Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings
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04 - Social and behavioural sciences and law

05. - Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies

This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the defined areas, regions, and countries of the world; defined minority groups within and across societies; and issues relevant to collective gender and group experience.

05.01 - Area studies

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 05.0101 to 05.0199.

05.0101 - African studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the African continent, usually with an emphasis on Africa south of the Sahara, and including the African diasporas overseas.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • African studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • African American studies(05.0201)
    • African history(54.0199)
    • African languages and literature(16.0201)
05.0102 - American/United States studies/civilization

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other societies.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • American civilization
    • American studies
    • United States civilization
    • United States studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • African American studies(05.0201)
    • American literature(23.1402)
    • American politics(45.1002)
    • Asian American studies(05.0206)
    • Hispanic American studies(05.0203)
    • Indigenous studies(05.0202)
    • United States history(54.0102)
05.0103 - Asian studies/civilization

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Asian continent, including the study of the Asian diasporas overseas.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Asian Area studies
    • Asian civilization
    • Asian studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Asia Pacific studies(05.0199)
    • Asian history(54.0106)
    • Central Asian studies(05.0120)
    • East Asian studies(05.0104)
    • South Asian studies(05.0112)
    • Southeast Asian studies(05.0113)
05.0104 - East Asian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of East Asia, defined as including China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Tibet, related borderlands and island groups, and including the study of the East Asian diasporas overseas.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • East Asian studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Asian history(54.0106)
    • East Asian languages and literature(16.0300)
    • Korean(16.0303)
05.0105 - Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the region encompassing Russia, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia, including the Balkan, Baltic, Caucasus, and Central Asian states that were republics of the former Soviet Union.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Central and Eastern European studies
    • Central European studies
    • CIS studies
    • Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) studies
    • East European studies
    • Eastern European studies
    • Russian and East European studies
    • Russian and Eurasian studies
    • Soviet and East European studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Balkan studies(05.0116)
    • Baltic studies(05.0117)
    • Polish studies(05.0129)
    • Russian studies(05.0110)
    • Slavic and East European studies(05.0199)
    • Ukrainian studies(05.0132)
05.0106 - European studies/civilization

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the European continent, including the study of European migration patterns and Colonial Empires.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • European civilization
    • European integration studies
    • European studies
    • modern European studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • European history(54.0103)
    • French studies(05.0124)
    • German studies(05.0125)
    • Italian studies(05.0126)
    • Scandinavian studies(05.0111)
    • Spanish studies(05.0130)
    • Western European studies(05.0114)
05.0107 - Latin American studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic peoples of the North and South American continents outside Canada and the United States, including the study of the pre-Columbian period and the flow of immigrants from other societies.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Latin American studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Caribbean studies(05.0119)
    • Cuban American studies(05.0203)
    • Latin American and Caribbean studies(05.0134)
05.0108 - Near and Middle Eastern studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of North Africa, Southwestern Asia, Asia Minor, and the Arabian Peninsula, related borderlands and island groups, and including emigrant and immigrant groups.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Arab studies
    • Middle Eastern studies
    • modern Middle Eastern studies
    • Near and Middle Eastern civilizations
    • Near and Middle Eastern studies
    • Near Eastern studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • African studies(05.0101)
    • Asian studies(05.0103)
    • Islamic studies(38.0205)
    • Jewish studies(38.0206)
    • Middle East history(54.0199)
05.0109 - Pacific/Australasian/Oceanian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Australasia and the Pacific Ocean, related island groups and bordering coastal regions, and including precolonial and postcolonial migration patterns.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Australasian studies
    • Australian studies
    • Melanesian studies
    • Micronesian studies
    • New Zealand studies
    • Oceanian studies
    • Pacific studies
    • Polynesian studies
    • studies of Oceania

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Asia Pacific studies(05.0199)
    • Asian studies(05.0103)
    • Indo-Pacific languages(16.1401)
    • Pacific Rim studies(05.0199)
05.0110 - Russian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Russian Federation and its Soviet, Czarist, and medieval predecessors and related borderlands.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Russian studies
    • Soviet studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • European and Russian studies(05.0199)
    • Russian history(54.0103)
    • Russian language and literature(16.0402)
    • Soviet and East European studies(05.0105)
05.0111 - Scandinavian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Scandinavia, defined as Northern Europe including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and related island groups (e.g., Greenland), and borderlands.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Scandinavian studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • European history(54.0103)
    • Germanic languages(16.0500)
    • Scandinavian languages, literature and linguistics(16.0502)
05.0112 - South Asian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of South Asia, defined as including Afghanistan, India, the Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, and Sri Lanka and related borderlands and island groups; and including the study of migration patterns and overseas diasporas.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Indian/South Asian studies
    • Indology
    • South Asian studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Asian history(54.0106)
    • Asian studies(05.0103)
    • South Asian languages(16.0700)
05.0113 - Southeast Asian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Southeast Asia, defined as including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam; related borderlands and island groups; and including the study of migration patterns and overseas diasporas.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Southeast Asian studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Asian history(54.0106)
    • Asian studies(05.0103)
    • Southeast Asian languages(16.1400)
05.0114 - Western European studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of historical Western Europe, defined as including Britain, Ireland, France, the Low Countries, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, the Western Mediterranean, and related island groups and borderlands.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • West European studies
    • Western European studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • European history(54.0103)
    • European studies(05.0106)
    • Irish studies(05.0133)
05.0115 - Canadian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of Canada and its pre-Columbian, colonial, and pre-Confederation predecessors, including immigrant flows and related borderlands and island groups.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Canadian studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Canadian government and politics(45.1003)
    • Canadian history(54.0107)
    • Canadian literature (in English)(23.1403)
    • French studies(05.0124)
    • Quebec studies(05.0122)
05.0116 - Balkan studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan Peninsula and associated island groups and borderlands, Southern Slavic and non-Slavic, during the medieval, Ottoman, and modern periods.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Balkan studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • East European studies(05.0105)
    • European history(54.0103)
    • Slavic and East European studies(05.0199)
05.0117 - Baltic studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples inhabiting the coastlands of the Baltic Sea, including Baltic, Germanic, Scandinavian, and Slavic populations, related borderlands and island groups, and problems of cultural survival and assimilation.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Baltic studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Baltic languages(16.0401)
    • Central European studies(05.0105)
    • European history(54.0103)
    • European studies(05.0106)
05.0118 - Slavic studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Slavic peoples inhabiting Europe and Asia, and immigrant groups elsewhere, including the study of the emergence and migration patterns of Slavic culture, languages, and populations.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Slavic studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • East European studies(05.0105)
    • European history(54.0103)
    • Slavic and East European studies(05.0199)
    • Slavic languages and literature(16.0400)
05.0119 - Caribbean studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples inhabiting the major islands and archipelagos of the Caribbean Sea and related coastal borderlands, including immigration patterns and pre-Columbian, colonial, and modern societies.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Caribbean studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • African American studies(05.0201)
    • Indigenous studies(05.0202)
    • Latin American and Caribbean studies(05.0134)
05.0120 - Ural-Altaic and Central Asian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples and countries of Inner/Central Asia, including the Turkic and Mongolian inhabitants of the Caspian, Amur, Tien Shan, Baikal, Gobi, Siberian, and Manchurian areas and the historical Silk Road, in terms of their past and present development.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Central Asian studies
    • Ural-Altaic studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Altaic(16.1599)
    • Asian history(54.0106)
    • East Asian studies(05.0104)
    • Mongolian(16.1504)
    • Russian studies(05.0110)
    • Turkish(16.1501)
05.0121 - Commonwealth studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples and countries comprising components of the historical British Empire and modern British Commonwealth, including migration patterns, shared sociocultural and political features and problems, and contemporary relations.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Commonwealth studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • British history(54.0103)
    • English literature(23.1401)
    • Irish studies(05.0133)
    • Western European studies(05.0114)
05.0122 - Regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the defined geographic subregions and subcultures within modern and historical countries and societies. These programs include courses on such topics as Acadian Studies, French Canadian and Quebec Studies, Southern (U.S.) Studies, New England Studies, Southwestern Studies, and others.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Atlantic Canada studies
    • island studies
    • Quebec studies
    • regional studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • American studies(05.0102)
    • Appalachian studies(05.0135)
    • Asian American studies(05.0206)
    • Black Canadian studies(05.0201)
    • Canadian studies(05.0115)
    • Hispanic American studies(05.0203)
    • Indigenous studies(05.0202)
    • Northern studies(05.0136)
05.0123 - Chinese studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of present-day China and its historical predecessors, related borderlands and island groups, and the overseas Chinese diasporas.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Chinese studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Asian studies(05.0103)
    • Chinese history(54.0106)
    • Chinese language and literature(16.0301)
05.0124 - French studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of France, other Francophone countries inside and outside Europe, and the French colonial experience and the associated French minorities around the world.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • French studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Canadian literature (in French)(55.1403)
    • Canadian studies(05.0115)
    • French language and literature(55.0101)
    • literature of France and the French community, French(55.1404)
    • Quebec studies(05.0122)
    • Western European studies(05.0114)
05.0125 - German studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Germany, the neighbouring countries of Austria and Switzerland, the German minorities in neighbouring European countries, and the historical areas of German influence across Europe and overseas.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • German studies
    • Germanic studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • German history(54.0103)
    • German language and literature(16.0501)
    • Western European studies(05.0114)
05.0126 - Italian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of modern Italy and its predecessors on the Italian Peninsula, including overseas migrations of Italian peoples.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Italian studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • European history(54.0103)
    • European studies(05.0106)
    • Italian(16.0902)
05.0127 - Japanese studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the peoples of Japan, and related island groups and coastal neighbours.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Japanese studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Asian history(54.0106)
    • East Asian studies(05.0104)
    • Japanese(16.0302)
05.0128 - Korean studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the peoples of Korea, including related island groups and borderlands.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Korean studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • East Asian studies(05.0104)
    • Korean(16.0303)
    • Korean history(54.0106)
05.0129 - Polish studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Poland and the current and historical inhabitants of the Polish lands, including borderlands, from earliest times to the present.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Polish studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Central European studies(05.0105)
    • European and Russian studies(05.0199)
    • European history(54.0103)
    • Polish(16.0407)
05.0130 - Spanish and Iberian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the peoples of the Iberian Peninsula and related island groups and border regions from earliest times to the present, with particular emphasis on the development of Spain and Portugal but including other historical and current cultures.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Hispanic studies
    • Iberian studies
    • Spanish studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • European history(54.0103)
    • Portuguese language and literature(16.0904)
    • Spanish language and literature(16.0905)
    • Western European studies(05.0114)
05.0131 - Tibetan studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Tibet and its borderlands, with emphasis on both premodern and modern Tibet and associated religious and exile movements.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Tibetan studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Asian history(54.0106)
    • East Asian studies(05.0104)
    • Tibetan language and literature(16.0304)
05.0132 - Ukraine studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the Ukraine and its inhabitants, and related border regions, from earliest times to the present.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Ukrainian studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • East European studies(05.0105)
    • European history(54.0103)
    • Ukrainian language and literature(16.0410)
05.0133 - Irish studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Ireland and the Irish diaspora, from the early Christian period to the present.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Irish studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Celtic languages and literature(16.1301)
    • Commonwealth studies(05.0121)
    • Western European studies(05.0114)
05.0134 - Latin American and Caribbean studies

This instructional program class comprises any integrated program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the peoples and countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Latin American and Caribbean studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • Caribbean studies(05.0119)
    • Latin American studies(05.0107)
05.0135 - Appalachian studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, culture, and economics of the Appalachian region of the United States and/or Canada. These programs include courses in contemporary issues in Appalachia, political economy of Appalachia, community-based research, ethnomusicology, and oral and written languages of Appalachia.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Appalachian studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • American studies(05.0102)
    • Canadian studies(05.0115)
    • regional studies(05.0122)
05.0136 - Arctic studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the Arctic region.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Arctic and Northern studies
    • Arctic studies
    • circumpolar studies
    • Northern studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • American studies(05.0102)
    • Canadian studies(05.0115)
    • Indigenous and Northern studies(05.0202)
    • northern international development(45.0604)
    • regional studies(05.0122)
05.0199 - Area studies, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Area studies.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • Asia Pacific studies
    • European and Russian studies
    • European, Russian and Eurasian studies
    • other area studies
    • Pacific and Asian studies
    • Pacific Rim studies
    • Slavic and East European studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • intercultural studies(30.2301)
    • international studies(30.2001)
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