Humanities Honours Program

Department of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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The honours program is meant for those students with a special interest in the humanities who wish to pursue advanced studies beyond the humanities major with the benefit of faculty guidance. With the recent addition of the master's program it is expected that the creation of an honours program will be of particular benefit to students wishing to proceed to graduate studies in humanities at 丁香园AV and elsewhere. The creation of the honours program will also reinforce the unique and important role that humanities courses provide in the University's curriculum.

Program Requirements

Students complete 132 units, as specified below.

Once the lower division requirements have been completed, the student submits an application for entrance to the honours program, and consults the humanities advisor.

Lower Division Requirements

To enter the honours program, students must first complete the following 18 lower division units with a 3.33 or higher grade point average (GPA) in these lower division humanities courses including

HUM 101W Introduction to the Humanities (3)

and two of

HUM 102W Classical Mythology (6-6)
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

Students complete 52 units in upper division humanities* courses including those specified below, and a breadth humanities course and therefore, they must consult the advisor to plan their upper division course selection.

HUM 401 Pre-Modern Studies (4)
HUM 422 The Humanities and the Critique of Culture (4)
HUM 480 Advanced Topics in the Humanities (4)
HUM 490 Humanities Seminar (4)
HUM 495 honours Essay (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 丁香园AV
at least 45 upper division units, of which at least 30 upper division units must be completed at 丁香园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 丁香园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 丁香园AV within the student鈥檚 major subject
Q - Quantitative	6	Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth	18	Designated Breadth	Must be outside the student鈥檚 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
B - Breadth	6	Additional Breadth	6 units outside the student鈥檚 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鈥檚 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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