Students must consult the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) degree regulations that form minimum requirements for the relevant programs in all subjects. Listed below are special or additional requirements that must also be met by students in History programs.

 

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Concentration (30 credits in History)

  • 6 credits in history at the 1000-level
  • 12 credits in North American history – with at least 6 credits at the 3000-level
  • 12 credits in European/World history – with at least 6 credits at the 3000-level

 

Bachelor of Arts (BA) / Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) Minor (24 credits in History)

  • 6 credits in history at the 1000-level
  • 6 credits in North American history (2000- or 3000-level)
  • 6 credits in European/World history (2000- or 3000-level)

 

Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) Academic Field (24 Credits)

  • 24 credits in one discipline with at least 6 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level

 

Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) Major (48 credits in History)

  • 6 credits in history at the 1000-level
  • 12 credits in North American history – with at least 6 credits at the 3000-level
  • 12 credits in European/World history – with at least 6 credits at the 3000-level

 

Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) Double Major: (36 credits in History)

  • 6 credits in history at the 1000-level
  • 12 credits in North American history – with at least 6 credits at the 3000-level
  • 12 credits in European/World history – with at least 6 credits at the 3000-level

 

Multidisciplinary Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) (with History)

Please refer to BA or BACS program requirements regarding the development of a Multidisciplinary degree. Students interested in using English as one of the subjects in a Multidisciplinary BA or BACS should consult with the Department Chair.

Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) Honours (66 credits in History)

Students must consult Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) Honours requirements for entering and graduating with an Honours degree. The 66 credits in a History Honours program must include:

 

  • 6 credits in history at the 1000-level
  • 12 credits in North American history – with at least 6 credits at the 3000-level
  • 12 credits in European/World history – with at least 6 credits at the 3000-level
  • HIST-3115 (Varieties of History) OR HIST-3102 (Historical Archaeology) OR HIST-3118 (Public History in the Media) OR HIST-3119 (History in the Public Sphere)
  • Students in their graduating year must consult with the Chair about their Honours thesis as early as possible, and no later than the second week of September

 

In addition, students must complete six credits in one of the following:

  • a language other than English OR
  • any six-credit course in quantitative research methods OR
  • any third- or fourth-year level course in another department in the School of Arts & Social Sciences, approved by the Chair of the Department of Humanities

 

The following table defines which courses count as “North American” and which count as “European/World.”

EUROPEAN/WORLD

                                     NORTH AMERICAN

                                                                                                                               EITHER

 

HIST-2100 The Medieval Experience

HIST-2101 Origins of Canada

HIST-2114 The History of Money

HIST-2102 Celtic History

HIST-2103 Canada in a Modern World

HIST-2118 First World War and 20th Century

HIST-2106 The Reformations

HIST-2104 Atlantic Canada before Confederation

HIST-2123 Stories We Tell

HIST-2107 Europe in the Seventeenth Century

HIST-2105 Atlantic Canada 1867-1990

HIST-2130 History of Empire

HIST-2108 History of Christianity I

HIST-2110 Mi`kmaq History

HIST-2133 The History Workshop

HIST-2109 History of Christianity II

HIST-2111 Vernacular Architecture

HIST-2134 Environmental History

HIST-2112 Survey of British History

HIST-2115 Canadian Military History

HIST-2191 Women in Western Religions

HIST-2113 Europe in Renaissance & Reformation

HIST-2117 America: Freedom & Empire

HIST-2193 Women in Eastern Religions

HIST-2120 Reformers, Revolutionaries and Tyrants

HIST-3104 Social History of Modern Canada I

HIST-3121 Gender History

HIST-3101 Modern Ireland, 1603-1848

HIST-3105 Social History of Modern Canada II

HIST-3102 Field School in Historical Archaeology

HIST-3103 Modern Ireland, 1848-2000

HIST-3110 Aboriginal & Treaty Rights in the Canadian Constitution

HIST-3115 Varieties of History

HIST-3107 Tudor England

HIST-3113 Cape Breton History, 1820-1910

HIST-3117 History & Philosophy of Science

HIST-3108 Stuart England

HIST-3114 Cape Breton History, 1910-2000

HIST-3118 Public History & Media

HIST-3109 Scotland 1500-1603

HIST-3120 Race Relations in North America

HIST-3119 Memory and History in the Public Sphere

HIST-3111 Scotland 1603-1707

HIST-3140 The Peopling of Canada and North America

HIST-3130A/B The Viking World

HIST-3122 Modern Scottish Highlands

HIST-3150 Social History of Louisbourg

HIST-3131 The Atlantic World During the Age of Sail

HIST-3142 Modern Britain

 

HIST-3133 Slavery & Freedom in the Americas

HIST-3201 Religious Persecution to Religious Liberty I (to 1600)

 

 HIST-4101 Digital History

HIST-3203 Religious Persecution to Religious Liberty II (from 1600)

 

 

HIST-4110A/B Witch-Hunting: Early Scotland

 

 

 

 

 

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