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An Honours program in History and Philosophy of Science is offered jointly by the Department of History and the Department of Philosophy. Students wishing to enrol in this program should consult the program advisor or a departmental undergraduate advisor.

Students may register for the Honours program in either the Faculty of Humanities or the Faculty of Social Sciences. The honours admission and graduation requirements are specified in the "Honours Degree with a Major Field" section Humanities and Social Sciences sections of this Calendar. In addition, students in the Honours program in Social Sciences must complete at least one half course in History. For the Honours program, courses constituting the field of History and Philosophy of Science include all those listed below under Requirements.

See 3.1 Admissions and other requirements under 3.5 Graduation.

Note: Students in the Faculty of Humanities may use courses in the major field to satisfy Faculty of Humanities breadth requirements (See Calendar section 3.5 Graduation).

Students seeking admission to the program should note that although neither Pure Mathematics 30 nor 30-level science subjects are required for admission into the Faculty of Humanities, students are required to complete three full-course equivalents in a Science. Incoming students, therefore, should ensure that they have the appropriate high school 30/31 courses to support their intended science concentration.

At least 10 full-course equivalents in the major field are required for the Honours program. Students must satisfy the major requirements of the BA and must choose Philosophy 379 as an option under 4. above. In addition, honours students must take the following courses:

• Thesis: Philosophy 590 or History 598
• Directed reading: Philosophy 595 or History 597
• One additional 500-level course from areas 1., 2., or 4. (see Majors requirements).

Science (at least three full-course equivalents): Students must take at least three full-course equivalents in Science, at least one full-course equivalent of which must be at the 400 level or above and one-half full-course equivalent at the 500 level. This requirement may be met either by taking the three full-course equivalents from courses in the Faculty of Science or from areas in the Faculty of Social Sciences such as anthropology, archeology or geography. Students who plan to use courses from the Social Sciences to meet this requirement must have approval for these courses from the HPSC advisor.

Note: Some courses in Archaeology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geography, Geology and Geophysics, and Psychology are restricted to majors in those programs or have other enrolment restrictions applied to them. History and Philosophy of Science majors wishing to take restricted courses in these programs may need to be registered in a combined degree with a major in the relevant program. Note also that in some programs, fulfilling all the prerequisites for some 400-level courses will require more than three full-course equivalents. Please consult this Calendar and Schedule of Classes for course prerequisites and restrictions.

Language (one full-course equivalent): Two half courses in any one second language.