Third Year

A screenshot of a student Zoom presentation

Third-year students give a group presentation for Intro to Professional and Community Practices

HOW YEAR THREE COURSE OFFERINGS WORK IN SASAH:

In Year Three you are required to take 2.0 courses (3380Y, 3390F/G-3393F/G) for your Arts and Humanities major. Each student is required to take SASAH 3380Y regardless if they are away on exchange or attending classes at 深夜福利站. The remaining 1.5 courses (3390F/G – 3393F/G) will be cross listed with other departments in the faculty of Arts and Humanities. We’ve done this on purpose as we don’t want to restrict your course choices in Year Three, at a time when we want to encourage you to develop your own research interests. You are welcome to take an upper-level (Year Three or Four) course in your field of choice to fulfill the remaining credits, instead of enrolling in the courses offered by SASAH. 深夜福利站 also allows students to double count up to 1.0 courses between their modules, provided students receive permission from both units.

The courses offered in Year Three are always cross-listed with the Research Fellow’s home department. However, this does not mean you need to fulfill that department’s prerequisite to take this course. In all cases we ask the department to waive this restriction. These courses are designed to reach an interdisciplinary audience – i.e. you.

Finally, we’ve structured the Year Three courses this way so as to get students out and integrated into learning experiences across campus, in other departments, etc. Also, as some students choose to head abroad in Year Three, the SASAH cohort is smaller for that year.

Year Three course prerequisites: SASAH 2200E or the former ARTHUM 2220E, SASAH 2220F/G or the former ARTHUM 2220F/G or SASAH 2230F/G or the former ARTHUM 2230F/G, and SASAH 2240F/G or the former ARTHUM 2240F/G 

Courses for 2025-2026

SASAH 3380Y: Introduction to Professional and Community Practices

Required course for all year three students

This online course introduces students to the critical and research skills and practical tools required to 1) engage in experiential learning; 2) comport oneself in a professional manner in preparation for the job market and related contexts; 3) plan a community-based, fourth-year group project or undertake a project with a community partner; and 4) plan an individual research or creative fourth-year project.

As part of our support for students as they prepare to enter the working world, the SASAH program emphasizes Experiential Learning (EL) through both integrated projects and required courses. In its first half, this course introduces students to the tools and skills required to engage successfully in EL and develop professionalism. In its second half, this course facilitates the student's research and advanced planning for the individual and group projects they will undertake in their fourth-year capstone seminar. 

SASAH 3390F: Toronto: Culture and Performance [cross-listed with English 3581F and Theatre Studies 3581F]

We will explore a range of recent work produced on Toronto's stages, the contexts in which that work is made, and its reception by reviewers, bloggers, and others. Students will read six to eight plays along with contextual material, and see at least two live performances in Toronto.


SASAH 3390G: Canadian Literature: Creativity and the Local [cross-listed with English 3580G]

This course explores the literary cultures of Southwestern Ontario, examining the ways local writing accesses the public, builds communities, relates people to their environment, and connects local, national, and transnational networks. Students develop critical, creative, and experiential perspectives and employ community engaged learning to develop course concepts beyond the classroom. 
 

SASAH 3391F: To Dada and Neo-Dada (Asynchronous) [cross-listed with Art History 3644F]

This course examines a group of like-minded artists who came together under the banner of “Dada” during the First World War. They sought to overhaul art’s cultural, social, and political roles, by challenging our preconceptions through various means. Their legacy persists having been revitalized in the 1950s and 60s.


SASAH 3391G: Research Ethics [cross-listed with Philosophy 3730G]

An introduction to ethical issues in human experimentation, covering ethical frameworks for research ethics, informed consent, confidentiality, benefit-harm analysis, participant selection, and vulnerable participants and communities. Special topics, such as randomized controlled trials, gene therapy trials, cluster randomized trials, and health policy and systems research may also be covered.


SASAH 3392F: Athenian Democracy in Crisis [cross-listed with Classical Studies 3810F]

This course uses the student-centered, experiential Reacting to the Past pedagogy to explore the social and political history of Athens in 403 BC. In an immersive role-playing game students research and bring to life known historical figures and debate, as members of rival political factions, the future of Athenian democracy.


SASAH 3393F: Queer Theory [cross-listed with GSWS 3173F and English 3209F]

What is queer theory, where did it come from, how is it changing? Examining key foundational texts in queer theory, the contexts for its emergence, and debates over its contemporary usefulness and direction, students in this course will trace the development of queer theory and investigate its current applications.

 

SASAH 3393G: Sexuality in Ancient Greece [cross-listed with Classical Studies 3315G]

This course gives students insight into ancient Greek sexuality and categories of gender using primary sources. The wide body of artistic evidence available from the ancient world on this topic (in the form of sculpture, vases, mosaics, and everyday objects) is supplemented by close reading of literary sources in translation.

For their Year Three requirements SASAH students can also qualify to apply for a limited number of spaces in Special Topics courses offered outside of the School. Present and past courses include:

Classical Studies 4580F/G: Vindolanda Field School:
The Vindolanda Field School is an intense and very rewarding five-week study abroad experience for 深夜福利站 students in any discipline. A primary goal of the field school is for students to gain an appreciation for combining historical and archaeological material to further our understanding of past cultures, especially those effected by conquest and imperialism in the Roman provinces. The focus of the archaeological component is at the site of Vindolanda, an important Roman military fort along Hadrian’s Wall, and includes daily participation in all aspects of the project: excavation, survey of buildings and landscape, finds processing (ceramic and bone washing, environmental sampling), and data recording (stratigraphic context sheets, photography, section/plan drawing, etc.). An in-depth understanding of the archaeology at Vindolanda will be supplemented with trips to other sites and visits to active excavations around the north of Britain. The historical component focuses on the history of the Roman period in Britain with particular emphasis on the northern frontier and the role of soldiers and civilians within the province. The historical aspect of the course is achieved through evening lectures, field trips, on-site discussions and student presentations.



Theatre Studies 3900G: Destination Theatre
Students will have the opportunity to develop their drama education more deeply through the experience of theatre abroad, in London, England. Attendance at live performances will be complemented with daily lectures, workshops and seminars hosted by artists and scholars from the University of London, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. In addition, students will experience tours of theatres, archives, and do a theatre-themed walking tour of central London.

Destination Theatre Program Information