H1/​​ CLT374H1/​​ CLT375H1/​​ CLT376H1/​​ CLT377H1/​​ CLT378H1/​​ CLT395Y1/​​ CLT396H1/​​ CLT411H1/​​ CLT412H1/​​ CLT413H1/​​ CLT416H1/​​ CLT440H1/​ CLT441H1/​​ CLT444H1/​​ CLT445H1/​​ SMC441Y1/​ SMC457H1
    4. 0.5 credit from CLT341H1/​​ CLT348H1/​​ CLT377H1/​​ CLT378H1/​​ CLT444H1/​ CHC232H1/​​ CHC370H1/​​ CHC371H1/​​ CHC383H1/​​ MST341H1/​ SMC385H1 or a 0.5 credit at the 200/300/400-level from Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes.

    Note: Effective Fall 2021, courses associated with St. Michael’s College’s Celtic Studies, Christianity and Culture, and Mediaeval Studies programs will have the new “CLT,” “CHC,” and “MST” designators respectively.

  • 2023-2024 Program Requirements: Minor

    You are responsible for fulfilling the program requirements of the year you first joined the Celtic Studies program. Both the CLT and SMC program courses you have completed count toward your program requirements. Please check your specific program requirements and progress on Degree Explorer.

    For the most up-to-date requirements and current course offerings, please see the University of Toronto Timetable Builder and Faculty of Arts & Science Calendar.

    Examines the literature, languages, history, music, folklore and archaeology of the peoples of Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the ancient and modern worlds, including the transmission of Celtic traditions to Canada and the United States.

    Enrolment Requirements:

    This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

    Completion Requirements:

    4.0 credits chosen from those listed below, including at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level

    CLT141Y1/​ CLT240H1/​ CLT241H1/​ CLT242Y1/CLT243Y1/​ CLT250H1/​ CLT251H1/​ CLT252H1/​ CLT331H1/​ CLT332H1/​ CLT333H1/​ CLT334H1/​ CLT335Y1/​ CLT337H1/​ CLT338H1/​ CLT341H1/​ CLT342Y1/​ CLT343H1/​ CLT344Y1/CLT345H1/​ CLT346H1/​ CLT347H1/​ CLT348H1/​ CLT350H1/​ CLT351H1/​ CLT355H1/​ CLT356H1/​ CLT373H1/​ CLT374H1/​ CLT375H1/​ CLT376H1/​ CLT377H1/​ CLT378H1/​ CLT395Y1/​ CLT396H1/​ CLT411H1/​ CLT412H1/​ CLT413H1/​ CLT416H1/​ CLT420H1/​ CLT440H1/​ CLT441H1/​ CLT444H1/​ CLT445H1/​ MST226H1/​ SMC165H1/​ SMC441Y1/​ SMC457H1

    Note: Effective Fall 2021, courses associated with St. Michael’s College’s Celtic Studies, Christianity and Culture, and Mediaeval Studies programs will have the new “CLT,” “CHC,” and “MST” designators respectively.

  • Course Offerings 2023-2024

    Proposed course offerings and information for the 2023/2024 academic year are detailed in the PDF below. For the most up-to-date course listings please see the Faculty of Arts and Science Timetable.

    As of the 2021/2022 academic year all Celtic Studies courses have new course codes. Both the old SMC program courses and new CLT courses will count toward your Celtic Studies program requirements. If you notice a course not being counted in Degree Explorer please contact us at smc.programs@utoronto.ca.

    The course re-coding is taking place across all St. Michael’s College courses. As of Fall 2021, Mediaeval Studies courses are coded as MST courses, Celtic courses are CLT courses, and Christianity and Culture courses are CHC courses.

    Proposed Celtic Course Offerings 2023-2024

  • Program Contacts

    Faculty

    Brent Miles, Assistant Professor

    Odette Hall, room 025
    brent.miles@utoronto.ca

    Mark G. McGowan, Professor & Program Coordinator

    Odette Hall, room 127
    mark.mcgowan@utoronto.ca

    Ann Dooley, Professor Emerita

    Odette Hall, room 023
    ann.dooley@utoronto.ca

    David A. Wilson, Professor

    Odette Hall, room 021
    david.wilson@utoronto.ca

    Pa Sheehan

    Odette Hall, room 027
    pa.sheehan@utoronto.ca

    Emer Maguire, Ireland Canada University Foundation Visiting Scholar
    Odette Hall, Room 024

    Kelly Library Liaison

    Richard Carter
    Kelly Library, room 127
    416-926-1300 ext. 3444
    richard.carter@utoronto.ca

    Contact Richard with any library-related questions, including using online resources, arranging library instruction, ordering new titles, and getting help with research.

    SMC Programs

    For more information about the program, including queries about enrollment and completion, contact smc.programs@utoronto.ca.

The Book & Media Studies program is open to undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto, and students from across the University are welcome to join our classes. The program is an interdisciplinary and historical investigation of the role of printing, books, reading, and electronic and digital media in cultures past and present. Its topics include: manuscript and book production, internet publishing, book illustrations, advertising, censorship, reading and entertainment alongside the development of mass media—the advent of radio and the emergence of television, global telecommunications, social media, and the internet.

The program prepares students for vocations in journalism, publishing, editing, communications and graduate programs in information and library science. The program also introduces them to topics in the Book History and Print Culture Graduate program at the University of Toronto.

The new Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) stream is available to students entering their second year of study in and enrolled in the Book & Media Studies Major. In exceptional circumstances, students, including transfer students, who enrolled in the Book & Media Studies Major after Year 2, may also be admitted to the ASIP stream the Fall of Year 3. Acceptance into an ASIP stream in Year 3 is dependent on space and requires approval of the student’s academic unit and the Faculty of Arts & Science Experiential Learning & Outreach Support (ELOS) Office. Please refer to the ASIP Eligibility page on the Faculty of Arts & Science website for further details.