Minor in History

 

Requirements for completing a Bachelor of Arts degree with a minor in History

(The following is taken from the 2024/2025 University Calendar section 15.10.3.2 and is subject to change - please refer to the latest version to ensure accuracy. If there are any discrepancies between this listing and the listing prepared by the Registrar's office, the Registrar's office official listing will be taken as correct.)

  1. Students should consult the Regulations for the General Degree of Bachelor of Arts in addition to the regulations listed below.

  2. Any one of History 1005, 1009-1015 forms the introduction to the practice of history. Third and fourth-year students taking History courses as electives or to satisfy Regulations for the General Degree of Bachelor of Arts are encouraged to enrol in the Department’s second-year courses.

Students who undertake a Minor in History must complete 24 credit hours in History, including:

  1. 3 credit hours in a course beginning with the initial digit ‘1’. Only one first-year course may be used to meet the Minor requirements in History. However, a Minor may use subsequent first-year History courses as Humanities and Social Sciences electives for the B.A.;

  2. at least 9 credit hours in courses with the initial digit '2';

  3. at least 6 credit hours in courses with the initial digit '2' should be completed before registering in a course with the initial digit '3';

  4. at least 6 credit hours in courses with the initial digit '3';

  5. at least 3 credit hours in courses with the initial digit ‘4’. Some fourth-year courses may require successful completion of courses in the same topic/subject area. Prerequisites may be waived at the discretion of the instructor; and

  6. 3 additional credit hours in courses with an initial digit beyond ‘1’.

No more than 9 transfer credit hours in History may be used to fulfil the requirements for a Minor in History.

*For descriptions of History 1100 and 1101, see the separate section under Grenfell Campus.