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History and Humanities Joint Major Program

Department of History | Department of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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This joint major explores relationships between the two disciplines. Students must plan their program in consultation with advisors in each department.

Program Requirements

Students complete 120 units, as specified below.

Lower Division Requirements

History

Students complete 18 units of 100 and 200 division history courses.

Students must complete at least nine lower division history units before enrolling in upper division work.

Humanities

Students complete 15 units including

  • HUM 101W Introduction to the Humanities (3)

and one of

  • HUM 102W Classical Mythology (3)
  • HUM 105 Western Civilization from the Ancient World to the Reformation Era (3)
  • HUM 130 Introduction to Religious Studies (3)

and one of

  • HUM 201 Great Texts: Ancient World to Renaissance (3)
  • HUM 202 Great Texts: Renaissance to Modernity (3)
  • HUM 203 Great Texts: Asian Thought and Literature (3)

and two further lower division humanities courses.

Upper Division Requirements

History

Students complete 24 units of 300 and 400 division history courses, of which 12 must be in 400 division. Students complete at least one course from each group as shown below.

Group 1 – Europe

  • HIST 307 Selected Topics in Hellenic Studies (4)
  • HIST 308 Byzantium from Constantine to the end of the Dark Ages: 4th to the 9th Centuries (4)
  • HIST 315 Politics and Society in England, 1500-1707 (4)
  • HIST 316 English Society since the Mid 18th Century (4)
  • HIST 319 The Modern French Nation (4)
  • HIST 320 European Reformation (4)
  • HIST 321 State and Society in Early Modern Europe (4)
  • HIST 331 Germany from the Reformation to 1815 (4)
  • HIST 332 Politics and Culture in Modern Germany (4)
  • HIST 334 The Making of Imperial Russia (4)
  • HIST 335 The Soviet Project (4)
  • HIST 336 Ideas and Society in Early Modern Europe (4)
  • HIST 337 The Balance of Power in Europe (4)
  • HIST 338 World War II (4)
  • HIST 339 The British Empire and Commonwealth (4)
  • HIST 345W Selected Topics in European History (4)
  • HIST 360 History of Science: Greeks to Newton (4)
  • HIST 361 The History of Science: The Eighteenth Century to the Present (4)
  • HIST 362 Ireland from the Penal Era to Partition (4)
  • HIST 401 Problems in Modern German History (4)
  • HIST 402 Renaissance Italy (4)
  • HIST 403 The European Reformation (4)
  • HIST 404 Protestants, Papists and Puritans: Culture and Belief in Early Modern England, 1500-1640 (4)
  • HIST 407 Popular Culture in Great Britain and Europe (4)
  • HIST 411 Class and Gender in Modern Europe (4)
  • HIST 412 Marxism and the Writing of History (4)
  • HIST 413 Britain and Europe in the Twentieth Century (4)
  • HIST 415 Victorian Britain (4)
  • HIST 416 The French Revolution (4)
  • HIST 417 Problems in Modern French History (4)
  • HIST 419 Problems in Modern Russian History (4)
  • HIST 420 Russia as a Multiethnic Empire (4)
  • HIST 421 Modern Greece, 1864-1925 (4)
  • HIST 422 Greece, 1935-1944: Occupation and Resistance (4)
  • HIST 439 Catholicism in Early Modern Europe (4)
  • HIST 462 Religion, Ethnicity, and Politics in Twentieth Century Northern Ireland (4)

Group 2 – The Americas

  • HIST 322 Atlantic and Pacific Migration (4)
  • HIST 325 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850 * (4) or
  • FNST 325 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850 * (4)
  • HIST 326 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North American Since 1850 ** (4) or
  • FNST 326 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America Since 1850 ** (4)
  • HIST 327 Canadian Labor and Working Class History (4)
  • HIST 329 Canadian Family History (4)
  • HIST 373 Conquest in North America, 1500-1900 (4)
  • HIST 374W Selected Topics in the History of the Americas (4)
  • HIST 376 North American West (4)
  • HIST 377 Environmental History (4)
  • HIST 382 African-American History, since 1865 (4)
  • HIST 424 Problems in the Cultural History of Canada (4)
  • HIST 425 Gender and History (4)
  • HIST 426 State Power and Social Regulation in North America (4)
  • HIST 427 Problems in the History of Aboriginal Peoples (4)
  • HIST 428 Problems in the Social and Economic History of Canada (4)
  • HIST 430 New France (4)
  • HIST 432 Problems in Environmental History (4)
  • HIST 436 British Columbia (4)
  • HIST 442 America's Empires (4)
  • HIST 444 Conceptualizing Atlantic Canada (4)
  • HIST 450 Race, Expansion and War in the Early American Republic (4)
  • HIST 453 The United States in Depression and War (4)
  • HIST 454 The History of Sexuality (4)
  • HIST 455 Race in the Americas (4)
  • HIST 458 Problems in Latin American Regional History (4)
  • HIST 459 Problems in the Political and Social History Latin America (4)

*only one of FNST 325 and HIST 325 can be completed for credit
**only one of FNST 326 and HIST 326 can be completed for credit

Group 3 – Africa, Middle East, Asia

  • HIST 343 Africa and the Slave Trade (4)
  • HIST 344 Themes in Modern East Africa (4)
  • HIST 348 A History of Twentieth Century South Africa (4)
  • HIST 350 The Ottoman Empire and Turkey (4)
  • HIST 352 Religion and Politics in Modern Iran (4)
  • HIST 354 Imperialism and Modernity in the Middle East (4)
  • HIST 355 The Arab Middle East in the Twentieth Century (4)
  • HIST 366 Social History of China since 1800 (4)
  • HIST 367 History of the People's Republic of China (4)
  • HIST 368W Selected Topics in the History of the Wider World (4)
  • HIST 371 The Asia-Pacific War in Modern Japanese History (4)
  • HIST 388 Christianity and Globalization (4)
  • HIST 456 The Late Ottoman Empire: State, Culture and Social Transformation, 1750-1923 (4)
  • HIST 457 The Turkish Republic: Politics, Society, and Culture, 1918-Present (4)
  • HIST 464 Problems in Modern Asian History (4)
  • HIST 465 The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (4)
  • HIST 466 Religion and Society in Africa, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (4)
  • HIST 467 Modern Egypt (4)
  • HIST 468 Problems in the History of Religion (4)
  • HIST 469 Islamic Social and Intellectual History (4)
  • HIST 471 Women in Modern Japanese History (4)
  • HIST 472 Problems in World History (4)
  • HIST 473 The Making of South African Society (4)
  • HIST 479 Change, Conflict and Resistance in Twentieth-Century China (4)

Group 4 – Global/Comparative

  • HIST 300 Approaches to History (4)
  • HIST 322 Atlantic and Pacific Migration (4)
  • HIST 334 The Making of Imperial Russia (4)
  • HIST 335 The Soviet Project (4)
  • HIST 363 History of Technology (4)
  • HIST 373 Conquest in North America, 1500-1900 (4)
  • HIST 376 North American West (4)
  • HIST 388 Christianity and Globalization (4)
  • HIST 412 Marxism and the Writing of History (4)
  • HIST 420 Russia as a Multiethnic Empire (4)
  • HIST 425 Gender and History (4)
  • HIST 442 America's Empires (4)
  • HIST 451 Oral History: Theories and Practices (4)
  • HIST 454 The History of Sexuality (4)
  • HIST 461 Oral History: Practicum (4)
  • HIST 466 Religion and Society in Africa, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (4)
  • HIST 468 Problems in the History of Religion (4)
  • HIST 469 Islamic Social and Intellectual History (4)
  • HIST 472 Problems in World History (4)

Humanities

Students complete 20 units in upper division humanities courses.

Recommended
  • HUM 302W The Golden Age of Greece: An Integrated Society (4)
  • HUM 303 The Latin Humanist Tradition (4)
  • HUM 305 Medieval Studies (4)
  • HUM 307 Carolingian Civilization (4)
  • HUM 311 Italian Renaissance Humanism (4)
  • HUM 312W Renaissance Studies (4)

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Program Requirements

For all bachelor of arts (BA) programs (except the honours program), students complete 120 units, which includes

  • at least 60 units that must be completed at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
  • at least 45 upper division units, of which at least 30 upper division units must be completed at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
  • at least 65 units (including 21 upper division units) in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
  • satisfaction of the writing, quantitative, and breadth requirements
  • an overall cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division CGPA of at least 2.0, and a program (major, joint major, extended minor, minor) CGPA and upper division CGPA of at least 2.0

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements
A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement

Units

Notes
W - Writing

6

Must include at least one upper division course, taken at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV within the student’s major subject
Q - Quantitative

6

Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth

18

Designated Breadth Must be outside the student’s major subject, and may be lower or upper division
6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc
6 units Humanities: B-Hum
6 units Sciences: B-Sci

6

Additional Breadth

6 units outside the student’s major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements)
Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

 

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University’s residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

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