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  Honours BA History

      120 Units

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        History is the discipline that focuses on the diverse and complex ways that individuals and groups have created and adjusted to change over thousands of years around the world. In studying change over time, history students learn to interpret evidence of human thought and behavior, in order to understand the impact of individual and collective decision-making, the changing relationships among people and societies, and between humans and their environment.

        This program is offered in English and in French.

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        Co-operative education is available with this program.

        The French immersion stream is available with this program.

      Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2025-2026 calendars for the previous requirements.

      Course List
        Code                  Title                                                  Units  
        Basic Skills                                                               
        ENG 1100              Workshop in Essay Writing                              3 Units
        3 course units from:  3 Units                                              
          PHI 1101            Reasoning and Critical Thinking                               
          PHI 1301            Philosophy: Ideas and Arguments                               
        3 course units from:  3 Units                                              
          AHL 1100            Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1         
          AHL 1900            Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1         
          ENG 1120            Selected Topics in Literature and Composition                 
        3 course units from:  3 Units                                              
          AHL 1100            Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1         
          AHL 1900            Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1         
          PHI 1102            Moral Reasoning                                               
          PHI 1103            Fundamental Philosophical Questions                           
          PHI 1104            Great Philosophers                                            
          PHI 1302            Philosophy: Themes and Texts                                  
        Total:                12 Units                                             
        
        Course List
          Code                                                                       Title                                  Units  
          Compulsory courses at the 1000 level                                                                            
          6 course units from:                                                       6 Units                              
            HIS 1100                                                                 History Labs                                  
            HIS 1101                                                                 The Making of Canada                          
            HIS 1110                                                                 Introduction to Global History                
            HIS 1111                                                                 The Twentieth-Century World from 1945         
            HIS 1120                                                                 What Is Europe? (16th-21th Century)           
          Compulsory courses at the 2000 level                                                                            
          HIS 2100                                                                   The Historian's Craft                  3 Units
          3 course units from:                                                       3 Units                              
            HIS 2197                                                                 Philosophy of History                         
            HIS 3105                                                                 From Source to Text                           
          Optional courses                                                                                                
          12 course units of seminars in history (HIS) at the 4000 level             12 Units                             
          12 optional course units in history (HIS) at the 3000 or 4000 level        12 Units                             
          24 optional course units in history (HIS) at the 2000, 3000 or 4000 level  24 Units                             
          Total:                                                                     60 Units                             
          
          Course List
            Code                      Title     Units
            Elective Courses                  
            48 elective course units  48 Units
            Total:                    48 Units
            

            The electives may be replaced by a combination of a Minor, Microprogram(s), and/or elective units.

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            This course has variable topics. Students may take this course twice.

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