Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings
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.
05.02 - Ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies
This subseries comprises instructional program classes 05.0201 to 05.0299.
05.0200 - Ethnic studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the interdisciplinary and comparative study of the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of various racial and ethnic groups, including African Americans, Indigenous peoples and various ethnic groups.
Illustrative example(s)
- ethnic and pluralism studies
- ethnic studies
- race and ethnicity
- race, ethnicity and indigeneity
Exclusion(s)
- Asian American studies(05.0206)
- Black Canadian studies(05.0201)
- comparative ethnic studies(05.0212)
- cultural studies(30.2601)
- Hispanic American studies(05.0203)
- Indigenous studies(05.0202)
05.0201 - African American/Black studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of the North American peoples descended from the African diaspora; focusing on the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, but also including reference to Latin American elements of the diaspora.
Illustrative example(s)
- African American studies
- African Canadian studies
- African-American studies
- African-Canadian studies
- Afro-American studies
- Afro-Canadian studies
- Black American studies
- Black Canadian studies
- Black studies
Exclusion(s)
- African languages and literature(16.0201)
- African studies(05.0101)
- American studies(05.0102)
- comparative ethnic studies(05.0212)
05.0202 - Indigenous peoples of the Americas studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from earliest times until the present, with particular emphasis on U.S. and Canadian populations and their problems but including reference to Caribbean and Latin American native peoples.
Illustrative example(s)
- Aboriginal and Northern studies
- Aboriginal studies
- First Nations studies
- Indigenous and Northern studies
- Indigenous studies
- Inuit studies
- Native American studies
- Native studies
- Northern First Nations studies
- Nunavut Sivuniksavut
Exclusion(s)
- American studies(05.0102)
- Canadian studies(05.0115)
- comparative ethnic studies(05.0212)
- Indigenous languages and literature(16.1001)
- Northern studies(05.0136)
05.0203 - Hispanic American, Puerto Rican and Mexican American/Chicano studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic American immigrant populations within the U.S., including Mexican American Studies, Cuban American Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, and others.
Illustrative example(s)
- Chicano studies
- Cuban American studies
- Hispanic American studies
- Mexican American studies
- Puerto Rican studies
Exclusion(s)
- comparative ethnic studies(05.0212)
- Latin American studies(05.0107)
- Spanish language and literature(16.0905)
- Spanish studies(05.0130)
05.0206 - Asian American/Asian Canadian studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of Asian population groups who have immigrated to the United States and Canada, or sought refugee asylum, from the colonial period to the present, and including Chinese Americans/Canadians, Japanese Americans/Canadians, Korean Americans/Canadians, Vietnamese Americans/Canadians, Cambodian Americans/Canadians, and others.
Illustrative example(s)
- Asian American studies
- Asian Canadian studies
- Chinese American studies
- Chinese Canadian studies
- Filipino American studies
- Filipino Canadian studies
- Japanese American studies
- Japanese Canadian studies
- Vietnamese American studies
- Vietnamese Canadian studies
Exclusion(s)
- American studies(05.0102)
- Asian studies(05.0103)
- comparative ethnic studies(05.0212)
- East Asian languages and literature(16.0300)
- Oriental languages(16.9999)
05.0207 - Women's studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women in different periods and locations in North America and the world. Programs may focus on literature, philosophy, and the arts as much as on social studies and policy.
Illustrative example(s)
- feminist studies
- women's and gender studies
- women's studies
Exclusion(s)
- gender studies(05.0299)
- political history(30.4601)
05.0208 - Gay/lesbian studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on homosexuality in history, society, politics, and cultural life; usually with an emphasis on the modern emergence of gays and lesbians as a sociocultural minority movement, the identification of social, literary, and artistic themes and the definition of, and public policy and legal issues surrounding the gay and lesbian community.
Illustrative example(s)
- gay and lesbian studies
- gay studies
- lesbian studies
Exclusion(s)
- intercultural studies(30.2301)
05.0209 - Folklore studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the study of creativity and aesthetic expression in everyday life, as expressed in narrative, literature, performing arts, culture, work, family and community.
Illustrative example(s)
- folklore and folklife
- folklore and mythology
- folklore studies
05.0210 - Disability studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the nature, meaning, and consequences of what it is to be defined as disabled and explores the historical, cultural, economic, physiological, and socio-political dynamics of disability. These programs include courses in disability rights, legal issues, and public policy; literature, philosophy, and the arts; and/or research in the social sciences, education, and health sciences addressing social and experiential aspects of disability.
Illustrative example(s)
- disability studies
Exclusion(s)
- developmental services worker (DSW)(19.0710)
05.0211 - Deaf studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the sociological, historical and linguistic aspects of the deaf and hearing impaired, and that prepares individuals to work with the deaf and hearing impaired. These programs include courses in sign language, deaf studies, deaf culture, structure of sign language, history of the deaf community, and civil rights of deaf people.
Illustrative example(s)
- deaf studies
- deaf studies and American Sign Language
- deaf studies and Quebec Sign Language
- deaf studies and sign language
Exclusion(s)
- American Sign Language(16.1601)
- education of the deaf(13.1003)
05.0212 - Comparative group studies
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the comparative study of the history, literature, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of different groups such as racial, gender, sexual, class, ethnic, geographical, and national. These programs include courses in comparative studies, comparative literature, critical race theory, cultural anthropology, cultural studies, religious studies, science studies, social and cultural theory, urban studies, and visual culture.
Illustrative example(s)
- comparative ethnic studies
- comparative group studies
Exclusion(s)
- comparative cultural studies(30.2601)
- ethnic studies(05.0200)
05.0299 - Ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies, other
This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies.
Illustrative example(s)
- diaspora studies
- gender studies
- other ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies
- women's, gay and lesbian studies, integrated
Exclusion(s)
- cultural studies(30.2601)
- intercultural studies(30.2301)
- international studies(30.2001)
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