Bachelor of Cultural Studies
4 Years Full Time
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Min. Qualification :
10 + 2 High School / Senior Secondary
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Scholarship
Specializations
  • Arts and Design
Fees Details
Year Name Fees Total
1st Year Tution Fee CAD 19534 19534.0
Required Documents
  • Passport Copy
  • 10th Marklist
  • 12th Marklist/Equivalent
  • Degree Individual Marklists
  • Degree Consolidated Marklist
  • Degree Certificate/Provisional Certificate
  • Proof of IELTS Score
Admission
Starting Date Application Deadline Status
2022-01-01 00:00:00.000 2021-12-15 00:00:00.000 Active
2022-05-01 00:00:00.000 2022-04-15 00:00:00.000 Active
Eligibility

High School Students

In general, secondary school applicants have an average of 70% (5 best scoring academic subjects considered) during their final year of schooling. Applicants looking to transfer from another post-secondary institution must demonstrate an overall GPA of 2.0. Refer to chart below for program specific requirements.

If an applicant’s first language is not English, official reports with acceptable scores from one of the following tests must be submitted:

  • the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
  • the Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Test
  • the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
  • the CanTEST
  • the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB)
  • IELTS    

    7.0 or above (no score below 6.5)         Full-time graduate studies at MSVU

    6.5 (no score below 6.0)                        Full-time undergraduate studies at MSVU

     

    CAEL

    70 or above (no score below 70)           Full-time graduate studies at MSVU

    60 (no score below 60)                          Full-time undergraduate studies at MSVU

     

    TOEFL (iBT Test)

    93 or above (no score below 23)           Full-time graduate studies at MSVU

    86 – 92 (no score below 21)                  Full-time undergraduate studies at MSVU

     

    TOEFL (Computer Test) 

    236 or above                                          Full-time graduate studies at MSVU

    226 – 235                                               Full-time undergraduate studies at MSVU

     

    CanTest              

    5.0 (no score below 4.5)                        Full-time graduate studies at MSVU

    4.5 (no score below 4.0)                        Full-time undergraduate studies at MSVU

     

    MELAB 

    85 or above                                           Full-time graduate studies at MSVU

    80 – 84                                                  Full-time undergraduate studies at MSVU

  • For more Information , Please click the given link : https://www.msvu.ca/future-students/admission-requirements/international-students/

Admission Process

1. Application along with supporting documents will be processed on TEN Agent portal.
2. Application fee of 50$ will be charged from the student and it will be paid by credit card only 
3. Student will receive the admission offer either conditional or unconditional on his TEN Agent portal.After accepting the offer Fee invoice will be generated on student account.
4.After getting the fee invoice student can pay the fee and fee receipt can be found on TEN Portal  (Ten Agents)

Syllabus

CULS 1101
Cultural Studies: An Introduction 0.5 unit
An introduction to the critical study of modern culture. Topics may include visual art, film, music, and literature as well as television and other popular media.

CULS 2201
Critical Debates in Cultural Studies 0.5 unit
An intensive study of a specific theme which highlights the theories and methods of cultural studies.

CULS 2202
Music and Culture 0.5 unit
The relationship between music and culture. Issues such as social agency, protest, identity, and cultural legitimation will be examined. Topics may include the history of rock and roll; protest music; music and film; gender and the music industry; race and music.

CULS 2203
History of Rock and Roll 0.5 unit
An examination of rock music as a lens for cultural critique from the birth of youth culture in the 1950s through to contemporary post-rock subcultures.

CULS 2205
Art in Halifax Now 0.5 unit
An introduction to major dynamics, theories and tendencies in contemporary art using the vibrant Halifax Art scene as its primary focus. Note: Students who have received credit for CULS 1105 may not take this course for credit.

CULS 2207
Drama in Cultural Context 0.5 unit
An exploration of dramatic works as sites of cultural/social/political contestation. Students will use a variety of theories to examine the complex ways in which Drama negotiates meaning in different cultural contexts. Unconventional dramatic modalities such as “street/guerilla theatre” may also be considered. *Note: Students who have received credit for CULS 2206 may not take this course for credit.

CULS 2211/CANA 2211
Canadian Popular Culture 0.5 unit
An exploration of the social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of popular culture in Canada. Topics such as music, film, television, comedy, literature, sports, and food will be considered as sites of Canadian identity and diversity, and American cultural influence.

CULS 2293
Understanding Movies 0.5 unit
An introduction to and analysis of the codes, conventions and contexts of fiction films, including a brief history of their development from the silent era to the present day. Note: Students who have received credit for FINE 2293 may not take this course for credit.

CULS 2294
Film Genres 0.5 unit
An exploration and analysis of film genres and the cultural contexts which inform their appeal, for example: westerns; action films; documentaries; science fiction and horror; romantic comedy; cinema noir; avant garde. Both Hollywood and “foreign” films may be studied; genres studied may change from year to year.

CULS 2297
Animated Film 0.5 unit
An investigation into the animated form through critical study of its history and theory and its subversive role as a medium for radical critique of the dominant culture.

CULS 3301
Senior Seminar 0.5 unit
Prerequisite: CULS 2201 or permission of the instructor and of the Coordinator of the program
An advanced seminar on a selected cultural studies topic designed for cultural studies majors. Topics will vary from year to year.

CULS 3302
Censorship and Art 0.5 unit
Prerequisite: CULS 1101 or permission of the instructor
An exploration of the relationship between censorship and contemporary art. (Also listed under Women’s Studies)

CULS 3305
Subcultures 0.5 unit
A critical analysis of subcultures and their cultural forms and practices, in historical context.

CULS 3306
Rap, Resistance and Religion 0.5 unit
An analysis of the intersections of rap, resistance and religion in hip hop culture from the 1970s to the present, through the critical lens of popular culture in a global context.

CULS 3310
Special Topics 0.5 unit
CULS 3311
Special Topics 0.5 unit
CULS 3312
Special Topics 1.0 unit
Prerequisite: completion of 5.0 units of university credit
A combined lecture-seminar course on a selected topic related to the field of cultural studies.

CULS 3320/POLS 3320
Culture and Ideology 0.5 unit
An in-depth study of the complex interplay of Culture and Ideology as social, intellectual, and political forms.

CULS 3330/WOMS 3330/GWGS 6330
Canadian Women Film Directors 0.5 unit
Prerequisites: WOMS 1102 and 0.5 unit in another Women’s Studies or departmental women-emphasis course at the 2000 level or above or permission of the instructor
A study of Canadian Women Film Directors’ contribution to narrative, documentary, experimental filmmaking and animation. Diverse directional styles and subject matter will be discussed in the context of sociohistorical changes that they reflect or resist. Readings will challenge dominant mainstream representation from various feminist perspectives and suggest alternate reception strategies. Note: Students who have received credit for FINE 3330 may not take this course for credit. (Also listed under Canadian Studies)

CULS 4401
Cultural Studies: Directed Study 0.5 unit
CULS 4402
Cultural Studies: Directed Study 0.5 unit
CULS 4403
Cultural Studies: Directed Study 1.0 unit

Description

An introduction to contemporary culture

The Mount’s Cultural Studies program is the only degree program of its kind to be offered in Eastern Canada. In this program, you will study the nature and criticism of culture in its multiple forms and expressions, including literature, film, visual art, and popular culture. This interdisciplinary program fosters inquiry into the social and political conditions in which thought and expression take place. That is: What is happening? Why? Who/what did it? And under what conditions?

Program Highlights

Small Program, Big Ideas

What Is Culture? Explore the answers – and why those answers seem to make sense.

Engage multiple sites and modes of inquiry: visual culture, classic texts, media (social, contemporary, traditional), and the ideas and values they communicate.

Distinctive courses:

  • CULS 2201: Critical Debates – Regulation of the Body (social and individual).
  • CULS 3305: Subcultures – A critical analysis of subcultures and their cultural forms and practices in historical context. Topics have included Vagabonds; religious groups (Bahai; Scientology; 7th Day Adventists; Rastafarians…); punk; Masons; leatherfolk; etc. Questions of definition and power are engaged throughout the course.
  • CULS 3306 Rap, Resistance and Religion – An analysis of the intersections of rap, resistance and religion in hop-hop culture from the 1970s to the present, through the critical lens of popular culture in a global context.
  • CULS 3310 Special Topics/RELS 3310 Selected Topics:  Advanced Evil – What happens when conventional explanatory frameworks of what constitutes Good and Evil fall short, or indeed, miss the mark entirely? Central to this study is the concept of transgression, and its expressions, representations, and consequences. A common focus in recent years has been apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction.

New courses:

  • CULS 2297 Animated Film – An investigation into the animated form through critical study of its history and theory and its subversive role as a medium for radical critique of the dominant culture.

Visa

For visa process, refer to this link:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada.html
The VISA Application should be submitted online with Documents mentioned below.

Study Permit – Checklist of Documents.

All Academic Documents
10th  Marksheet
12th Marksheet
Passing Certificate
Admit Card (12thClass)
Backlog Certificate
IELTS/PTE
E- Medical – Information or tracking sheet (After Medical Doctor will give you this document).
Passport / Old Passport (if any)
2 Photographs with white background. (35mm X 45mm) (80% face should be visible)
Aadhar Card
Income tax returns of Parents (Only in case of Non-SDS Applicants).
Note:  All documents front and back sheet, (1 Photocopy set (clear) and notarized)

 Copy of birth certificate, if you are under 18 years of age
 Job Documents, if you are employed or proof of past employment, if any
(Experience Letter, Appointment Letter, Bank account Salary Statement (last 3 months), Pay Slips (last 3 months), Job Relieving Letter if resigned (From each employer)

Any document in a language other than English must be accompanied by notary attested English translation.

For GIC: 10200 CAD (Funds must be transferred to Canada from student’s bank account in India)

Embassy Fee:  235 CAD (150 CAD VISA Fee + 85 CAD Biometric Fee)
 

Bachelor of Cultural Studies
  • Halifax, Canada
  • ESTD 1872
  • Public

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