Programs available in Arts and Social Sciences

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	Honors	Joint Honors	Major	Joint Major	Extended Minor	Minor
Anthropology	x	x	x	x	x	x
Asia-Canada Studies					x	x
Behavioral Neuroscience	x		x
Cognitive Science	x		x			x
Criminology	x		x	x	x	x
Economics	x	x	x	x	x	x
English	x		x	x	x	x
First Nations Studies			x	x		x
French	x		x	x	x
Gerontology						x
History	x		x	x	x	x
Humanities	x		x	x		x
International Studies	x		x	x		x
Latin American Studies						x
Labour Studies						x
Legal Studies						x
Linguistics	x		x	x	x	x
Philosophy	x	x	x	x	x	x
Political Science	x		x	x	x	x
Psychology	x		x	x	x	x
Sociology	x	x	x	x	x	x
Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies			x	x	x	x
World Literature	x		x			x

You can review the requirements for any of the above programs in the calendar.

The difference between majors, joint majors, extended minors and minors is essentially the number of units you would complete in a particular subject at the lower and upper division levels:

	Major	Joint Major	Extended Minor	Minor
Lower Division	~18 to 24 units	~18 to 24 units in each subject	~18 to 24 units	~9 to 15 units
Upper Division	~30 to 36 units	~20 to 24 units in each subject	~15 to 18 units	~15 to 18 units

Honors degrees require the completion of 132 units, including at least 60 upper division units. Of these, at least 50 upper division units must be taken in a subject in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

For more information about program options in a BA degree, please visit the Program Options section of our website.