{"id":2731,"date":"2009-10-19T14:01:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T18:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-05-06T14:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:22:32","slug":"undergraduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/our-programs\/undergraduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2024\/11\/AEC_5198-600x400.jpg); background-position: 49% 29%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Undergraduate Programs\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of History offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/undergraduate\/courses\/\">broad selection of undergraduate courses<\/a>, ranging from Roman Antiquity to the present day. Students have an opportunity to take courses that focus on Africa, Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Many of our courses also cut across geographical boundaries by following a particular theme, the social history of alcohol, slavery, the history of sexuality, environmental history, the historical experience of women, digital history, and the development of big business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                            \n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h2 id=\"history-undergraduate-programs\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        History Undergraduate Programs\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Capture0026-7-2-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"two students sitting at a table in front of a bookshelf\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        History BA \/ offers Co-op option and practicum\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    The study of history allows us to recognize and understand the complex issues that shaped the contemporary world. The History Department offers courses in African, United States, Asian, Canadian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and South Asian history. Some courses trace the history of social, political and cultural change of a region or period. Others are thematic and may examine women\u2019s history, the histories of sexuality, sport, alcohol, war or global migrations.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/our-programs\/undergraduate\/ba\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    More Information\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Luka-Dursun-holding-certificate-centered-amongst-books-Carleton-5280-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Luka Dursun holding certificate centered amongst books\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        History Honours BA \/ Concentration in Public History\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Public History explores how the past is connected to the present and how it is represented and experienced in sites such as museums, archives, films, theatre performances, walking tours, monuments and memorials, historical novels, graphic novels, video games, family photograph albums, and digital platforms.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/our-programs\/undergraduate\/concentration-in-public-history\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    More Information\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/grad-banner-nov-2021-1600x700-1-400x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Combined Honours BA\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    The BA (Honours) adds a fourth year of advanced study during which students take seminars and conduct research under the direct supervision of a faculty member. The BA (Honours) degree provides students with the option of pursuing graduate work. The Honours program includes the option of completing a major research essay for credit, but this may only be undertaken with the permission of a faculty member willing to supervise the project.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/our-programs\/undergraduate\/ba\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    More Information\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Chloe-Dennis-on-Co-op-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Honours Co-op BA\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    The Cooperative Education Option allows the student to gain valuable practical experience in a work environment related to History. Students admitted to the Co-op Option must satisfy the normal requirements for graduation in the BA History (Honours) and three paid work terms, with each work term lasting four months in order to receive the co-op designation on their final transcript and diploma. \n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/our-programs\/undergraduate\/ba\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    More Information\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><header class=\"cu-pageheader  cu-component-updated  cu-prose-first-last\"><h2 class=\"font-semibold not-prose text-cu-black-700 !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem]  relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-4 after:w-8 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">Meet Ally <\/h2><p class=\"max-w-5xl \">Ally is a 4th year History and Political Science student and President of the History Undergraduate Society at Carleton University.<\/p><\/header><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybfXtJHyMys\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"history-programs-majors-minors-concentrations-and-specializations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">History Programs &#8211; Majors, Minors, Concentrations, and Specializations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of History offers several ways to study history at the undergraduate level: Students may select a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/undergraduate\/b-a\/\">Bachelor of Arts in history (honours)<\/a> or a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/undergraduate\/b-a\/\">combined honours<\/a> and they may include the cooperative education program or the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/undergraduate\/concentration-in-public-history\/\">Concentration in Public History<\/a>. We also offer a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/undergraduate\/b-a\/\">Bachelor of Arts in history<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/undergraduate\/b-a\/\">minor in history<\/a>. Students in the Bachelor of Global and International Studies may take a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/undergraduate\/b-g-in-s-program\/\">specialization in transnational history<\/a>. A complete description of these programs and their requirements is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/history\/\">undergraduate calendar<\/a>. This also provides information on the requirements for those who wish to minor in History.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2024\/11\/AEC_5106-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"History Professor Marc Saurette and first year students \" class=\"wp-image-25131\" title=\"History Professor Marc Saurette and first year students explore the medieval world through games in a hands-on First Year Seminar (FYSM) called Gaming the Middle Ages.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2024\/11\/AEC_5106-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2024\/11\/AEC_5106-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2024\/11\/AEC_5106-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2024\/11\/AEC_5106-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2024\/11\/AEC_5106-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2024\/11\/AEC_5106-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2024\/11\/AEC_5106-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2024\/11\/AEC_5106-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">History Professor Marc Saurette and first-year students explore the medieval world through games in a hands-on First Year Seminar (FYSM) called Gaming the Middle Ages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of History offers a broad selection of undergraduate courses, ranging from Roman Antiquity to the present day. 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