Honours BA History (Sussex) LLB Stream
Requirements for students enrolled at the Faculty of Arts
(Waterloo campus) and administered by the History Department
Laurier students enrolled in the Faculty of Arts at the Waterloo campus
can complete, in 20.0 credits, the Honours BA in History at Laurier and
Sussex’s LLB program over a 6-year period. Laurier students will attend
Year 1 and Year 2 at Laurier, Years 3-5 at Sussex, and Year 6 at Laurier.
15.0 of the required Honours BA credits will be completed at Laurier, and
5.0 credits will be completed as Sussex. A minimum of 11.0 credits of
History are required for the History major. No more than 6.0 overall
credits may be at the 100-level, one of these junior credits must be in
History. A minimum of 10.0 History credits at the senior level (200-, 300-,
or 400-level) is required for the degree, and these senior credits must
fulfil the following area requirements:
Year 1
Year 2
Years 3-5
Year 6
Prior to departing for studies at the University of Sussex, students must have completed the 10.0 credits that are listed under Year 1 and Year 2 below.
Due to the compacted nature of the Sussex Stream, students enrolled in the Honours History program in the Faculty of Arts are required to pursue their degree in the following manner:
Year 1 (5.0 credits)
1.0 credits of 100-level HIST (taken in Fall term)
0.5 credits of 200-level HIST (taken in Winter term)
3.5 elective credits
Year 2 (5.0 credits)
2.5 credits of HIST at the 200-level
0.5 credits of HIST at the 300-level
2.0 elective credits
Years 3-5 (at Sussex) (5.0 Laurier credits)
Sussex years = 2.0 credits of 300-level HIST
Sussex years = 2.0 credits of 200-level or 300-level HIST
Sussex years also = 1.0 elective credits
Year 6 (5.0 credits)
1.0 credit of 400-level History Reading Seminar
1.0 credit of 400-level History Research Seminar
0.5 credit of 300-level HIST
2.5 additional credits incl. courses to prep students for national accreditation exams
= 11.0 credits
=20.0 overall WLU credits
Degree Program Electives: An additional 9.0 credits including non- major electives) toward the degree total of 20.0 credits (of which no more than 6.0 credits can be at the 100 level).
Exclusions: Students in the Honours BA History (Sussex) LLB Stream may not enroll in the History Research Specialization Option.
- Progression to Year 2 requires completion of 5.0 credits during Year 1
with a minimum cumulative GPA of 7.00 in all History courses and a
minimum cumulative GPA of 8.00 in all 5.0 credits. All credits taken during
Year 1 will be included in the GPA requirements for progression into Year
2. These course and GPA requirements must be achieved by August 31.
- To be recommended for application to the Sussex LLB program in year
three, students must have maintained a minimum overall GPA of 8.00 (B)
over all credits completed over their first three full terms (i.e., minimum
7.5 credits). These course and GPA requirements must be achieved by
December 31 of the students' second year.
- Refer to the UNIVERSITY REGULATIONS chapter for progression and course regulations and the earlier section regarding Regulations for All Honours Programs.
- Students will apply to Sussex via the standard Sussex application procedures. Students will apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) for entry. Students will provide Sussex full application documents, including high school and university transcripts, references (Laurier students will submit references on a standardized reference form), and a personal statement, in line with normal admissions procedures. Sussex will consider applications according to its normal procedures. Students will be guaranteed an offer of a place if they meet the progression requirements described above and where students have achieved Sussex's standard English language entrance requirements, where appropriate.
- NOTE: The University of Sussex reserves the right not to provide a guaranteed offer after consideration of any relevant unspent criminal convictions a student may have. Sussex recommends that if students have a conviction, Laurier contact the Admissions Office to discuss this before proceeding further.
- Transfer Students into Year 2 (WLU only): In exceptional cases, first-year students outside of the Sussex BA/LLB Program may apply to transfer into the Program. Admission into the Program is at the sole discretion of the Sussex Admissions Committee. Normally, a student's application will not be accepted unless the following non-exhaustive conditions are met:
- As of May 1 of the applicant's first year, the student has completed 5.0 credits, and;
- The student's overall GPA is at least 8.00, and at least 7.00 for all courses within the student's major, and;
- The program at WLU or at Sussex has space for more students, and;
- The committee believes that the student will succeed in
the program, according to any evidence it deems
relevant.