Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies (Co-op Optional)

at University of Victoria Canada

Curious how to go from idea to art? Like working with your hands? By combining classroom learning and hands-on practice with collaborative, creative and critical thinking, you’ll become a well-rounded, flexible contemporary artist. Our emphasis on studio time and dedicated mentorship ensures you’ll have essential skills for today’s rapidly changing and increasingly visual world.

Areas of focus:-

• Drawing
• Extended media
• Painting
• Photography
• Sculpture
• Video art

Explore the impact of political decisions and the effects they have on us as individuals and as a society. You will focus on critical issues including Indigenous politics, minority rights and identity, migration and refugee movements, privacy and surveillance, democracy, human security, and international law.

Areas of focus:-

• European Studies

Anthropology explores the diversity of human lifeways, past and present. Study how cultural contexts shape who we are, our long-term human histories, and our evolutionary relationships. We draw on humanist and scientific perspectives of socio-cultural anthropology, archaeology and biological anthropology.

Areas of focus:- 

• Evolution and ecology
• Inequality
• Culture and health
• Space
• Place
• Knowledge and power
• Visual anthropology and materiality

Geography aims to study the relationships within and between human and natural systems, with an emphasis on the spatial nature of these processes. Our department emphasizes the integration of these components by providing our students with a strong theoretical foundation on people and environment interaction. Experiential learning forms a major part of our teaching through field studies, community engaged activities, and our co-op program.

Areas of focus:-

• Biophysical geography
• Environmental geography
• Geomatics
• Human geography

Computer engineers focus their skills on computer systems, especially the interaction between the hardware and software components of those systems. They also have a strong background in software design and understand the interface between different pieces of hardware and how computer systems integrate into the larger picture.

Areas of focus

• Communications
• Computational intelligence
• Computer systems
• Digital and embedded systems
• Digital signal processing
• Electrical energy systems
• Electromagnetics and photonics
• Electronics
• Mechatronics
• Networks security and privacy

The Diploma in Indigenous Community Development and Governance program (DICDG) was founded on the vision of Indigenous leaders and administrators and is offered by the School of Public Administration, University of Victoria. The purpose of the diploma porgram is to train and strengthen the capacity of Indigenous and non-Indigenous administrators that are working or plan to work for Indigenous communities and organizations.

Physics allows us to understand the world from subatomic to cosmological scales. In this program, you’ll engage in research while working with internationally-recognized faculty. Discover the science that allows us to explain and predict the world around us while developing a valuable range of critical problem-solving skills.

Philosophy explores the most fundamental questions of life, the questions that people across all ages and cultures have always asked themselves about the world and their place in it: what is the meaning of life? What is the ultimate nature of reality? Does God exist? Are there objective standards of right and wrong? Is there life after death? Basic philosophical issues touch almost all aspects of life.

Areas of focus:-

• Applied ethics (minor)

Discover the rich visual traditions of world cultures. Explore the basics of visual communication. Learn about the history of artistic materials and techniques. Study everything from museum studies and art forgery to video games and horror films.

From Carnival and capoeira to the masterworks of Gabriel García Márquez and Frida Kahlo, this program offers an in-depth understanding of the cultures of Latin America, with a focus on Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Argentina. You will develop a command of Spanish or Portuguese that can open doors to careers in foreign service, tourism and education.