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Arts Academic Plans

History

Honours History (Arts and Business Co-op and Regular)

Students may combine the Honours History academic plan with Arts and Business.

Continuation in this academic plan requires a cumulative overall average of at least 60% and a cumulative History average of at least 75%.

Eligibility for graduation in the Honours History (Arts and Business Co-op and Regular) academic plan includes successful fulfillment of the following requirements:

  1. Appropriate Program-level (BA) requirements. See BA Degree Requirements.
  2. History Plan-level requirements:
    • at least seven academic course units (14 courses) in History with a minimum cumulative average of 75%, including:
      • HIST 250
      • one course in each of three fields:
      • two HIST courses at the 300-level
      • two HIST 400-level senior seminars (1.0 unit each), one with a B suffix
  3. Arts and Business requirements.

Notes:

  1. Students may use no more than two HIST courses at the 100-level to fulfill History plan requirements.
  2. History students in all plans are required to have: at least one course focused on Canadian history, at least one course focused on pre-1800 history, and at least one course focused on post-1800 history. These requirements will usually (but not always) be satisfied as a student advances through their program. Please check with the History academic advisor to ensure that all requirements are met.


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