RETURN TO PROGRAMS A-Z ry 2) If you are a student who lacks the admission requirements, you may still gain entry to the program by taking a combination of academic upgrading and university courses in your first year. This may extend the length of your program. 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 Program Courses ENGL 110 - COLLEGE COMPOSITION This course is about thinking and writing. You will learn how to develop and express informed opinions on issues that matter. You will also learn about research, editing, and expository and persuasive academic writing forms. Prerequisites: English Studies 12 with a grade of “C” or higher or equivalent or LPI level 4 ENGL 111 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE This course is about living more intensely. Rather than providing answers, literature prompts us to ask better questions of ourselves and each other. Drama, poetry, short stories, and novels will guide us in discussion, reflection, and writing about literature. Prerequisites: English 110 or equivalent with a grade of “C” or higher. HIST 210 - AN INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF CANADA Re-imagining Canada’s history from a documented indigenous perspective, the course covers the period from before European contact to the present. Following an examination of the pre-contact indigenous world, the course examines how indigenous nations, communities, and families responded to, and were affected by, the devastating impact of European settler colonialism from the 16th century on. Students will examine the effects of colonialism including warfare and alliances, appropriation of indigenous lands, forced assimilation through the Indian Act and residential schooling, 114 Selkirk College Academic Calendar 2019-20 and indigenous resistance and adaptation to these changes up to the present. The broad negative effects of colonialism will be examined through the documented experiences of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people. Students will consider the process of reconciliation in the last part of the course. Prerequisites: English studies 12 with a grade of “C” or higher. HIST 215 - A HISTORY OF THE WEST KOOTENAY The course is designed to introduce students to the history of the West Kootenay from the pre-contact societies of the aboriginal peoples to the present. Relations between Europeans and First Nations, the development of the resource and agricultural frontiers, work and settlement patterns, and 20th and 21st century social and economic change are also examined within the broader Canadian and North American context. Emphasis is placed on fostering student interest in the history of the West Kootenay by examining the historical experiences of a diversity of people who have lived in the region. Prerequisites: English studies 12 with a grade of “C” or higher. HIST 220 - LATIN AMERICA: PRE-1821 Surveys the Spanish and Portuguese Empires America from their 15th century beginnings in the conquest of aboriginal empires and peoples to their break-up in the early 19th century by independence movements of Creoles. Major themes examined include the pre-contact native societies and empires, the establishment and administration of Spanish and Portuguese overseas empires, the economies and societies of the colonies, the impact and influence of the Church, European power struggles for control of Latin America, and the origins and emergence of American independence movements. Prerequisites: English Studies 12 with a grade of “C” or higher. HIST 221 - LATIN AMERICA: POST-1821 A survey of Latin American history from independence to the present. Major themes examined include post-colonial efforts to develop and modernize new nation-states, the development and impact of neocolonialism, the rise, impact and responses to both nationalist and revolutionary movements in the 20th century, and the impact of the United States foreign policy on Latin America and its peoples. Prerequisites: English Studies 12 with a grade of “C” or higher. FIRST AND SECOND YEAR ARTS REQUIREMENT Students may take any second-year UAS Arts elective excluding your major discipline. HISTORY selkirk.ca/program/history HISTORY REQUIREMENT Students can choose from either the History 104/105 (Canada) sequence or the 106/107 (Western Civilization) sequence. — HIST 104: Canada before Confederation — HIST 105: Contemporary Canada — HIST 106: Western Civilization I — HIST 107: Western Civilization IT LABORATORY SCIENCE ELECTIVE A student may take any first- or second-year science course with a minimum two-hour lab, excluding any courses in applied science, computing science, math or Statistics. MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE FOR ARTS Students may take any university-transferable, first- or second-year course in mathematics, computer science or statistics. SCIENCE ELECTIVE Students may take any first- or second-year UAS science course. This course is not required to have a lab component. GENERAL UAS ELECTIVE A student may take any first-year or higher university transferable course to satisfy this elective. Each course must transfer for three or more credits to at least one of: SFU, UBC (Vancouver or Okanagan), UNBC or UVIC. To learn more about how your courses transfer visit the online BC Transfer Guide or contact a Selkirk counsellor. OTHER Students may also be able to take Human Services courses such as: — Gerontology 200 — Addiction 184 — Family 180 — First Nations 287 Other courses may satisfy the requirement, please check with a counsellor or the UAS Chair. Contact UNIVERSITY ARTS & SCIENCES ADMISSIONS Phone: 1.888.953.1133 ext 21233 Direct: 250.365.1233 Email: admissions@selkirk.ca selkirk.ca/programs