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Program Types

The Faculty offers the following types of programs.

Honours BA Programs

These are 120 credit programs. They require more specialization, a higher minimum performance and in some cases, different courses than does the BA program. There are four kinds of Honours BA programs.

Specialized Honours BA Program

This is the most highly specialized program type in the Faculty of Arts. Students in a Specialized Honours program must complete a minimum of 54 credits in their major subject. Some programs require more than 54 credits in the major subject for the Specialized Honours BA. For details of individual programs, see the section on Programs of Study.

Honours BA Program

Students in an Honours Single Major program have one major subject in which they must complete a minimum of 42 credits. Some programs require more than 42 credits in the major subject for the Honours Single Major BA. For details of individual programs, see the section on Programs of Study.

Honours Double Major BA Program

Honours Double Major programs involve two areas of primary specialization. There are two types of Honours Double Major programs:

• Unlinked: Most double major programs involve two independent subjects of concentration such as History and English, or Psychology and French Studies. The two majors are considered to be unlinked. Students must usually complete a minimum of 42 credits in each major. Some programs require more than 42 credits in each major subject for the Honours Double Major BA. For details of individual programs, see the section on Programs of Study.

• Linked: Certain interdisciplinary majors (e.g. Law and Society) must be taken in conjunction with other specified majors. The two majors, in these cases, are considered to be linked. Students must complete a minimum of 36 credits in each major. Some programs require more than 36 credits in each major subject for the Honours Double Major BA. For details of individual programs, see the section on Programs of Study.

Students may also combine any Honours major in the Faculty of Arts with an Honours major in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts or Pure and Applied Science.

Note: The following Faculty of Arts Honours major programs of study may not be pursued jointly as an Honours Double Major with the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science-Computer Science, Geography, Information Technology, Kinesiology, Mathematics and Psychology.

Students taking an Honours major in Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts may pursue an Honours Double Major program with Music (Ethnomusicology) in the Faculty of Fine Arts.

Honours Major/Minor BA Program

Students in this type of program have one major subject in which they must complete a minimum of 42 credits. In addition to the major, they have an area of secondary specialization, known as a minor, in which they must complete a minimum of 30 credits. Some programs require more than 30 credits in the minor subject for the Honours Major/Minor BA. For details of individual programs, see the section on Programs of Study.

Students may also combine any Honours major in the Faculty of Arts with and an Honours minor in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts or Pure and Applied Science.

BA Program

This is a 90 credit program which requires some specialization, a minimum of 30 credits, in a single area of concentration (major), as well as more general courses. Some programs require more than 30 credits in the major subject for the BA. For details of individual programs, see the section on Programs of Study.