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Athabasca University

History Major

Regulations effective September 1, 2016.

Graduates of the BA major in History 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.

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

  1. 45 credits in designated History major courses including 30 senior (300/400) level credits (a minimum of 12, 400-level credits).
  2. 6 junior (200) level credits in Canadian history (HIST 224, HIST 225).
  3. A minimum of 6 junior (200) level credits in European or world history (HIST 201, 202, 209, 210, 215, 216).
  4. A minimum of 6 senior (300/400) level credits in European history (HIST 304, 327, 371, 372, 373, 407, 470, 471, 472, 486, 492, HIST/GLST 384, HIST/HUMN/CLAS 309, HIST/HUMN/CLAS 312, HIST/HUMN/RELS 313 and HUMN 421).
  5. A minimum of 6 senior (300/400) level credits in North American history.
  6. A minimum of 6 senior-level credits in the history of areas of the world other than North America or Europe.

Electives (15 credits)

GLST/LBST 335 Global Labour History (3)
HIST All courses  
HIST/GLST 307 The Pacific Century (3)
HIST/GLST 315 Women in Asia: Colonization, Modernization, and Globalization (3)
HIST/GLST 367 World War II (3)
HIST/GLST 381 Modern China (3)
HIST/GLST 382 Contemporary China (3)
HIST/GLST 384 Europe Since 1945 (3)
HIST/GLST/WGST 460 Famous Feminists and Their Times: Global History of Feminism (3)
HIST/LBST 470 Pre-Industrial Origins of Labour and Socialist Thought (3)
HIST/CLAS/HUMN 309 Ancient Greece (3)
HIST/CLAS/HUMN 312 Ancient Rome (3)
HIST/HUMN/RELS 313 Early Christians (3)
HUMN 201 Western Thought and Culture I: Before the Reformation (3)
HUMN 202 Western Thought and Culture II: Since the Reformation (3)
HUMN/MUSI 315 Popular Music: Blues to Big Bands, 1900-1940 (3)
HUMN/MUSI 317 Popular Music: From Swing to the Counter-Culture, 1940-1970 (3)
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)

 

Information effective Sept. 1, 2016 to Aug. 31, 2017.

Updated June 07 2017 by laurab

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