Combined Honours
The Early Modern Studies Program (EMSP) offers a Combined Honours BA or BSc program offered jointly by the University of King’s College and Dalhousie University. Students combine Early Modern Studies with a second honours subject.
For the second honours subject, please see the degree requirements for BA and BSc Combined Honours (120 credit hours).
Early Modern Studies can also be taken in combination with Environment, Sustainability and Society.
Students who are eligible to take an honours degree should apply to the EMSP and the other department or program concerned as early as possible. All students must meet the requirements of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or the Faculty of Science as detailed in the Degree Requirements section. Because it is an honours program, the quality of work required in it is higher than that required in a 90 credit hour minor or 120 credit hour major program.
Applications for admission must be made to the Dalhousie department concerned and to the Early Modern Studies office at King’s on forms available from the Registrar at either Dalhousie or King’s. Students normally enroll in EMSP 2001.03 & EMSP 2002.03 (the first "core" doublet) in their second year, and register for the Combined Honours program in either their second or third year. For each individual student, the entire degree program, including elective courses, is subject to supervision and approval by the Dalhousie department concerned and by the Director of Early Modern Studies.
All EMSP students are encouraged to acquire competence in languages through appropriate courses which are relevant to their degree, interests, and future plans.
The joint Dalhousie/King’s Early Modern Studies Program is based on the general requirement that the 120 credit hours needed to graduate include:
- Completion of either the King’s Foundation Year Program (either the 18 credit hour or the 24 credit hour version) or at least 12 credit hours of first year courses.
- A minimum of 66, maximum of 84 credit hours beyond the 1000 level in the two honours subjects, not more than 48 credit hours being in either of them. Typically, no fewer than 30 credit hours can be completed in either of the honours subjects, but if Early Modern Studies is the secondary subject in a Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree, students may elect to complete a minimum of 24 credit hours in Early Modern Studies courses.
- The three ‘core’ course doublets in Early Modern Studies:
4. An honours qualifying examination (see Degree Requirement: BA, BSc Combined Honours (4 year)). Early Modern Studies students may choose to acquire this additional grade in either honours subject. In the Early Modern Studies Program, completion of the Honours Seminar (EMSP 4501.03 & EMSP 4502.03) fulfills the requirement of the honours qualifying examination; or, with the approval of the director, an honours thesis (in conjunction with EMSP 4551.03 & EMSP 4552.03) may also serve to fulfill the requirement of the honours qualifying examination.
Students will be eligible to take an ‘Independent Reading’ course only after they reach their third year. There will be six options for this course, but only six credit hours or the equivalent may be taken in a year. No more than 12 credit hours of this type may be taken during an EMSP degree. The permission of a member of the teaching staff and the Director of the program is necessary in order to take one of these courses, and their availability is strictly limited.