BA Humanities Concentration

This program is closed to new admissions, effective April 24, 2018.

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.

Athabasca University has developed program learning outcomes that describe the career options that may be available to you upon graduating.

Did you know? Athabasca University also offers:

• four-year BA Humanities Major
• Minor in Humanities (optional)

For specific degree requirements view each program page.

Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment.

Program Requirements

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.

   HUMN	All courses
   HUMN/HIST/CLAS 309	Ancient Greece	(3)
   HUMN/HIST/RELS 313	Early Christians	(3)
   ARHI 201	A Survey of Western Art I: Looking at Art from Ancient Times to the Middle Ages	(3)
   ARHI 202	A Survey of Western Art II: Looking at Art from the Renaissance to Present Day	(3)
   ENGL 303	A History of Drama Part I: Early Stages	(3)
   ENGL 304	A History of Drama Part II: Modernist Theatre	(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)
   PHIL 371	Ethics, Science, Technology, and the Environment	(3)
   RELS 204	Introduction to World Religions	(6)

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

   ANTH 320	Ancient Cities and Civilizations	(3)
   ENGL	All courses (except all preparatory, 100-level English courses)
   FREN 363	Le roman français du XXe siècle	(3)
   HIST	All courses
   MUSI 267	Sound and Sense: Listening to Music	(3)