University of Toronto Scarborough has finalized plans to create six new academic departments, the next step in an ongoing effort to meet the demands of a growing student body.
Principal Franco Vaccarino began the process of revamping the UTSC curriculum in 2008. The new departments, already in operation, will come out of the established Department of Social Sciences and Department of Humanities. They include Departments of Arts, Culture, and Media, Anthropology, Human Geography, Historical and Cultural Studies, Political Science, and Sociology. The new departments will also be accompanied by the creation of two extra- departmental units, designed to help students with their studies.
An expanded faculty will staff the new departments. This year has already seen thirty new hires, and more are likely to come.
