Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, including History 1401E or 1403E or 1801E or 1901E,  or any other 1000-1999 level history course, plus 2.0 additional courses, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%.

9.0 courses:

1.0 course from: History 2201E, 2203E, 2205E.
2.0 courses: History 2301E, 2403E.
2.0 courses in History at the 3000 level.
2.0 courses in History at the 4000 level.
2.0 additional courses in History at the 2200 level or above.

All three of the mandatory 2200 level history courses are to be taken before the beginning of the fourth year. Of the 9.0 required history courses, 1.0 must be a course in European or British history at the 2200 level or above other than History 2403E; another must be a course in an area of history other than European or North American at the 2200 level or above as taken from a list approved by the Department of History. To progress in the Honors Specialization module in history, 70% is required in 2.0 of the mandatory courses (History 2301E, 2403E and either History 2201E, 2203E or 2205E) and the 3.0 mandatory courses must be completed with an average of at least 70% with no mark less than 60%.

Note: Classical Studies 3400E: Greek and Roman History may be counted as a principal course towards a history module.