Combined Honours
Students who intend to apply to graduate school or professional programs (such as medicine, law, or journalism) are encouraged to take an honours degree which requires a higher quality of work than other undergraduate programs.
In HOST you must pursue a Combined Honours degree (that is a degree integrating courses from two disciplines) by combining your HOST degree with a program from Dalhousie’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (for a BA), a program from Dalhousie’s Faculty of Science (for a BSc), or a degree in Journalism (for a BJH).
To complete a combined honours in the History of Science and Technology, BA students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours to a maximum of 48 credit hours in HSTC. BSc students may complete a minimum of 30 credit hours (or a minimum of 24, with the program’s approval) to a maximum of 54 credit hours in HSTC.
Within these credit hours, the program’s four 3 credit hours “core” courses must be included:
- HSTC 2001.03 or equivalent
- HSTC 3001.03 or equivalent
- HSTC 4001.03 or equivalent
- HSTC 4600.03
- Note: With special permission from the Program Director, HSTC 3031.03 may be substituted for one of the core courses.
The requirements for the second honours subject are dependent on that department, and vary from program to program. In total, a minimum of 66 credit hours to a maximum of 84 credit hours in the two allied honours subjects must be completed. Students may fulfil the honours requirement in either of the two honours subjects. Usually this subject will be the one in which the student has taken more classes. In the HOST program, completion of the honours thesis (HSTC 4650.03) fulfils the requirement of the honours qualifying examination.
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Core Courses
Beginnings of Wisdom: Science in the Pre-modern World
HSTC2001.03 / CLAS 2001.03
Fall
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Medieval Natural Philosophy: from the Roman Empire to the Age of Dante
HSTC2002.03 / CLASS 2002.03
Winter
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
The Scientific Revolution
HSTC3001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Science in the Enlightenment
HSTC3002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Science and Nature in the Modern World
HSTC4001.03
Fall
Seminar Room
TR 1005-1125
Disputes: Methodologies in the History of Science and Technology
HSTC4600.03
Fall
Frazee Room
MW 1005-1125
Electives
Introduction to the History of Science I: from the Ancients to the Birth of the Modern
HSTC1201.03 / HSTC 2211.03 / SCIE2001.03 / HIST2075.03
Fall
Alumni Hall; Classroom AA1; Seminar Room; ONLINE
Lecture: MW 1435-1524 OR
Lecture: Online / Asynchronous; AND
Tutorial: W 1535-1625 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: W 1535-1625 (Seminar Room) OR
Tutorial: R 1435-1525 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: F 1435-1525 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: R 1535-1625 (Online / Synchronous)
Introduction to the History of Science II: From The Birth of the Modern to the Present
HSTC1202.03 / HSTC2212.03 / SCIE2002.03 / HIST2076.03
Winter
Alumni Hall; Classroom AA1; Seminar Room; ONLINE
Lecture: MW 1435-1524 OR
Lecture: Online / Asynchronous; AND
Tutorial: W 1535-1625 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: W 1535-1625 (Seminar Room) OR
Tutorial: R 1435-1525 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: F 1435-1525 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: R 1535-1625 (Online / Synchronous)
Beginnings of Wisdom: Science in the Pre-modern World
HSTC2001.03 / CLAS 2001.03
Fall
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Medieval Natural Philosophy: from the Roman Empire to the Age of Dante
HSTC2002.03 / CLASS 2002.03
Winter
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Origins of Modern Medicine
HSTC2102.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1735-2025
Magic, Science and the Occult: from Antiquity to Postmodernity
HSTC2120.03 / EMSP2360.03 / HIST2990.03 / RELS2120.03
Fall
Archibald Room
TR 1305-1425
The Beginnings of Western Medicine: Birth of the Body
HSTC2202.03 / CLAS2202.03
Winter
Seminar 7
T 1735-2025
The Darwinian Revolution
HSTC2204.03
Fall
Seminar 7
T 1735-2025
Bio-Politics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought
CTMP2203.03 / HSTC2206.03
Winter
Classroom AA1
R 1735-2025
Environmentalism: origins, ideals and critique
CTMP2206.03 / HSTC2209.03
Winter
Seminar 7
TR 1435-1555
The Origins of Science Fiction in Early Modern Europe
EMSP2340.03 / HSTC2340.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
TR 1305-1425
Engineering the Planet: the Anthropocene Era, from Prehistory to Today's Global Crisis
HSTC2210.03
Fall
Seminar 7
W 1735-2025
Science and the Media
HSTC2400.03 / JOUR2400.03
Winter
Online / Synchronous
M 1735-2025 (Online Synchronous Session)
Imagining Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
HSTC2410.03
Summer
Online/Asynchronous
Science Fiction in Film
HSTC2500.03
Winter
ONLINE / ASYNCHRONOUS
W 1735-1825 (online synchronous session)
The Scientific Revolution
HSTC3001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Science in the Enlightenment
HSTC3002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Science and Culture I: The Discourses of Modernity
CTMP3001.03 / HSTC3031.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
Science and Culture II: Resetting the Modern
CTMP3002.03 / HSTC3032.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
Human Experiments
HSTC3101.03 / CTMP3204.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1305-1425
Plagues, Pandemics and People: A Global History of Epidemics
HSTC 3102.03
Winter
Archibald
TR 1005-1125
In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy
HSTC3121.03 / EMSP3321.03 / HIST3990.03 / RELS3121.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1605-1725
Ecology and Religion
HSTC3202.03/ RELS3211.03
Fall
Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
Oracles, Omens and Astrology in the Ancient World
HSTC3320.03 / CLAS3320.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1005-1125
History of the Marine Sciences
HSTC3331.03 / HIST3073.03 / BIOL4664.03 / MARI4664.03 / OCEA4331.03/5331.03 / SCIE4001.03
Spring
Online/Asynchronous
TR 11:05-11:55 (online synchronous session)
Art, Optics, and Technologies of Illusion
EMSP 3350.03 / HSTC 3350.03
Winter
Seminar Room
TR 1005-1125
Science and Nature in the Modern World
HSTC4001.03
Fall
Seminar Room
TR 1005-1125
Disputes: Methodologies in the History of Science and Technology
HSTC4600.03
Fall
Frazee Room
MW 1005-1125
Honours Thesis & Colloquium
Minor
You can take a minor in HOST to complement your degree. Studying science through this humanities-based approach demonstrates your ability to think about science ‘outside the box’.
The Minor in HOST requires a minimum of 18 to a maximum of 27 credit hours taken at the 2000 level or above. This must include (updated January 2022):
- any one of the following three core courses
- HSTC 2001.03: Ancient and Medieval Science (or equivalent)
- HSTC 3001.03: The Scientific Revolution (or equivalent)
- HSTC 4001.03: Science and Nature in the Modern Period (or equivalent
- six credit hours at the 3000 or 4000 level.
Explore courses
one of the following courses
Beginnings of Wisdom: Science in the Pre-modern World
HSTC2001.03 / CLAS 2001.03
Fall
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Medieval Natural Philosophy: from the Roman Empire to the Age of Dante
HSTC2002.03 / CLASS 2002.03
Winter
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Science and Nature in the Modern World
HSTC4001.03
Fall
Seminar Room
TR 1005-1125
six credit hours at the 3000 or 4000 level
The Scientific Revolution
HSTC3001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Science in the Enlightenment
HSTC3002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Science and Culture I: The Discourses of Modernity
CTMP3001.03 / HSTC3031.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
Science and Culture II: Resetting the Modern
CTMP3002.03 / HSTC3032.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
Human Experiments
HSTC3101.03 / CTMP3204.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1305-1425
Plagues, Pandemics and People: A Global History of Epidemics
HSTC 3102.03
Winter
Archibald
TR 1005-1125
In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy
HSTC3121.03 / EMSP3321.03 / HIST3990.03 / RELS3121.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1605-1725
Ecology and Religion
HSTC3202.03/ RELS3211.03
Fall
Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
Oracles, Omens and Astrology in the Ancient World
HSTC3320.03 / CLAS3320.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1005-1125
History of the Marine Sciences
HSTC3331.03 / HIST3073.03 / BIOL4664.03 / MARI4664.03 / OCEA4331.03/5331.03 / SCIE4001.03
Spring
Online/Asynchronous
TR 11:05-11:55 (online synchronous session)
Art, Optics, and Technologies of Illusion
EMSP 3350.03 / HSTC 3350.03
Winter
Seminar Room
TR 1005-1125
Science and Nature in the Modern World
HSTC4001.03
Fall
Seminar Room
TR 1005-1125
Disputes: Methodologies in the History of Science and Technology
HSTC4600.03
Fall
Frazee Room
MW 1005-1125
Electives
Discover the history of engineering. Learn about science fiction in film, science and the media, or science and religion. These are just some of the topics of elective courses open to students pursuing a King’s Honours degree or any program in King’s and Dalhousie shared Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Science.
Using the combined resources of philosophical, historical and sociological methods, HOST traces the roots and trajectories of primary conceptions of nature and our place within it.
Explore courses
All HOST Courses
Introduction to the History of Science I: from the Ancients to the Birth of the Modern
HSTC1201.03 / HSTC 2211.03 / SCIE2001.03 / HIST2075.03
Fall
Alumni Hall; Classroom AA1; Seminar Room; ONLINE
Lecture: MW 1435-1524 OR
Lecture: Online / Asynchronous; AND
Tutorial: W 1535-1625 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: W 1535-1625 (Seminar Room) OR
Tutorial: R 1435-1525 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: F 1435-1525 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: R 1535-1625 (Online / Synchronous)
Introduction to the History of Science II: From The Birth of the Modern to the Present
HSTC1202.03 / HSTC2212.03 / SCIE2002.03 / HIST2076.03
Winter
Alumni Hall; Classroom AA1; Seminar Room; ONLINE
Lecture: MW 1435-1524 OR
Lecture: Online / Asynchronous; AND
Tutorial: W 1535-1625 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: W 1535-1625 (Seminar Room) OR
Tutorial: R 1435-1525 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: F 1435-1525 (Classroom AA1) OR
Tutorial: R 1535-1625 (Online / Synchronous)
Beginnings of Wisdom: Science in the Pre-modern World
HSTC2001.03 / CLAS 2001.03
Fall
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Medieval Natural Philosophy: from the Roman Empire to the Age of Dante
HSTC2002.03 / CLASS 2002.03
Winter
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Origins of Modern Medicine
HSTC2102.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1735-2025
Magic, Science and the Occult: from Antiquity to Postmodernity
HSTC2120.03 / EMSP2360.03 / HIST2990.03 / RELS2120.03
Fall
Archibald Room
TR 1305-1425
The Beginnings of Western Medicine: Birth of the Body
HSTC2202.03 / CLAS2202.03
Winter
Seminar 7
T 1735-2025
The Darwinian Revolution
HSTC2204.03
Fall
Seminar 7
T 1735-2025
Bio-Politics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought
CTMP2203.03 / HSTC2206.03
Winter
Classroom AA1
R 1735-2025
Environmentalism: origins, ideals and critique
CTMP2206.03 / HSTC2209.03
Winter
Seminar 7
TR 1435-1555
The Origins of Science Fiction in Early Modern Europe
EMSP2340.03 / HSTC2340.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
TR 1305-1425
Engineering the Planet: the Anthropocene Era, from Prehistory to Today's Global Crisis
HSTC2210.03
Fall
Seminar 7
W 1735-2025
Science and the Media
HSTC2400.03 / JOUR2400.03
Winter
Online / Synchronous
M 1735-2025 (Online Synchronous Session)
Imagining Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
HSTC2410.03
Summer
Online/Asynchronous
Science Fiction in Film
HSTC2500.03
Winter
ONLINE / ASYNCHRONOUS
W 1735-1825 (online synchronous session)
The Scientific Revolution
HSTC3001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Science in the Enlightenment
HSTC3002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Science and Culture I: The Discourses of Modernity
CTMP3001.03 / HSTC3031.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
Science and Culture II: Resetting the Modern
CTMP3002.03 / HSTC3032.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
Human Experiments
HSTC3101.03 / CTMP3204.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1305-1425
Plagues, Pandemics and People: A Global History of Epidemics
HSTC 3102.03
Winter
Archibald
TR 1005-1125
In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy
HSTC3121.03 / EMSP3321.03 / HIST3990.03 / RELS3121.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1605-1725
Ecology and Religion
HSTC3202.03/ RELS3211.03
Fall
Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
Oracles, Omens and Astrology in the Ancient World
HSTC3320.03 / CLAS3320.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1005-1125
History of the Marine Sciences
HSTC3331.03 / HIST3073.03 / BIOL4664.03 / MARI4664.03 / OCEA4331.03/5331.03 / SCIE4001.03
Spring
Online/Asynchronous
TR 11:05-11:55 (online synchronous session)
Art, Optics, and Technologies of Illusion
EMSP 3350.03 / HSTC 3350.03
Winter
Seminar Room
TR 1005-1125
Science and Nature in the Modern World
HSTC4001.03
Fall
Seminar Room
TR 1005-1125
Disputes: Methodologies in the History of Science and Technology
HSTC4600.03
Fall
Frazee Room
MW 1005-1125
DALHOUSIE SELECTIVES
Students enrolled in the Combined Honours or Minor program in HOST can opt to take a maximum of one 3-credit hour “selective” course at Dalhousie University to count toward the HOST part of their degree. The Registrar’s Office at King’s should be notified if students wish to pursue this option.
