Arts Departmental Academic Plans

The Arts Humanities Option is particularly intended for Science Faculty students headed toward the medical profession who wish a grounding in the Humanities disciplines. It is available, however, to students in all Faculties outside Arts who may be interested in acquiring such a grounding.

The intent of the Arts Humanities Option is to provide non-Arts students with a relatively extensive exposure to the Humanities disciplines per se, to a variety of those disciplines, and to the topics, methods, and aims which they engage. The Option is comprised of courses from Classical Studies, English, History, and Philosophy, as well as Drama, Fine Arts, Music, and Religious Studies. Courses taught in English by the Language departments (East Asian, French, Germanic and Slavic, Italian, and Spanish) are included as well. Students possessing an appropriate academic background and fluency in a particular language may also request to include literature and/or culture courses taught in the language itself within their own Option course selections.

Entry to the Option, which should normally be arranged by or before the end of Year 2, requires the approval of the Associate Dean of Arts, Undergraduate Studies. Course-selection advisement for students in the Option is provided by the Arts Academic Counsellor (ML 254, the Arts Undergraduate Office).

Academic Plan Requirements:

1. The Arts Humanities Option requires the successful completion of four academic course units (eight courses as specified below) with a minimum cumulative average of 65%.
2. The eight courses of the Option are to include:
   
   • at least three but no more than four 100-level courses
   • four or five courses at and above the 200-level.
3. Within the Option overall, a maximum of four courses in any one Humanities discipline may be presented.
4. From among the disciplines of Classical Studies, English, History, and Philosophy, students are to present a total of three to six courses (including at least one above the 100-level).
5. From among the other participating Humanities disciplines, students are to present a total of two to five courses (including not more than two at the 100-level).
6. Courses at the 100-level (either three or four to be selected):
   
   • At least two but no more than three from the following four courses:
     CLAS 100, ENGL 190, HIST 130, PHIL 100
   • At least one or as many as two from the following four courses:
     DRAMA 101A, FINE 110, MUSIC 100, RS 100C
7. Either four or five courses from the following list:
   ARTS 301
   CLAS 225, 226, 265, 266, 325, 351
   DRAMA 251, 311, 314, 315, 371, 372
   EASIA 201R
   ENGL 200A, 200B, 208A, 318, 451B, 460B
   FINE 210, 212, 213, 215, 219, 281
   FR 197 (taught in French), 297 (taught in French), 291, 292
   GER 271, 272, 359, 381, 382
   HIST 205, 209, 213, 215, 223, 374
   ITALST 291, 292
   MUSIC 245, 253, 254, 255, 256, 260
   PHIL 200A, 200B, 221, 255, 265, 322
   REES 271, 272, 341, 342
   RS 200, 201, 267R, 271, 285, 355
   SPAN 218, 221
   

Notes

1. Students with an interest in Studio Fine Arts may request to take FINE 120/121 as two of four 100-level courses in order to have the prerequisites for one or two later courses in Studio Fine Arts. For students with an interest in Drama, a similar adaptation of the Option requirements may be requested. In either case, consult with the Option Advisor.
2. Except in cases involving two 100-level courses as prerequisites to later courses, no more than one 100-level course from any given discipline will be accepted toward the Option requirements.
3. Students wishing to develop particular thematic directions within their Option course selections should consult with the Option Advisor.
4. Students may request that the Option Advisor permit the substitution of other upper-year courses in the cited disciplines for courses in the upper-year listing above, to a maximum of three substitutions.
5. Maxima and minima as stated in the fifth text paragraph above must be observed in the selection of Option courses.