History, BA (Honours)

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Acceptance Criteria

Students may apply to the appropriate department for acceptance into the Honours stream upon the successful completion of twenty courses in the Bachelor of Arts program. Acceptance into the Honours stream is competitive meaning students with higher GPA’s will be considered first. Students must present a minimum Grade Point Average of 3.00 in the last 10 courses completed and identify a research focus that is compatible with the available faculty for mentorship within the department.

Before applying for Honours, students must also have declared a major in the Honours discipline. Students may apply for entrance into Honours between March 1 and May 1 of the academic year in which they have successfully completed twenty courses. Departments/disciplines in which Honours streams are housed will meet to decide on who will be accepted into the Honours stream, based on the number of applications received and the qualifications of the students who have applied. A student who has graduated with a Bachelor of Arts may not apply to enter Honours in the same discipline in which they received the Bachelor of Arts degree.

Program Continuance

Students accepted into the Honours BA must maintain a term GPA of 3.00 in each semester. Subject to review by the Chair, students who fail to maintain a term GPA of 3.00, will lose their place in the Honours stream. Students will normally not be permitted to reapply for Honours and may do so only with the permission of the Chair of their Honours discipline. Students permitted to reapply must follow the procedures for acceptance into the Honours stream, as mentioned above.

There is no guarantee that a student will be re-admitted into the Honours stream. Students completing the Honours steam who have failed to satisfy all the requirements for an Honours degree but who have satisfied all requirements for a BA major degree shall receive a BA major degree upon graduation.

Curriculum

All students must meet the general graduation requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (honours). In addition, History Honours students must achieve a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the last eight History courses completed in the program and must meet the following graduation requirements.

HIST 1100 - Introduction to History
HIST 2202 - The Historian’s Craft
Three additional HIST classes at the 1000-level
HIST 5110 - Honours Project I
HIST 5120 - Honours Project II
Eight additional HIST classes at the 2000-level or higher**
Four HIST classes at the 4000-level or higher
10 General Education courses
10 Electives courses***

_{* Students are strongly advised to select a topic for their Honours Project from subject areas in which they have taken a minimum of four courses, at least one at the 4000-level.

** CNST 2233, HUMN 2219, and HUM 2221 may also be used to complete this requirement.

*** Students are eligible to choose any 3-credit university-level course to complete an elective requirement, including HIST courses that are not already fulfilling a major requirement. Students should be aware that no more than 24 courses within one discipline will be counted towards their degree (e.g. no more than 24 courses with the course prefix HIST).}

Indigenization Requirement

Any INST designated course or one of the following courses:

Electives

Eight Electives courses

Students are eligible to choose any 3-credit university-level course to complete an elective requirement, including HIST courses that are not already fulfilling a major requirement. Students should be aware that no more than 24 courses within one discipline will be counted towards their degree (e.g. no more than 24 courses with the course prefix HIST).

General Education Requirements

Ten courses must be completed to meet the General Education requirements to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts - History (Honours).

Four courses will be taken at the foundational level: one from each of the thematic clusters.
Three courses will be taken at the second tier: no more than one from each of the thematic clusters. One of these courses must be from the Numeracy and Scientific Literacy cluster.
Three courses must be taken at the third tier, selected from at least two of the thematic clusters.