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Bachelor of Arts - Double Minor

Note

See Bachelor of Arts, Double Minor in the Faculty of Humanities for information on Minor in Creative Writing, Minor in English and Minor in Philosophy. 

Working with an advisor, students in the Bachelor of Arts, Double Minor degree may create a program of study by selecting minors in two related disciplines. These programs of study will normally involve a selection of courses from departments that most interest the students and best meet their needs for a coherent program. Building on Kwantlen University College’s existing two-year arts and science university transfer programs, the new curriculum adds third- and fourth-year courses in the social sciences and humanities disciplines.

In fall 2005, four new minor programs were offered: Criminology, English, History, and Psychology. Additional minor programs may be developed in Anthropology, Business, Creative Writing, Economics, Geography, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology as resources become available. The program will bridge knowledge and skills acquisition, combining traditional classroom-based theory courses with those emphasizing essential and analytical skills and their application to problem solving.

Key features of the program include:

  • The development of knowledge, core competencies, and skills characteristic of traditional bachelor of art programs

  • The preparation of students for entry into the labour market by incorporating essential and employability skills in all courses

  • The preparation of students to respond innovatively to emerging trends in society

  • Clear benefits to students and to our communities by providing an opportunity for students to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree at Kwantlen University College where there is established emphasis on teaching, emerging emphasis on undergraduate research, long-standing connections to South Fraser communities, and accessibility for students in the expanding South Fraser region

The flexibility of the program will allow students to target a wide range of employment opportunities. They may pursue a general liberal arts education or, in consultation with an advisor, structure a program leading to a specific career goal in fields such as peace studies, counselling, urban planning, urban environmental issues, teaching and law.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates with a BA, Double Minor degree will be well prepared for a range of potential occupations. The versatility of the BA, Double Minor degree will allow students to design programs of study that will prepare them for careers or further study in areas such as the following:

  • Business

  • Community Service

  • Law

  • Policing

  • Primary and Secondary Education

  • Professional Writing

  • Public Administration

  • Public Planning

  • Religious Studies

  • Social Work

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Students may be admitted into the BA program at year one or three. In order to enter the BA program at year one and enroll in required writing and quantitative courses, students must have a grade of ‘B’ in English 12 (or equivalent) and a grade of ‘C’ in Principles of Math 11 (or equivalent). Students who do not qualify upon initial registration at Kwantlen will be able to apply for entry to the BA Qualifying Year and then enter the BA program after they have successfully completed appropriate qualifying courses. Students can transfer into the BA program at any time provided seats are available and they meet entrance requirements. Full-time BA program students receive registration priority over part-time and non-program students. In addition to Kwantlen’s standard application start date, students will be considered for admission based on the date of qualification.

CONTENT

The flexibility of the BA, Double Minor degree allows students to customize their programs to reflect more directly their personal interests and facilitates their preparation for future career and educational goals. The program structure for each student in the BA, Double Minor program will vary depending upon the courses selected. However, both 15-credit minor options and 18-credit extended minor options will be available. Detailed descriptions of the courses, credits, prerequisites and program progression for each of the minors in Criminology, English, History and Psychology are indicated below.

The following core requirements are to be completed within the first 60 credits:

  • 6-credit writing requirement including ENGL 1100 and one of either ENGL 1202 or 1204 (or equivalent)

  • 6 credits of a minimum 9-credit quantitative requirement must be completed within the first 60 credits taken. These 9 credits must involve a minimum of 3 courses. (See list of approved courses)

  • 12 credits of a minimum 24-credit breadth requirement must be completed within the first 60 credits taken. The breadth requirement will consist of a minimum of one level course in at least four separate social science or humanities disciplines outside of the major program area with a minimum of one course at the 3000-level or higher.  CMNS 3100 may be taken as an Arts breadth requirement. UNIV 1100, a first-year foundational course, and UNIV 4100, a fourth-year summative course, may also be credited toward this requirement

  • Second language to grade 11 level (Students who can demonstrate competency in a second language may request an assessment to have this requirement waived)

Additional Requirements
  • A minimum of 120 credits, with at least 45 credits at the 3000 or 4000 levels.

  • At least 60 credits must be completed at Kwantlen University College; however, students, upon approval, transfer up to a maximum of 90 credits towards the degree program. As a requirement for graduation, students must achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0, as well as a minimum grade of C in all required courses.

In addition to completing the core requirements of all Kwantlen Bachelor of Arts degree programs indicated above, students will have to complete course prerequisites as necessary in order to enroll in upper levels courses within minor programs in Criminology, English, History, and Psychology.

MINOR IN CREATIVE WRITING

See the Faculty of Arts: Humanities

MINOR IN CRIMINOLOGY
1000 LEVEL

The 1000 level of study in Criminology provides the foundation for undergraduate study in Criminology. Required 1000-level courses in Psychology and Sociology introduce students to key concepts and issues in Criminology’s interdisciplinary subject matter.

  • CRIM 1100 Introduction to Criminology

  • CRIM 1101 Criminal Justice System Intro

  • CRIM 1107 Canadian Legal Systems

  • PSYC 1100 Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes

  • SOCI 1125 Introduction to Society: Processes and Structures

Completion of the courses listed above with a minimum GPA of 2.0, will fulfill prerequisites to all 2000-level Criminology courses.

2000 LEVEL

2000-level courses are built on the multi-disciplinary foundations developed in the 1000 level. Students begin to synthesize material from sociology, psychology, law and criminal justice to understand aspects of criminality and criminalization. Completion of the core 2000-level courses listed below, with a minimum GPA of 2.0, will fulfill prerequisites to most upper levels Criminology courses.

  • CRIM 2330 Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour

  • CRIM 2331 Sociological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour

  • CRIM 2341 Canadian Criminal Justice  of Administration

Note

Those students in the Minor program are not required to complete a 2000-level statistics course as required in the Major. Those specifically interested in upper division research courses may wish to incorporate a 2000-level statistics course within the Faculty of Social Sciences into their lower division courses. The courses listed below provide lower levels elective options:

Upper Division Criminology courses build on the foundational skills and knowledge of law, social science theory and research, and criminal justice developed in the 1000 and 2000 levels. Students will apply these skills and concepts to emerging issues in criminological theory, research, and criminal justice policy. Criminology courses at the 3000 and 4000 levels will generally be accessible to students who have completed CRIM 2330, 2331, and 2341.

3000 LEVEL

A minimum of one course from each of the three core areas and a maximum of one course from the list of Additional Courses to a minimum total of five courses are required for the BA, Minor in Criminology program.

These courses will fulfill the minimum 15 credits required in third or fourth year criminology courses.

  1. Theory and Methods

    • CRIM 3100 Advanced Theories of Crime and Community

    • CRIM 3103 Qualitative Data Analysis II 

    • CRIM 3104 Quantitative Research Methods

    • CRIM 3111 Contemporary Sociological Criminology 

  2. Criminal Justice

  3. Law, Advocacy and Conflict Resolution

  4. Additional Courses

4000 LEVEL
  1. Theory and Methods

    • CRIM 4112 Contemporary Psychological Criminology

  2. Criminal Justice

    • CRIM 4201 Community Safety and Crime Prevention

    • CRIM 4235 Minorities and the Criminal Justice System

    • CRIM 4410 Policy and Program Evaluation

  3. Law, Advocacy, and Conflict Resolution

    • CRIM 4300 Administrative and Regulatory Law

    • CRIM 4301 Community Advocacy and Human Rights

  4. Additional Courses

    • CRIM 4150 Directed Studies

    • CRIM 4400 Ethics and Professional Development

    • CRIM 4900 Special Topics in Criminology - TBA

MINOR IN ECONOMICS
DESCRIPTION

Economics students begin their first year of studies with courses that provide a foundation in basic microeconomics and macroeconomics principles. Students will also begin to acquire the quantitative courses that will be necessary for success in upper year Economics courses. In the second year, they build on the basic principles with courses that introduce intermediate economic theory. At the third year level, students continue to build on their foundation of intermediate theory as well as being introduced to statistical analysis and international topics. Finally, fourth year courses will offer specialized topics to provide students with a thematic focus in their graduating year.

CONTENT

1000 Level

2000 Level

Students will be required to take the twelve credits of Economics listed above in order to apply for the BA, Minor in Economics

3000 Level

Students will be required to take the twelve credits of third year Economics listed above.

Courses at the 3000 level require specific course prerequisites at the 1000 and 2000 levels.

4000 Level

  • ECON 4210 Monetary Theory*
  • ECON 4345 International Trade*
  • ECON 4355 International Finance*
  • ECON 4xxx Issues in Globalization*

Students will need to take at least three credits of fourth year Economics

Courses at the 4000 level will be available to all students who have successfully completed relevant Economics prerequisites, however with enrollment preference to BA Minor in Economics students.

*Pending Approval

GRADUATION

Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded a Bachelor of Arts - General Studies, or when combined with a second minor program, a Bachelor of Arts - Double Minor.

MINOR IN ENGLISH

See the Faculty of Arts: Humanities

MINOR IN HISTORY

History students begin their first year of studies with broad courses that introduce them to the political and economic history of substantial areas of the globe, as well as key themes in historical development. In the second year, they progress to more specifically defined regional courses, considering not only economic and political history, but also social and cultural developments. At the third year level, students undertake in-depth studies of particular countries, considering all aspects of historical development, often in a seminar setting. Finally, in fourth year seminars students examine more narrowly focused topics, usually thematically defined, again considering all aspects of that particular topic.

1000 LEVEL
2000 LEVEL

Students will be required to take at least six credits of second year History and at least twelve credits of lower levels History in total in order to apply for the BA, Minor in History

3000 LEVEL
  • HIST 3310  The Fibre of Society: Textile Production in History

  • HIST 3313  Canadian Social History: Order and Disorder 

  • HIST 3320  The Balkans from 1543-1918

  • HIST 3327  History of Russia to 1917

  • HIST 3328  History of the Soviet Union

  • HIST 3330  Germany in the Long Nineteenth Century

  • HIST 3331  Twentieth Century Germany

  • HIST 3345  History of the American West 

  • HIST 3350  China in the Twentieth Century: Reforms and Revolutions

  • HIST 3360  British India, 1857-1947

  • HIST 3361  Indian Subcontinent since 1947

Students will need to take at least nine credits of third year History.

Courses at the 3000 level require specific course prerequisites at the 1000 and 2000 levels.

4000 LEVEL

Students will need to take at least six credits of fourth year History.

Courses at the 4000 level require students to be registered in the BA, Minor in History program.

MINOR IN MATHEMATICS

See the Faculty of Science, Mathematics and Applied Sciences
Third and Fourth year Mathematics to launch in September 2007

MINOR IN PHILOSOPHY

See the Faculty of Arts: Humanities

MINOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
DESCRIPTION

Students in the Political Science minor will begin their studies with an introductory course which will provide a base of knowledge in a number of areas within the discipline. Early in their studies, students will take a course in research methods to enhance their abilities in that area. Two required courses, one in Canadian government and politics and one in international relations, in the second year will provide students with the basis for further study. Additional credits from the 1000 and 2000 level will enhance students’ knowledge in a number of comparative and thematic areas. At the 3000 level students will be exposed to a detailed examination of various political factors, contexts and phenomena. At the 4000 level students will study, in a seminar format, areas of enduring importance in the discipline on a thematic basis.

Year One

*could be taken in year two

Year Two

*could be taken in the second term of year one

  • And at least one of the following:
  • POLI 1110  Ideology and Politics
  • POLI 1123  Municipal Politics
  • POLI 1145  Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • POLI 2120  Government of the Prairie Provinces
  • POLI 2121  Charter Politics in Canada
  • POLI 2130  International Relations Theory
  • POLI 2131  European Integration
  • POLI 2140  Comparative Politics in Asia
  • POLI 2150  International Political Economy
  • POLI 2155  Contemporary Political Conflict
  • POLI 2235  British Columbia Government and Politics

Years Three and Four
At least five from the following, with at least two each from the 3000 and the 4000 level:

*Pending Approval

GRADUATION

Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded with a Bachelor of Arts - General Studies, or when combined with a second minor program, a Bachelor of Arts - Double Minor

MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY
1000 LEVEL

The 1000 level of study in Psychology provides a foundation for Psychology’s Associate of Arts degree, Bachelor of Applied Arts (Psychology), and Bachelor of Arts (Major and Minor in Psychology). They are required for the Associate of Arts (Criminology) degree and are popular courses with students across a wide array of programs.

  • PSYC 1100 Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes

  • PSYC 1200 Introduction to Psychology: Areas and Applications

Both are required, with a minimum grade of C, for admittance to any 2000 level Psychology course.

2000 LEVEL

  • At least 1 course from the following list:
  • PSYC 2308 History & Systems of Contemporary Psychology
  • PSYC 2320 Developmental Psychology: Childhood
  • PSYC 2321 Developmental Psychology: Adolescence
  • PSYC 2322 Developmental Psychology: Adulthood
  • (students must not take more than one of Psychology 2320, 2321, or 2322)
  • PSYC 2330 Social Psychology
  • PSYC 2350 Psychopathology
  • PSYC 2370 Psychology of Personality
3000 AND 4000 LEVEL

Psychology courses at the 3000 level are accessible to all students who have completed Introductory Psychology 1100 and 1200, plus any additional prerequisite course indicated.

Students who have completed the nine credits of required Psychology courses at the 2000 level (Psychology 2300 and 2400), plus their required literacy, language and breadth requirements at the 1000 and 2000 level, can enter into the Bachelor of Arts, Minor in Psychology.

Courses at the 4000 level will require prerequisites at the 2000 and possibly 3000 level.

Core Areas

At least one (1) course from each of the five core areas to a minimum total of five courses (15 credits). These courses will fulfill the minimum 15 credits required in third or fourth year psychology courses.

  1. Biopsychology:

  2. Cognitive:

  3. Developmental:

  4. Social / Personality

  5. Clinical / Abnormal

GRADUATION

Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded a Bachelor of Arts, Double minor in the programs chosen.

    MINOR IN SOCIOLOGY
    DESCRIPTION

    The 1000 level course in Sociology serves as a foundation for the B.A. Minor in Sociology, familiarizing students with the basic concepts and selected areas of specialization in the discipline. Completion of SOCI 1125 with a minimum GPA of 2.0 will fulfill prerequisites to all 2000 level Sociology courses. At the 2000 level, students complete courses that provide fundamental skills and knowledge in sociological theory and research methods, and may choose from electives in various specialized sub-fields in Sociology. 3000 level courses continue to build on material covered at the 2000 level. Students may streamline their program by choosing electives at the 2000 and 3000 levels that involve a Canadian or a Global focus. The required 4000 level course allows students to consolidate skills and knowledge acquired throughout the program and provides them with the opportunity to gain practical employment and research experience by working with local social services agencies, international organizations, or other community groups.

    CONTENT

    1000 Level

    • SOCI 1125  Introduction to Society: Processes and Structures

    2000 Level

    Students will be required to take SOCI 2235 and SOCI 2260 plus a minimum of six additional Sociology course credits chosen from electives at the 2000 level.

     

    3000 Level

    Students will be required to complete a minimum of twelve Sociology course credits at the 3000 level. Some courses at the 3000 level require specific course prerequisites in addition to SOCI 1125.

    • SOCI  3210  Science, Technology and Society
    • SOCI  3230  International Migration and Ethnic Communities
    • SOCI  3270  Education in a Global Context*
    • SOCI  3275  Sociology of Popular Culture*
    • SOCI  3280   Sociological Aspects of Dying and Death
    • SOCI  3300  Sociology of Work and Industry*
    • SOCI  3310  Sociology of Conflict and Conflict Resolution*
    • SOCI  3320  Sociology of Global Inequalities
    • SOCI  3345  Social Policy in Context*
    • SOCI  3385  Demography*

     4000 Level

    • SOCI  4325  Community Services Involvement*

    SOCI 4325 is required for completion of the BA Minor in Sociology program. Before taking SOCI 4325, students must have completed SOCI 1125, SOCI 2235, SOCI 2260, plus 6 additional Sociology course credits at the 2000 level and 6 additional Sociology course credits at the 3000 level. It is recommended that students complete at least 60 course credits in total before taking SOCI 4325.

    * New and renumbered courses pending approval.

    Students may develop a program specialization or focus for their BA Minor in Sociology, based on their career and higher learning goals.

    SOCIOLOGY BA MINOR WITH A GLOBAL STUDIES FOCUS

    For a Sociology BA Minor with a focus on global issues, students are advised to choose Sociology electives from the following course offerings:
    SOCI 2100, 3230, 3270, 3310, 3320, 3385

    Courses with a global focus offered in other disciplines that are also recommended include:

    SOCIOLOGY BA MINOR WITH A CANADIAN STUDIES FOCUS

    This concentration allows students to focus their studies on Canadian society and is an option for Canadian Studies AA Degree students who wish to continue their studies through a BA Minor in Sociology. Students are advised to choose electives from the following Sociology course offerings:


    Courses with a Canadian focus offered in other disciplines that are also recommended include:

    GRADUATION

    Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded with a Bachelor of Arts - General Studies, or when combined with a second minor program, a Bachelor of Arts - Double Minor.