Editing Victoria University, Toronto (section)

== Academics ==
The undergraduate academic programs of Victoria College include Literary Studies, Semiotics and Communication Theory, Renaissance Studies, and the Vic Concurrent Teacher Education Program (developed in conjunction with the [[Ontario Institute for Studies in Education]]). Other academic offerings of note include the first-year undergraduate programs Vic One and Vic First Pathways.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academic Programs |url=http://www.vicu.utoronto.ca/vic/academic.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329120608/http://www.vicu.utoronto.ca/vic/academic.htm |archive-date=2007-03-29 |access-date=2007-04-12}}</ref>

The Vic One program, launched in 2003, is an academic opportunity for first-year students at the [[University of Toronto]] to build communication and leadership skills in a small classroom setting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=#UofTGrad2016: Oxford-bound grad found time to do nearly everything at U of T|url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/uoftgrad2016-oxford-bound-grad-found-time-do-nearly-everything-u-t|access-date=2022-01-12|website=University of Toronto News|language=en}}</ref> Applications typically open in December for any student who is applying to the University for enrolment in the following September.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=Vic One » Victoria College|url=https://vic.utoronto.ca/future-students/vic-one/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=vic.utoronto.ca|language=en-CA}}</ref> The Vic One program supplements a student's primary program of study in the form of weekly small group seminars and guest lectures from professors, visiting artists, writers, ambassadors and other public figures.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Rhodes Scholar and student leader, U of T grad Ikran Jama brought her community into the classroom|url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/rhodes-scholar-and-student-leader-u-t-grad-ikran-jama-brought-her-community-classroom|access-date=2022-01-12|website=University of Toronto News|language=en}}</ref> Enrolment in each academic stream is limited to 25 students, with a maximum of 250 students in the program each year.<ref name=":02" /> The eight streams are:

# '''Chambers''' (Commerce, Economics, & Policy) – Named for Margaret Chambers (Vic 3T8), founding member of [[The Co-operators]].
# '''Education''' (Education & Society) – Originally named ''Ryerson'', for the first principal of Victoria College, [[Egerton Ryerson]]. The name of the program was changed in September 2019 due to Ryerson's involvement with the residential school system in Canada.
# '''Frye''' (Literature & the Humanities) – Named for Victoria University principal, chancellor and student, [[Northrop Frye]] (Vic 3T3), a Canadian literary critic and theorist.
# '''Gooch''' (Philosophy & Ethical Citizenship) – Named for Victoria University president, Paul W. Gooch, a Canadian philosopher and founding member of the Vic One program.
# '''Jewison''' (Creative Arts & Society) – Named for [[Norman Jewison]] (Vic 4T9), a Canadian film director and producer.
# '''Pearson''' (History, Politics & Social Sciences) – Named for [[Lester B. Pearson]] (Vic 1T9), former Prime Minister of Canada.
# '''Schawlow''' (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) – Named for [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]] (Vic 4T1), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
# '''Stowe-Gullen''' (Life Sciences) – Named for [[Augusta Stowe-Gullen]] (Vic 1883), the first woman to graduate from a Canadian medical school.
The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies (CRRS) is a research and teaching centre in Victoria University devoted to the study of the period from approximately 1350 to 1700. The CRRS supervises an undergraduate program in [[Renaissance]] Studies, organizes lectures and seminars, and maintains an active series of publications. The centre also offers [[undergraduate]], [[Graduate school|graduate]], and [[postdoctoral]] fellowships. From 1976 to 2009, the performance history research and publishing project [[Records of Early English Drama]] (REED) was based at Victoria University.

Through [[Emmanuel College, Toronto|Emmanuel College]], Victoria University also offers theological postgraduate options in the ecumenical tradition of the [[United Church of Canada]], which are developed in close conjunction with the wider [[Toronto School of Theology]]. The most popular offering at Emmanuel is the [[Master of Divinity]], which is undertaken by prospective ordinands to ministry of Word and Sacrament. Other offerings at Emmanuel include master's degrees in pastoral studies, sacred music, general theological studies, and more. Doctoral study in theological studies is also offered.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academic Programs » Emmanuel College |url=https://emmanuel.utoronto.ca/future-students/academic-programs/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=emmanuel.utoronto.ca |language=en-CA}}</ref>