Canadian Studies at
Eastern Kentucky University

     EKU has approved a new Canadian Studies minor. Now EKU students may begin their study of Canada with Perspectives on Canada, an introductory team taught Canadian Studies Online Program course, then take advanced CSOP  courses in Canadian history, government, civil liberties, environmental policy, economic life, and social and cultural issues from comparative and international perspectives, and conclude their studies with a summer internship in the Canadian Parliament.

     These Canadian Studies Online Program courses are available to EKU students, because Eastern Kentucky University in 2001 joined with Morehead State University, Western Kentucky University, the University of Kentucky, and Georgetown College to create the Kentucky Canadian Studies Consortium which has offered online courses to consortium students since the Fall 2001. Since then Canadian Government’s Canadian Studies Program Enhancement Grants have facilitated consortium-wide Canadian Studies Online Program development and its institutionalization at EKU as the International Studies Minor.

     At EKU the Canadian Studies minor is an 18 hour program which begins with the required Perspectives on Canada course. Students may then choose their remaining 15 hours from Canadian Studies Online Program courses in history, political science, sociology, and geography taught by CSOP faculty at EKU, MSU, WKU, UK, and Georgetown College; and they may conclude their online coursework with an internship in the Canadian Parliament. Students interested in a Canadian Studies minor should contact Dr. Steven Savage, Fall Semester the CSOP campus coordinator or Dr. Sara Ziegler, the Spring Semester CSOP campus coordinator.

Canadian Studies Minor

Canadian Studies Required Course: 3 hours
ANT 332: Perspectives on Canada

Canadian Studies Electives: 15 hours                   
ANT 333: First Nations of Canada
GEO 300: Geography of the United States and Canada  
HIS 300:  History of Canada 
POL 405: Government and Politics of Britain and Canada  
POL 405: Comparative Constitutional Law and Politics
POL 405: Political Economy and Environmental Policy in Canada
POL 405: Politics of the North American Auto Industry
POL 499: Canadian Parliament Internship Program

Total: 18  hours

Canadian Studies Online Program Faculty

William Green, Professor of Government, Morehead State University; CSOP Coordinator
Cynthia Faulkner, Associate Professor of Social Work, Morehead State University  
Jason Holcomb, Associate Professor of Geography, Morehead State University
Thomas Kiffmeyer, Associate Professor of History, Morehead State University

Esther Long, Assistant Professor of Geography, Morehead State University 
Adrian Mandzy, Associate Professor of History, Morehead State University
Gary O’Dell, Associate Professor of Geography, Morehead State University
John Petersen,  Professor of Political Science, Western Kentucky University
Steven Savage, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Eastern Kentucky University

Canadian Studies Information

Sara Zeigler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Government
Eastern Kentucky University
859-622-5931
Sara.Zeigler@eku.edu