Humanities - Arts

Note: For purposes of meeting program requirements, all foundations courses will count as six credits towards the major or minor.

Students may count a maximum of six humanities credits at the 1000 level for credit towards the major/minor in humanities.

Enrolment in 3000-level humanities courses requires the fulfilment of one of the following requirements: a previous humanities course or permission of the instructor. 3000-level humanities courses with these prerequisite requirements will be clearly identified in the Humanities Supplemental Calendar. Failure to satisfy the listed prerequisite requirement will result in being denied access to the course and/or de-enrolment from the course.

Students wishing to major or minor in humanities must contact the director of undergraduate studies, 203 Vanier College, in order to discuss their proposed program of study and arrange for a program adviser with congruent academic interests.

The following interdisciplinary Honours programs are associated with the Division of Humanities: children's studies, classical studies, classics, creative writing, East Asian studies, European studies, Hellenic studies, Latin American and Caribbean studies, religious studies, and science and technology studies. Each of these programs are designed to permit students to follow a flexible curriculum of studies with various departments and other area studies programs, along with interdisciplinary courses in the division. For more information, please consult the listings for specific interdisciplinary programs.

Honours BA Program

Students will take at least 42 credits in humanities of which at least 24 credits must be above the 2000 level, including 12 credits in 4000-level seminars.

Honours iBA Program

Students will take at least 42 credits in humanities of which at least 24 credits must be above the 2000 level, including 12 credits in 4000-level seminars.

In addition, students in the Honours iBA program must fulfill the following requirements:

• at least 18 credits of language study in one of the modern languages offered by York University, including the Advanced I university-level course in the chosen language;
• at least 12 credits of internationally-oriented courses chosen outside the major;
• at least one full term abroad as a full-time student at one of York University's exchange partners.

Honours Double Major BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with approved major degree programs in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA Programs

Humanities may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Arts. Students must take at least 36 credits in humanities and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet humanities requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least 12 credits in humanities and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Honours Major/Minor BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with approved minor degree programs in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Honours Major/Minor iBA Program

The Honours iBA program in Humanities described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor BA program in the Faculty of Arts.

Honours Minor BA Program

The Honours Minor must be pursued jointly with an Honours Major/Minor BA program in the Faculty of Arts.

The Honours Minor BA program in Humanities comprises at least 30 credits in humanities including at least 12 credits at the 3000 level and six credits at the 4000 level.

Note: Faculty of Arts regulations require that in order to obtain an Honours BA (120 credits), students must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level including at least 12 credits at the 4000 level in each Honours Major or Specialized Honours Major. For a humanities major, the 12 credits at the 4000 level must be humanities 4000-level seminars.

BA Program

Students will take at least 30 credits in humanities of which at least 18 credits must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

• Rules and Regulations in the Faculty of Arts
• Courses offered in Humanities