Program Overview

For students interested in earning a bachelor of arts degree in history, this associate of arts degree provides two years of university transferable courses that fulfill most or all of the requirements to enter the third year of a major or honours program in History.

Past, Present to Future

To understand the present and move forward into the future, you have to know where you’ve come from. Get a handle on where the world is headed by learning how the past is still shaping our current realities. Apply your knowledge to your future career through being able to identify and address historical problems in any given situation. History is more relevant than you may think—let us show you why.

Career Options

• Administration and management
• Business and commerce
• Contract / consulting historian
• Education and Research
• Information management specialist
• Media and communications
• Museum and historic site researcher 
• Non-profit and charity organizations
• Politics
• Publishing and journalism
• Records management

Take this program for the simple love of history—or to get started on years one and two of your bachelor’s degree in history. You’ll get two years of university level, fully transferable courses that fulfill most, if not all, of the requirements for third-year entry into a history major or honours program.

History Courses Include

• HIST 104 - Canada before confederation
• HIST 105 - Contemporary Canada
• HIST 106 - Western civilization I
• HIST 107 - Western civilization II
• HIST 203 - A history of British Columbia
• HIST 210 - A history of the First Nations of Canada
• HIST 215 - A history of the West Kootenay
• HIST 220 - Latin America: Pre-1821
• HIST 221 - Latin America: Post-1821

Your associate degree in history gives you a broad knowledge of various historical topics, in addition to a variety of humanities, social sciences and science courses at the 100- and 200-levels. Check with one of our counselors for full program requirements.