Major


Major in History

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements, which include regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements.


Program Requirements:

Students will need to achieve a minimum 60% average in the 36 credits presented for the Major in History.

Students must complete the required 6 credits of introductory History with a minimum grade of 60%.

Students must complete 36 credits in the Major as follows:
HIST 1000 level   6 cr.
HIST 2000 level   12 cr.
HIST 3000 level   18 cr.

Breadth Requirements and Electives:

ACAD 1601   3 cr.
Humanities   3 cr.
Science   6 cr.

Note:

Students are limited to a maximum of 12 credits of History at the 1000 level.

Students may not count cross-listed courses towards the 2000 level HIST requirement.

Students may count up to a maximum of 12 credits of cross-listed courses towards the 3000 level HIST requirement.

Students may complete an Honours BA double major if they obtain an overall average of 70% in each Major, and complete an additional three credits (minimum) at the 4000 level in each Major. Please refer to the Honours double major degree requirement section for further information.


Group Requirements:

1000 level History

HIST 1006  Introduction to Historical Studies 
HIST 1007  The Second World War 
HIST 1016  Introduction to Historical Studies 
HIST 1017  Introduction to Historical Studies 
HIST 1106  Introduction to Historical Studies 
HIST 1107  Introduction to Historical Studies 
HIST 1206  Introduction to Genocide 

2000 level History

HIST 2005  Canadian Social History 
HIST 2105  History of Medieval Europe 
HIST 2136  Peace, Order and Good Government: State and Society in Canada 
HIST 2137  The Global Cold War 
HIST 2146  Making Modern Britain, 1760-1914 
HIST 2156  Honour and Worship in Europe, 1400-1600: Ritual, Status, and Culture 
HIST 2157  Dealing With Diversity in Europe, 1600-1800: Tolerance and Intolerance 
HIST 2166  Survival: Canada in Global Environmental History 
HIST 2226  The Making of Modern Europe: From Revolution to Total War 1789-1914 
HIST 2227  The Making of Modern Europe: From Total War to Revolution 1914 - 1991 
HIST 2336  The Vietnam War 
HIST 2366  Family and Society in Canada 
HIST 2516  Intro to American History 
HIST 2517  Race and Racism in America 

3000 level History

HIST 3577  The American Revolution and Early Republic, 1763-1825 
HIST 3626  Interwar Europe: Fascism and the Radical Right, 1918-1945 
HIST 3627  Post 1945 Europe 
HIST 3705  The Holocaust: Nazi Germany, World War II and the Genocide of European Jews 
HIST 3716  Russian History From Kievan Rus' To the Russian Revolutions of 1917 
HIST 3717  Russian-Soviet History From 1917 to 1991 
HIST 3805  History of Islamic Civilization 
HIST 3816  Canada in the World 
HIST 3926  History and Historians: Ideas and Methods 
HIST 3936  History of Sexuality in Western Societies I 
HIST 3937  History of Sexuality in Western Societies Ii: Transformations of Modernity 
HIST 3946  History of Sport in Canada 
HIST 3947  Sport and Spectacle in Modern Society 

4000 level History

HIST 4015  Directed Studies 
HIST 4055  Research Project 
HIST 4185  Canada in the Twentieth Century 
HIST 4255  Victoria's Britain: Gender, Class and Culture in the Age of Empire 
HIST 4335  Topics in American History 
HIST 4385  Gender in Canadian History 
HIST 4425  The Era of the Renaissance 
HIST 4465  Family and Community in North American Society 
HIST 4485  Land & Subsistence 
HIST 4495  Britain in the Twentieth Century 
HIST 4505  Topics in Medieval History 
HIST 4605  Special Topics 
HIST 4607  Special Topics 
HIST 4615  Special Topics 
HIST 4617  Special Topics 
HIST 4625  Special Topics 
HIST 4627  Special Topics
HIST 4665  Twentieth Century International History to 1953 
HIST 4805  War and Genocide in the Twentieth Century 
HIST 4815  The Third Reich 
HIST 4817  The Third Reich 

 


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