Undergraduate Program Calendar 2009|10

BA Humanities Concentration


Regulations amended, effective September 1, 2009 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. Students completing the Humanities Concentration will possess: • good writing, critical thinking, and library research skills • experience in interdisciplinary study within the humanities • experience of two or more traditional intellectual disciplines within the humanities, and • have taken a reasonable proportion of specialized courses at the senior (300/400) level. Students who have any doubt about their essay writing, critical thinking, or library research skills are strongly advised to take one or more of the following courses at the outset of their university studies: ENGL 255, PHIL 252, INFS 200.

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 credits at the senior (300 or 400) level.

2.	A minimum of 24 credits in the following designated Humanities concentration core courses including a minimum of 18 credits at the senior (300 or 400) level.


ARHI 201/HIST 203	A Survey of Western Art I	(3)
ARHI 202/HIST 204	A Survey of Western Art II	(3)
ENGL 303	A History of Drama-Part I: Early Stages	(3)
ENGL 304	A History of Drama-Part II: Modernist Theatre	(3)
ENGL 358	Literature of the Americas	(6)
HIST 371	The Medieval World I: The Early Middle Ages	(3)
HIST 372	The Medieval World II: The High Middle Ages	(3)
HIST 373	The Renaissance	(3)
HIST 374	The Northern Renaissance and the Reformation	(3)
HIST 404	Historical Foundations of Modern Science	(3)
HUMN	All courses
PHIL 371	Ethics, Science, Technology, and the Environment	(3)
RELS 204	Introduction to World Religions	(3)


3.	A minimum of 12 credits in the following designated Humanities concentration elective courses:


ANTH 318	Ancient Civilizations of the Americas	(3)
ENGL	All courses (except all 100-level English courses and ENGL 255 Introductory Composition)
FREN 363	Le roman français du XXe siècle	(3)
HIST	All courses
MUSI 267	Sound and Sense: Listening to Music	(3)


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