{"id":496,"date":"2024-07-25T09:09:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/?page_id=496"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:04:29","slug":"b-hum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/course-selection-guide\/b-hum\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Humanities"},"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\/registration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/07\/Humanities-Banner.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\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                        Bachelor of Humanities\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full max-w-xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component not-contained not-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"px-6 py-4 text-base font-semibold border-b rounded-t-lg md:text-xl bg-gray-50 text-cu-black-800\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"grid cu-scrollto cu-stackedlist--toc cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n            <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#welcome-to-your-bachelor-of-humanities-degree-program\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Welcome to your Bachelor of Humanities degree program!\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.1\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#your-degree-program-bhum\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Your Degree Program (BHum)\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.2\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#language-requirement\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Language requirement\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.3\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#bachelor-of-humanities-honours-and-combined-honours\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Bachelor of Humanities Honours and Combined Honours\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.4\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#contact-information\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Contact Information\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.5\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#combined-honours-humanities-and-biology\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Combined Honours Humanities and Biology\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.6\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#contact-information\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Contact Information\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"welcome-to-your-bachelor-of-humanities-degree-program\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to your Bachelor of Humanities degree program!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please read this degree guide prior to registering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"your-degree-program-bhum\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Your Degree Program (BHum)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bachelor of Humanities degree is an Honours degree requiring 20.0 credits, normally completed in four years, with 5.0 credits per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"language-requirement\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Language requirement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in the BHUM program must satisfy the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/language-requirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">language requirement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read this page carefully for important information that will impact your first year course selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please Note: Registering in the courses below is mandatory.&nbsp; You should register in these five credits to satisfy your first-year program requirements (fall and winter terms).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"bachelor-of-humanities-honours-and-combined-honours\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bachelor of Humanities Honours and Combined Honours<\/h3>\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    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Fall Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HUMS 1000 (full credit over both terms) Lecture and group component<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HUMS 1200 (0.5 credit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elective (1.0 credit)*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Language (0.5 credit or 1.0 over both terms) Consult the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/language-requirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Language Requirement page<\/a>&nbsp;for more information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Total: 2.5 credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Winter Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HUMS 1000 (full credit over both terms) Lecture and group component<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HUMS 1300 (0.5 credit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RELI 1731 (0.5 credit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Language (0.5 credit or 1.0 over both terms) Consult the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/language-requirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Language Requirement page<\/a>&nbsp;for more information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elective (0.5 credit)*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Total: 2.5 credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>*Please note when choosing your electives that HUMS 2101 &amp; 2102, which you will take in second year, are very similar to ARTH 1100 &amp; 1101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"contact-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Please do not hesitate to contact the College of the Humanities should you have any questions regarding your registration or program requirements.<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:college_of_humanities@carleton.ca\">college_of_humanities@carleton.ca<\/a><br>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum<\/a><br>Additional program information:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/degree-requirements-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/degree-requirements-overview<\/a><br>Location: 300 Paterson Hall.<br>Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to noon, 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"combined-honours-humanities-and-biology\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Combined Honours Humanities and Biology<\/h3>\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    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Fall Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HUMS 1000 (full credit over both terms) Lecture and group component<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HUMS 1200 (0.5 credit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIOL 1103 (0.5 credit) Lecture and lab component<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIOL 1105 (0.5 credit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHEM 1001 (0.5 credit) Lecture and lab component<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Total: 2.5 credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Winter Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HUMS 1000 (full credit over both terms) Lecture and group component<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HUMS 1300 (0.5 credit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RELI 1731 (0.5 credit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIOL 1104 (0.5 credit) Lecture and lab component<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHEM 1002 (0.5 credit) Lecture and lab component<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Total: 2.5 credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"contact-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Please do not hesitate to contact the College of the Humanities should you have any questions regarding your registration or program requirements.<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:college_of_humanities@carleton.ca\">college_of_humanities@carleton.ca<\/a><br>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum<\/a><br>Additional program information:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/degree-requirements-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/degree-requirements-overview<\/a><br>Location: 300 Paterson Hall.<br>Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to noon, 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to your Bachelor of Humanities degree program! 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