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Humanities

Reference year : 2026-27

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Program Requirements Humanities B.Hum. Honours (20.0 credits)
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Humanities B.Hum. Combined Honours (20.0 credits) Students already admitted to the B.Hum. may register for a Combined Honours degree in Humanities and any other discipline offered within the B.A. Honours degree as a Combined Honours. They may also register for a Combined Honours with any other degree program at Carleton that allows the combination. Credits used to satisfy Items 1 through 7 below may also be used to satisfy up to 2.0 credits of the requirements of the other discipline under Item 8. Requirements 1. 4.0 credits in Humanities Core: 4.0 HUMS 1000 [1.0] Foundational Myths and Histories HUMS 2000 [1.0] Reason and Revelation HUMS 3000 [1.0] Culture and Imagination HUMS 4000 [1.0] Politics, Modernity and the Common Good (See Note 1, below) 2. 3.0 credits in: 3.0 HUMS 1200 [0.5] Humanities and Classical Civilization HUMS 1300 [0.5] Classical Literature and Its Reception HUMS 3200 [1.0] European Literature HUMS 4103 [0.5] Science in the Modern World HUMS 4500 [0.5] Modern Intellectual History 3. 2.0 credits in: 2.0 HUMS 2101 [0.5] Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World HUMS 2102 [0.5] Modern European Art 1527-2000 HUMS 3102 [0.5] Western Music 1000-1850 HUMS 3103 [0.5] Western Music 1850-2000 (See Note 2, below) 4. 1.5 credits in: 1.5 RELI 1731 [0.5] Religion and Culture RELI 2710 [1.0] Maccabees to Muhammad 5. 1.0 credit in an Intermediate level Modern language or 1.0 credit in a Beginner’s level Ancient language. (An Ancient language is defined as one learned primarily for reading-knowledge, such as Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, or Sanskrit). 1.0 (See Note 3, below) 6. 0.5 credit at the 2000 level or above 0.5 7. 1.0 credit from: 1.0 HUMS 4901 [0.5] Research Seminar: Antiquity to the Middle Ages HUMS 4902 [0.5] Research Seminar: Renaissance to Enlightenment HUMS 4903 [0.5] Research Seminar: Romanticism to the Present HUMS 4904 [0.5] Research Seminar: Non-Western Traditions 8. 7.0 credits in electives that include the requirements for the other discipline of the combined degree or the minor. 7.0 Total Credits 20.0 Note 1 : For Item 1 above, students with Religion as a second discipline may use HUMS 1000 to fulfill 1.0 credit in Religion major requirement 1 . Note 2: For Item 3 above, students who transfer into the B. Hum. may use up to 2.0 credits of any previously completed art and/or music courses (with the exception of advanced placement courses); students who study abroad may use up to 2.0 credits of art and/or music courses taken abroad; students enrolled in a Combined Honours in Humanities and Art History or Humanities and Music may substitute up to 1.0 credit of music or art from their combined discipline for the respective requirement or part thereof. Note 3: For Item 5 above, students who are already able to demonstrate a proficiency in an Intermediate level Modern language or a Beginner’s level Ancient language may have the requirement waived, and in that case may be required to take an additional 1.0 elective at the 2000-level or above in order to bring their total number of credits up the the required 20.0. Biology and Humanities B.Hum. Combined Honours (20.0 credits)

Program pathways and conditions

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Pathway 1
1. 4.0 credits in Humanities Core:4.0
HUMS 1000 [1.0]Foundational Myths and Histories
HUMS 2000 [1.0]Reason and Revelation
HUMS 3000 [1.0]Culture and Imagination
HUMS 4000 [1.0]Politics, Modernity and the Common Good
2. 3.0 credits in:3.0
HUMS 1200 [0.5]Humanities and Classical Civilization
HUMS 1300 [0.5]Classical Literature and Its Reception
HUMS 3200 [1.0]European Literature
HUMS 4103 [0.5]Science in the Modern World
HUMS 4500 [0.5]Modern Intellectual History
3. 2.0 credits in:2.0
HUMS 2101 [0.5]Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World
HUMS 2102 [0.5]Modern European Art 1527-2000
HUMS 3102 [0.5]Western Music 1000-1850
HUMS 3103 [0.5]Western Music 1850-2000
(See Note 1, below)
4. 1.5 credits in:1.5
RELI 1731 [0.5]Religion and Culture
RELI 2710 [1.0]Maccabees to Muhammad
5. 1.0 credit in an Intermediate level Modern language or 1.0 credit in a Beginner’s level Ancient language. (An Ancient language is defined as one learned primarily for reading-knowledge, such as Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, or Sanskrit).1.0
(see Note 2, below)
6. 5.0 credits in:5.0
a. 3.5 credits at the 2000 level or above
b. 1.0 credit from:
HUMS 4901 [0.5]Research Seminar: Antiquity to the Middle Ages
HUMS 4902 [0.5]Research Seminar: Renaissance to Enlightenment
HUMS 4903 [0.5]Research Seminar: Romanticism to the Present
HUMS 4904 [0.5]Research Seminar: Non-Western Traditions
c. 0.5 credit in an elective
or (for Study Year Abroad)
a. 5.0 pre-approved credits to be taken at an accredited international institution. Acceptable courses that cannot be equivalenced in a specific discipline will be equivalenced as HUMS courses.
7. 3.5 credits in free electives.3.5
Total Credits20.0
Pathway 2
A. Credits Included in the Humanities CGPA:
1. 4.0 credits in Humanities Core:4.0
HUMS 1000 [1.0]Foundational Myths and Histories
HUMS 2000 [1.0]Reason and Revelation
HUMS 3000 [1.0]Culture and Imagination
HUMS 4000 [1.0]Politics, Modernity and the Common Good
2. 2.0 credits in:2.0
HUMS 1200 [0.5]Humanities and Classical Civilization
HUMS 1300 [0.5]Classical Literature and Its Reception
HUMS 3200 [1.0]European Literature
3. 0.5 credit in:0.5
RELI 1731 [0.5]Religion and Culture
4. 1.0 credits in:1.0
HUMS 2101 [0.5]Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World
HUMS 2102 [0.5]Modern European Art 1527-2000
OR
HUMS 3102 [0.5]Western Music 1000-1850
HUMS 3103 [0.5]Western Music 1850-2000
(See Note, below)
5. 1.0 credit in:1.0
RELI 2710 [1.0]Maccabees to Muhammad
6. 0.5 credit from:0.5
HUMS 4901 [0.5]Research Seminar: Antiquity to the Middle Ages
HUMS 4902 [0.5]Research Seminar: Renaissance to Enlightenment
HUMS 4903 [0.5]Research Seminar: Romanticism to the Present
HUMS 4904 [0.5]Research Seminar: Non-Western Traditions
7. 3.0 credits at the 2000-level or above3.0
B. Credits Included in the Biology CGPA:
8. 1.5 credits in:1.5
BIOL 1103 [0.5]Foundations of Biology I
BIOL 1104 [0.5]Foundations of Biology II
BIOL 1105 [0.5]Introduction to Biological Data
9. 2.5 credits from:2.5
BIOL 2001 [0.5]Animals: Form and Function
BIOL 2002 [0.5]Plants: Form and Function

Courses

These courses were identified on the program source page. Their presence does not mean they are all required in every pathway.

Sources and references

Reference year : 2026-27

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