Humanities Major

Graduates of Athabasca University's BA major in Humanities will have:

1. good writing, critical thinking, and library research skills
2. a basic reading knowledge of a second language
3. experience in interdisciplinary study within the humanities
4. experience of two or more traditional intellectual disciplines within the humanities, and
5. 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.

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.

Did you know? Athabasca University also offers:

• three-year BA Humanities Concentration
• Minor in Humanities (optional)

For specific degree requirements view each program page.

Requirements in addition to the general program requirements for the 4-year BA with Major:

1. 60 credits in designated major courses including a minimum of 30 senior (300 and 400) level credits (a minimum of 12, 400-level credits).
2. Within these 60 credits students must also meet the language requirement by completing one of the following Athabasca University courses:

   FREN 201	First Year University French II or	(3)
   GERM 203	Introductory German II or
   SPAN 301	Intermediate Spanish II

   Students may count the language course as 3 credits towards the 30 credits required in the following designated elective courses.

3. A minimum of 30 credits selected from the following interdisciplinary core courses including a minimum of 6 senior (300 or 400) level credits.

   HUMN	All courses
   HUMN/HIST/CLAS 309	Ancient Greece	(3)
   HUMN/HIST/RELS 313	Early Christians	(3)
   ARHI 201/ HIST 203	A Survey of Western Art I: Looking at Art from Ancient Times to the Middle Ages	(3)
   ARHI 202/ HIST 204	A Survey of Western Art II: Looking at Art from the Renaissance to Present Day	(3)
   CMNS 358	Popular Culture and the Media	(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)
   ENGL 401	The Faust Theme	(3)
   ENGL 423	Advanced Literary Theory	(3)
   GLST 308	Americas: An Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean	(3)
   HIST 371	Early Medieval Europe, 400 – 1000	(3)
   HIST 372	High Medieval Europe (Medieval World II)	(3)
   HIST 373	The Renaissance	(3)
   HIST 374	The Northern Renaissance and the Reformation	(3)
   HIST 404	Historical Foundations of Modern Science	(3)
   HIST 407	The Enlightenment	(3)
   PHIL 371	Ethics, Science, Technology, and the Environment	(3)
   RELS 204	Introduction to World Religions	(6)
   WGST 400/HIST 401	Feminism in the Western Tradition 1790s – 1940s	(3)

   At least 30 additional credits from among the core courses or from among the following electives:

   ANTH 318	Ancient Civilizations of the Americas	(3)
   CMNS 301	Communication Theory and Analysis	(3)
   CMNS 302	Communication in History	(3)
   CMNS 420	Topics in Communication: Children and Media	(3)
   CMNS 423	The Television Age	(3)
   CMNS 425	Film and Genre	(3)
   ENGL	All ENGL courses, except preparatory (100-level) courses
   FREN 363	Le roman français du XXe siècle	(3)
   FREN 374	Introduction a la litterature canadienne-française	(6)
   GLST 307	The Pacific Century	(3)
   GLST 381	Modern China	(3)
   HIST	All HIST courses
   INST 368	History of Canada's First Nations to 1830	(3)
   INST 369	History of Canada's First Nations from 1830	(3)
   INST 370	The Métis	(3)
   LBST 331	Women, Workers and Farmers: Histories of North American Popular Resistance	(3)
   MUSI 267	Sound and Sense: Listening to Music	(3)
   PHIL 252	Critical Thinking	(3)
   POLI 307	Political Ideologies	(3)
   WGST 200	Feminist Research and Women’s Lives	(3)
   WGST 266	Thinking From Women’s Lives: An Introduction to Women’s Studies	(3)
   WGST 401	Contemporary Feminist Theory	(3)

Recommendation

Students enrolled in the second undergraduate degree program are advised to select courses within the major that fulfill the Social Science requirements. Failure to do so could result in the student being required to complete more than 60 credits in order to fulfill all of the regulations.