Program Requirements
Note: University regulations apply to all students at Laurier. If there is any discrepancy between the program or progression requirements outlined on this page and those in the university's academic calendars, the academic calendars are the official sources of information. The information below is from the latest calendar, and you may be following progression requirements from an earlier calendar. Students are responsible for checking the appropriate calendar. Contact your program coordinator should you notice any discrepancies.
Honours BA Archaeology and Heritage Studies
The Honours Archaeology and Heritage Studies program consists of 20.0 credits, of which at least 14.0 must be at the senior level. For students who chose to complete the minimum 10.0 credits for this program, 9.0 credits must be Archaeology approved at the senior level. It must contain at least 10.0 but no more than 13.0 credits in Archaeology and include:
- Required AR credits: AR101, AR102, AR219*, AR336, AR460, AR462.
- one of: AR341 or AR344.
- 4.0 additional senior AR credits.
- 2.0 additional credits from approved Archaeology and Heritage courses.
Degree Program Electives
An additional 10.0 credits for the degree total of 20.0 credits (including 5.0 credits which must be senior, and 3.0 credits which may be AR).
Notes
- Some courses may be offered on a rotating basis; it is the student's responsibility to plan his/her program accordingly.
- Students who are planning to pursue graduate studies in this or a related field are encouraged to plan their program with that goal in mind, and should consider both AR341 and AR344.
- Students interested in concentrating in the sub-field of Bioarchaeology are strongly advised to take the following courses: AR203, AR370, AR371, AR470, and AR471.
Resources
Download the BA in Archaeology and Heritage Studies worksheet.
Archaeology and Heritage Studies Approved Courses
- AN100: Cultures Today
- AN201: Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: Ethnohistorical Perspectives
- AN241: City Life and Urban Space
- AN316: Art, Anthropology and Material Culture
- AN322: Religion, Ritual and Magic
- CS213: Technology and Society
- GG251
- GG254
- GG258
- GG262: Travel Behaviour
- GG270: Cultural Geographies
- GG271: Temporal Perspectives on the City
- GG282: Geomorphology and Soils
- GG351: Thematic Cartography and Geovisualization
- GG355: Remote Sensing for Geography and Environmental Studies
- GG361: Spatial Analysis
- GG369: Geographical Information Systems
- GG373: Landscapes and Identities
- GG376: Cultural Heritage Landscapes
- GG468: Advanced Spatial Analysis
- GG469: Advanced Geographical Information Systems
- GG489: Paleoclimatology
- HI101: Medieval Europe, 500-1100
- HI111: Problems in Colonial Canadian History
- HI117: Topics in North American History to the 1860s
- HI118: Topics in North American History from the 1860s
- HI121: Ancient History in a Global Context
- HI127: Pirates! A World History
- HI131: Ancient Heroes: Story and Tradition
- HI212: French Canada Before Confederation
- HI213: French Canada After Confederation
- HI252: Lives of the Explorers
- HI255: Crime and Justice in Antiquity
- HI258: Natives and Empires
- HI261: The Ancient World in Contemporary Culture
- HI265: Ten Moments that made the Middle East
- HI281: Slavery in the Ancient World
- HI282: Civilizations of the Ancient Near East
- HI283: Ancient Africa
- HI284: The History of Sexuality in Western Civilization
- HI285: Ancient Art Beyond the West
- HI289: Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean World
- HI292: History of Canada to Confederation
- HI316: Europe and the New World, 1450-1660
- HI321: Social History of Pre-Industrial Canada
- HI339: History of Ontario since 1791
- HI341: Canadian Military History
- HI344: Native Peoples of Eastern Canada
- HI345: Native Peoples of Western Canada
- HI366: Modern Turkey
- HI368: The Ottoman Empire
- HI382: Anglo-Saxon England, c. 450-1066
- HI385: Food and Drink in Ancient Mediterranean Society
- HI388*: History Travel Course
- HI391: Waking the Dead: Voices from the Near East
- KS100: Culture in Historical Perspective
- MI201: Mediterranean Culture and Civilization I
- MI202: Mediterranean Culture and Civilization II
- MI202: Mediterranean Culture and Civilization II
- ML202: Castle and Village: Class and Material Culture
- MZ200: Introduction to Muslim Studies
- MZ300: Special Topics in Muslim Studies
- NO105: Billionaires, Beavers, & Banditos
- PP256: Ancient Philosophy I
- PP259: Ancient Philosophy II
- RE100: Religions of the Americas: Indigenous, African and European
- RE200: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
- RE201: Introduction to the New Testament
- RE204: Introduction to Judaism
- RE208: Roots of Western Religions
- RE213: Religious Heritage of Islam
- RE215: Christianity and Culture: Early to Pre-Modern
- RE227: Religions and Cultures of the Middle East
- RE308: Conducting Fieldwork
- RE332: Sacred Space
- RE335: Jesus of Nazareth
- RE338: Islamic Mysticism
- RE344: Apocalypticism
Honours BA Archaeology and Heritage Studies in Combination with another Honours BA Program
The Honours program in Archaeology and Heritage Studies in combination with another Honours BA program consists of a minimum of 20.0 credits of which at least 14.0 must be at the senior level. Of these, 7.0 credits must include:
Required Courses
- AR101
- AR102
- AR219*
- AR336
- AR341 or AR344
Additional Requirements
- 2.0 additional credits in AR at the 200 level
- 2.0 additional credits in AR at the 300 or 400 level
Degree Program Electives
- An additional 13.0 credits toward the degree total of 20.0 credits, which includes the second BA major.
Notes
- Students are encouraged to take the field course (AR219*) as early in the program as possible. Field courses are normally offered over the summer session, and should be taken at a site corresponding to the student's primary area of interest if possible.
- Some courses may be offered on a rotating basis; it is the student's responsibility to plan his/her program accordingly.
- Students who are planning to pursue graduate studies in this or a related field are encouraged to register for the single Honours BA Program in Archaeology and Heritage Studies.
Resources
Download the combination BA in Archaeology and Heritage Studies worksheet.
Archaeology and Heritage Studies Minor
AR101, AR102 and 2.0 senior Archaeology credits.
Only 1.0 of the senior credits may be obtained from a summer field course.