2004-2005 University of Guelph Undergraduate Calendar

X. Degree Programs

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

History (HIST)

Department of History, College of Arts.

Courses marked (H) are designed as honours courses. Students in a general program wishing to take these must obtain the permission of instructors concerned. All other courses may be taken by both general and honours students. Students wishing to take a 3000 level course must have pass standing in at least 5.00 credits in university courses.

Students wishing to take a 4000 level course must have pass standing in at least 10.00 university credits. Access to all 4000 level history courses is restricted to students in the B.A. Honours program with at least a 70% average in all history course attempts. Students should note the prerequisite requirements of upper level courses in planning their individual programs

Students entering semester 1 are advised to choose from 1000 level courses. Second semester students wishing to take an advanced level History course should select that course from the History core.

Core Requirements

  1. HIST*1010, HIST*2450, HIST*2601/2

  2. 0.50 credit from each of Pre-Modern and Third World/Thematic course lists (a list of courses for each of these designations is available in the Department of History.)

Area of Concentration (General Program)

A minimum of 5.00 credits in History is required, including:

  1. at least 1.50 credits in History must be at the 3000 level (excluding HIST*3470 and HIST*3970)

  2. students should take the History Core Requirements

Note: With the permission of the department, students may select as part of their program 0.50 credit outside the History Department such as ECON*2420 or ECON*3730.

Major (Honours Program)

A minimum of 8.00 credits in History courses is required, including:

  1. the History Core Requirements

  2. 5.00 other credits in History including 1.50 at the 4000 level only one of which may be HIST*4470 or HIST*4970

Minor (Honours Program)

A minimum of 5.00 credits in History is required, including:

  1. the History Core Requirements

  2. 2.00 other credits in History including 1.00 at the 4000 level

Note: Honours students in History may, with the permission of the department, take up to 1.00 credit from outside the department such as ECON*2420 and ECON*3730. Students considering graduate work are advised to take 2.00 - 3.00 additional upper level History credits perhaps including the Special History Project Seminar (HIST*4470, HIST*4970) and to acquire a reading knowledge of a foreign language. Honours students must complete HIST*2450 by the end of their third semester to be eligible for 3000 level History courses.