Calendar 2005|06, Athabasca University

BA History Concentration


Regulations effective September 1, 2005 As a graduate of Athabasca University's History program you will have the ability to • situate contemporary events in broader historical contexts • explain changing social attitudes as the product of specific contexts and events • recognize the ways in which knowledge is socially constructed and sanctioned • evaluate information for its relevance and reliability • articulate logical arguments based on relevant information • identify multiple possible explanations for events • interpret historical evidence carefully and assess for possible bias. Athabasca University has developed program learning outcomes that describe the career options that may be available to you upon graduating. Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment. Bachelor of Arts (3-year) General regulations.

Requirements in addition to the general program requirements for the 3-year BA with Concentration.

1.	A minimum of 36 credits in concentration courses including a minimum of 24 senior (300 or 400) level credits.

2.	6 junior (200) level credits in world or European history. For example:


HIST/HUMN 201	Western Culture I	(3)
HIST/HUMN 202	Western Culture II	(3)


3.	3 junior (200) level credits in Canadian history. For example:


HIST 225	History of Canada, 1867 to the Present	(3)


4.	A minimum of 27 credits in the following designated History concentration elective courses selected from the following: All courses labelled HIST and


GLST/HIST 307	The Pacific Century	(3)
GLST/HIST 377	Twentieth-Century China	(3)
HIST/HUMN 201	Western Culture I	(3)
HIST/HUMN 202	Western Culture II	(3)
HUMN/MUSI 285	History of Popular Music I: Blues to Big Bands, 1900-1940	(3)
HUMN/MUSI 286	History of Popular Music II: Be-bop to Beatles, 1940-1970	(3)
HUMN 309	Ancient Greece	(3)
HUMN 320	Rome and Early Christianity I	(3)
HUMN 321	Rome and Early Christianity II	(3)
HUMN/MUSI 420	Anglo-American Popular Music Traditions	(3)
HUMN/MUSI 421	The Folk Music Revival I: Before 1945	(3)
INST 368	History of Canada's First Nations to 1830	(3)
INST 369	History of Canada's First Nations from 1830	(3)
LBST 331	Women, Workers, and Farmers: Histories of North American Popular Resistance	(3)


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