History and Politics and Governance Double Major (BA Honours) at Toronto Metropolitan University

Programme overview

Students in the History and Politics and Governance double major will learn to evaluate and analyze political decisions, administrative practice, and policies that emerge from a variety of sources, and to consider these in historical perspective. Using a range of sources and texts, the History and Politics & Governance double major will develop students’ proficiency in critical thinking, and enhance their ability to question, research, argue, understand, and communicate.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Department: Department of History & Department of Politics and Governance | Duration: Full-time, 4-year | Study mode: full-time | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

This program offers a high degree of choice regarding the electives that students complete to fulfill their degree requirements. Within the Politics and Governance component of the degree, students choose electives from the five traditional sub fields of Political Science: Canadian, Comparative, Global, Policy, and Theory.

Career pathways

Graduates of the double major in the History and Politics & Governance program will be able to pursue careers in a variety of capacities in any of the public, private, or third (voluntary and nonprofit) sectors.

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Entry requirements

Applicants interested in the double major program in History and Politics and Governance must apply for admission to one of the major programs (Arts and Contemporary Studies, Criminology, Economics and Finance, English, Environmental and Urban Sustainability, Geographic Analysis, History, Language and Intercultural Relations, Philosophy, Politics and Governance, Psychology or Sociology), or to Undeclared Arts. Students are not admitted directly to a double major. The Faculty of Arts accepts applications for transfer to a double major program in the second semester of studies. Approved transfer students commence studies in the double major program in second year.

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.

Undergraduate admission is for the Fall term (Fall 2027 admission is open for applications). Some undergraduate programmes accept international applicants for winter admission (January start), subject to space availability.

Fall 2027 admission: the guaranteed consideration date for applications to all programmes is February 1; complete applications and amendments received by this date receive equal consideration, and many programmes continue to accept applications afterwards. The OUAC application deadline is in January. Grades-Plus programmes have programme-specific deadlines for non-academic requirements, submitted through the ChooseTMU Applicant Portal.

Apply through the official page: https://www.torontomu.ca/admissions/undergraduate/apply/

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