BA/BS in English and History

The English and History joint major, offered by the Department of English and the Department of History within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, combines the study of literary classics and contemporary literature with historical inquiry across multiple regions and periods. Students complete 120 units: the English component follows the standard major's lower-division requirement of two 100-level and four 200-level courses plus 20 upper-division units (minimum four at the 400 level, including four focused on Canadian or Indigenous literatures); the History component requires 18 lower-division units, with at least six completed before enrolling in 300-division work and nine before 400-division work, plus 24 upper-division units including at least one course from each of four regional and thematic groups (Africa/Asia/Middle East, the Americas, Europe, and Global/Comparative). Students may add a concentration such as British and Irish History, Early Modern World History, or Middle Eastern and Islamic History, and must maintain an overall cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0.