Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

a.General Requirements

1.A minimum of 40 courses (120.0 credit hours) with a GPA of at least 2.00.

2.A minimum of 15 courses (45.0 credit hours) from disciplines offered by the Faculty of Arts and Science, Faculty of Fine Arts, or School of Liberal Education at the 3000/4000 level, excluding Activity courses (labelled PHAC and MUSE).

3.A maximum of 12 courses (36.0 credit hours) may be completed at the 1000 level (or lower) for credit towards the degree, excluding Activity courses (labelled PHAC and MUSE) and courses numbered in the range of 0520 to 0530.

4.A maximum of five Independent Study courses (15.0 credit hours) may be completed for credit towards the degree.

5.A maximum of five Disciplinary Credit Applied Studies courses (15.0 credit hours) may be completed for credit towards the degree. Students may, in addition, complete Applied Studies 2000, 2001, 2010, and 2011.

6.A maximum of 24 courses (72.0 credit hours) may be completed from any one discipline for credit towards the degree. Disciplines are identified by a specific course label (e.g. KNES, ASTR, and HIST are separate disciplines).

7.A maximum of 6.0 credit hours in Activity courses (i.e. courses labelled PHAC and MUSE) may be completed for credit towards the degree, except for Kinesiology majors (not more than 15.0 credit hours) and Music majors (not more than 12.0 credit hours).

8.A maximum of six courses (18.0 credit hours) from disciplines offered outside the Faculty of Arts and Science, Faculty of Fine Arts, or School of Liberal Education may be completed for credit towards the degree. Courses cross-listed between the Faculty of Arts and Science and another Faculty or School do not count towards this limit.

9.Residence requirement: a minimum of 20 courses (60.0 credit hours) must be completed at the University of Lethbridge, including at least 10 courses (30.0 credit hours) from disciplines offered by the Faculty of Arts and Science, Faculty of Fine Arts, or School of Liberal Education at the 3000/4000 level.

10.Completion of the Liberal Education List Requirement (see School of Liberal Education, Liberal Education List Requirement).

(See Academic Regulations, Exceeding Course Limits.)

b.Major Requirements

For the Bachelor of Arts, a major program must be chosen and completed from among the following majors: Agricultural Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Dramatic Arts, Economics, English, French, French/Spanish, General Major in the Humanities, General Major in the Social Sciences, Geography, History, Indigenous Studies, Kinesiology, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, Urban and Regional Studies, Women and Gender Studies, or an individual multidisciplinary major program.

Residence requirement: at least half of the courses required in the major must be completed at the University of Lethbridge.