Global Humanities (Major) at Simon Fraser University

Programme overview

The global humanities major is a 120-unit Bachelor of Arts that studies the humanities across cultures and periods, with optional concentrations such as Art and Material Culture and Hellenic Studies.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Department: Department of Global Humanities | Location: Canada

What you will study

Students complete 18 lower division units including Introduction to Global Humanities and two of a set of courses such as Many Europes: Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Art and the Humanities, Walk of Life: Migrations in Eurasia from Antiquity to the Present and Warfare: From Plato to NATO, plus three further lower division global humanities courses, then 32 upper division global humanities units.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (BA, British Columbia/Yukon secondary school applicants): a minimum of five approved Grade 12 courses including English Studies 12 (minimum 70%) or English First Peoples 12 (minimum 70%); one Science 12 or Math 12 course; one social science/humanities Grade 12 course; and one Language 12 or an additional approved Grade 12 academic course. Grade 11 English, Math, Science and Social Studies courses are also required. Admission is based on an evaluation of all approved Grade 11 and 12 courses, with greater emphasis on the core academic (List A) courses.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May) terms; most students start in the fall term.

Fall 2027: high school applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027; other post-secondary transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027. Summer 2027: all applications open 1 December 2026 and close 15 January 2027. Spring 2027: all applications opened 1 July 2026 and close 15 September 2026.

The non-refundable application fee is 86 CAD for domestic students and 130 CAD for international students, payable online by credit card. Applications are submitted through EducationPlannerBC.

Apply through the official page: https://www.sfu.ca/students/admission.html

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