Minor in the Study of State Violence (War, Atrocity, and Genocide)

Graduation Requirements:

A Minor in the Study of State Violence (War, Atrocity, and Genocide) is available to students pursing a program of study in a discipline other than History. Students will need to achieve a minimum 60% average in the 18 credits presented for the Minor. In addition to the requirements listed below, please refer to the Minor Requirements section.

Program Requirements:

Students must complete 18 credits in the Minor as follows:
3 credits of:
HIST 1006	Introduction to Historical Studies Topic: Global History of World War I, 1914-1918	3 cr.
HIST 1007	The Second World War	3 cr.
HIST 1206	Blood and Soil: An Introduction to the History Genocide	3 cr.
HIST 1506	The Idea of Canada	3 cr.
Fifteen credits of:
HIST 2137	The Global Cold War	3 cr.
HIST 2206	W-A-R (Whiskey, Alpha, Romeo): An Introduction to War in the Modern Age	3 cr.
HIST 2226	The Making of Modern Europe: From Revolution to Total War, 1789-1914	3 cr.
HIST 2227	The Making of Modern Europe: From Total War to Revolution 1914-1991	3 cr.
HIST 2336	The Vietnam War	3 cr.
HIST 2447	Indigenous Treaties in Canada	3 cr.
HIST 3005	History Travel Course	6 cr.
HIST 3116	Topics in European or World History I Topic: Kriegsspiel: Warfare Imagined	3 cr.
HIST 3237	Global Environmental History	3 cr.
HIST 3306	Canada’s Forgotten War: Obwandiyag and the Defence of Turtle Island	3 cr.
HIST 3526	Spooks: The Rise of the Secret Security State in the 20th Century	3 cr.
HIST 3565	Justice or Vengeance? Mass Atrocity, War Crimes, and Perpetrator Trials in History	6 cr.
HIST 3567	Slavery and the American Civil War	3 cr.
HIST 3577	The American Revolution and Early Republic, 1763-1825	3 cr.
HIST 3626	Swastikas, Swords, and Symbols: The Fascist Phenomenon in Historical Perspective	3 cr.
HIST 3705	The Holocaust: Nazi Germany, World War II, and the Genocide of European Jews	6 cr.
HIST 3716	Russian History From Kievan Rus' To the Russian Revolutions of 1917	3 cr.
HIST 3806	Experiential Learning Course	3 cr.

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