May 01, 2024

2020-2021 Academic Calendar Mount Royal University

2020-2021 Academic Calendar Mount Royal University [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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	HIST 1100 - Introduction to History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 1.5 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture Tutorial Hour(s): 1.5 All History majors must take this course during their first ten courses in the program (or as soon as possible after a student declares a major in History). Lectures introduce major historical themes, topics, and categories of analysis, while tutorials focus on skills development through interactive assignments and discussion. Note: Registration is limited to students enrolled in the BA (History). Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 1101 - Europe to 1500 Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course, which introduces students to the academic study of history, surveys the history of Western civilization up to 1500, with a focus on the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural life of European societies. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 1103 - Europe Since 1500 Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course, which introduces students to the academic study of history, surveys the history of Western civilization since 1500, with a focus on the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural life of European societies. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 1105 - Islamic Civilization Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course provides a survey of the history of Islamic Civilization from the 7^th century until the 1800. The course focuses on the political, social, economic, intellectual and religious life of Islamic societies. Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 1111 - South Asia and the Indian Ocean: 2500 BCE - Present Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course is an introduction to the history of South Asia from approximately 2500 BCE to the creation of the independent states of India and Pakistan in the mid-twentieth century. Topics to be examined include state formation, social and religious developments, trading world of the Indian Ocean, the impact of Islamic and European states and economies, modes of reactionto colonial rule, the construction of communal identity, and the course of nationalism. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 1117 - America to 1865 Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course provides a survey of the history of the United States from colonial settlement to the end of the American Civil War. Course topics include the struggle for liberty by groups and individuals, sectional conflict, interactions between Native Americans and the federal government, and changes in politics, society, and diplomacy. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 1119 - The United States, 1865 to the Present Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course provides a survey of the history of the United States from the Civil War to the present. Course topics include the struggle for liberty by groups and individuals, America’s rise to global power, and political, social, and economic changes. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 1131 - Canada, Origins to 1867 Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course introduces students to key issues and events in early Canadian history. Themes include social and cultural change, as well as economic and political developments. Topics such as the interactions between Natives and non-Natives, war and conflict, and French and British relations will be examined GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 1133 - Modern Canada, 1867 to Present Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course introduces students to key issues and events in modern Canadian history. Themes include social and cultural change, as well as economic and political developments. Specific topics covered may include Canada’s military participation, the Cold War, immigration and regionalism. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2108 - Gender History in Canada Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines gender dynamics in Canada from the eighteenth century to the present day. Themes include sexuality and the body, gender regulation and performance, racialization and colonization, politics, law, popular culture, work, religion, violence, and war. Recommended Preparation: WGST 1172 or any History course. Note: HIST 2108 replaces HIST 2208. Students can only use one of HIST 2108, HIST 2208 or WMST 2241 to meet Bachelor of Arts (History) graduation and/or General Education requirements. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2202 - The Historian’s Craft Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture The Historian’s Craft is an introduction to history as a distinct field of study. It aims to help students understand what history is, what it means to be a historian, and how to write history. The course is intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors in order to prepare them for the advanced study of history in upper-division courses. Prerequisite(s): Any one of the following courses: HIST 1100 , HIST 1101 , HIST 1103 , HIST 1111 , HIST 1117 , HIST 1119 , HIST 1131 , or HIST 1133 . Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2204 - The Medieval World Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course explores the history of the medieval world from c. 500 to c.1500. Topics may include the ordering of society, belief systems, warfare and violence, art and architecture, literature, education and intellectual developments, and religious and political institutions. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2205 - Health, Disease and Medicine Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This survey course explores the social history of medicine. Topics may include epidemics, mental illness, the development of the medical profession, and the role of medicine in culture and society. Recommended Preparation: Any 1000-level History course. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2206 - The History of Ancient Rome Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course surveys the history of Ancient Rome from the early kings to the establishment of the Principate. Particular attention will be paid to the political, social, and cultural history, and consider its long-standing legacy within Western Europe. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2207 - Histories of Sexualities Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture Histories of Sexualities aims to help students understand that sexuality - both our sexual practices and our attitudes towards sexuality - have varied enormously over time and between cultures; that is, our sexuality is “historically contingent” and “socially constructed”. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2210 - Travel Studies in Canadian History Credit(s): 3 Other Hours Schedule Type Field Work 3 week field school Themes and course content will vary, but may include topics such as the settlement of the west, the military history of Canada, Aboriginal/European relations, urban history, and Canadian cultural history. This course will include at least one multi-night field trip to sites in Canada. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1131 and/or HIST 1133 . Note: Students will be responsible for paying all costs, including travel, associated with the field trip. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2, Community Service Learning Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2212 - Travel Studies in American History Credit(s): 3 Other Hours Schedule Type Field Work 3 week field school Themes and course content will vary, but may include topics such as the Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, Aboriginal Peoples of the United States, urban history, and American cultural history. This course will include at least one multi-night field trip to sites in the United States. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1117 and/or HIST 1119 . Note: Students will be responsible for paying all costs, including travel, associated with the field trip. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2213 - Travel Studies in European History Credit(s): 3 Other Hours Schedule Type Field Work 3 week field school Themes and course content will vary, but may include topics such as the two World Wars, religion and the state, social history, and European cultural history. This course will include at least one multi-night field trip to sites in Europe. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1101 and/or HIST 1103 . Note: Students will be responsible for paying all costs, including travel, associated with the field trip. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2215 - History of the People of the Plains: Treaty 7 Field Course Credit(s): 3 Other Hours Schedule Type Field Work 3 week field school This course examines the history of the Native peoples in what is now southern Alberta. Topics include Natives prior to European contact, the events leading to Treaty Seven, and the impact of Treaty Seven on First Nations. This course combines lectures in a traditional classroom setting with a week-long experiential field study component. Note: Students will be responsible for paying all costs, including travel, associated with the field trip. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2, Community Service Learning Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2216 - The American Revolutionary Era Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course is an examination of the creation of the American Republic from 1763 to 1800. Students will understand how thirteen of the English colonies in America rebelled against colonial authority, fought for independence, formed a new nation, and attempted to secure its existence. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1117 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2220 - The United States as a World Power, 1898-1991 Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course is an examination of the emergence of the United States as a major world power from the Spanish-American War to the end of the Cold War. Students will study and understand key events, trends, and policies as well as the people who shaped foreign policy during this period. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1119 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2229 - Europe: The Renaissance to the French Revolution Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course explores the social, political, and cultural history of Europe from the Renaissance to the eve of the French Revolution. Social and cultural changes are considered within the contexts of religious innovation and conflict, the development of capitalism, the rise of the modern state, and the impacts of global exploration and colonialism. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2232 - Home, Work and Play Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course focuses on the history of Canadians in a number of spaces such as home, workplace and recreational settings. A variety of topics such as religion, education, health, crime and punishment, the arts, and popular culture may be examined, as may issues such as race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, regional identity and class. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1131 or HIST 1133 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2236 - Topics in Modern European History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines selected themes in modern European history. The specific content of the course will vary by term and instructor. Possible topics include: war and violence, gender and sexuality, intellectual culture, political thought and culture, and/or social history. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2237 - Modern European Intellectual History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This historical survey covers the ideas and thinkers of the period 1800-1930 that shaped the modern twentieth century worldview. Recommended Preparation: Any 1000-level History course. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2238 - Topics in Ancient/Medieval History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines selected themes in Ancient/Medieval history. The specific content of the course will vary by term and instructor. Possible topics include: war and violence, gender and sexuality, intellectual culture, political thought and culture, and/or social history. Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2239 - European Nationalism in the Age of the Nation-State Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the history of nationalism in Europe between 1780 and 1990. Two separate but related themes will be pursued: how the nation-state emerged as the dominant form of geopolitical organization in Europe, and how nationalism confronted and was adapted to circumstances and rival ideologies. Topics may include popular sovereignty and nationalism in revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe liberal nationalism; the Vienna settlement and the revolutions of 1848; the unification of Italy and Germany; the decay of Europe’s multinational empires; racism, anti-Semitism, and national identity; nationalism and totalitarianism; communism and the nationality question; internationalism since 1945. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2241 - Britain and its Empire in the Nineteenth Century Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course will examine the history of Great Britain and its Empire in the nineteenth century. Beginning with the struggles against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and ending with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, the course will examine Britain’s development as the world’s leading industrial and imperial power, and the political, social and cultural changes associated with Victorianism. The central themes of the course may include reform and repression in British political life; responses to industrialization; Victorian thought and culture; and the changing face of imperial development. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2243 - Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the history of Europe between 1789 and 1989. This period is distinguished by transformations in virtually every area of human life; the creation and destruction of a European dominated world order; the rise, spread and collapse of communism; increasingly destructive spasms of organized violence; and ongoing efforts at collective identity formation. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2247 - Canada’s Frontier: the History of the West Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course analyzes the West as a distinct region within Canada and in Canadian history. Topics may include: Native peoples, European exploration and settlement, immigration, rural and urban society, social and political protest/reform, the New West, regionalism, political movements, and gendered experience. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1131 and/or HIST 1133 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2250 - The Modern Middle East: 1800-Present Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course provides a survey of the modern Middle East from 1800 to the present. It focuses on themes such as the creation of the modern nation-states as well as political, social, economic and intellectual transformations in the Middle East. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1105 . Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2255 - Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in the United States Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course studies the ways immigrants to the US and their descendants created and preserved community and identity at work, in politics, and in social relations. The course also examines the ways dominant groups responded to immigration and migration. The creation of and changes in racial and ethnic identities are central themes of the course. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2263 - Conflict and Society in the Twentieth-Century Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the role of conflict in society during the twentieth-century. It will focus on the ideas that produced social and political upheaval and the impact of this upheaval on various groups. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2271 - Latin America Before Independence Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course is an introduction to the history of colonial Latin America. Topics will include the process of conquest, the development of imperial bureaucracies to facilitate control, and the nature of everyday life within the colonies. The course will conclude with an assessment of Latin America’s wars of independence. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2273 - Latin America After Independence Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course is an introduction to the history of Latin America after Independence. It will trace two centuries of volatile change within a region encompassing twenty unique republics. Among the topics to be explored are chronic militarism, uneven economic development, and ongoing struggles for social justice. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2291 - Film and History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines film as a historical document. Films are a valuable source of social, cultural and intellectual history, as well as historical continuity and change. Themes addressed may include: collective memory; documentary films versus fictional films; war and film; issues of gender; race, ethnicity and representation of minority groups; class; sexuality; and film as a source of propaganda. GNED Cluster 4 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 2322 - History of the Canadian School Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines topics relevant to the institutional, political, and social history of Canadian schools. The role of the state in establishing institutional public schooling, including residential schools for Indigenous students, will be a key focus, but the course will also consider schooling from the perspective of students, parents, and teachers. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3199 - Directed Readings Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Directed Reading Subject to the approval of the Chair. Directed Readings are intended to provide a more flexible approach for students who want to pursue and receive credit in areas of study which are of particular interest to them. Two Directed Reading courses can be used for graduation purposes but they must be in different disciplines. A Directed Reading cannot replicate an existing course. The objectives of the Directed Reading course(s) must be filed in the Office of the Registrar and will be made available to any institution requesting them for evaluation purposes. Arrangements for Directed Readings must be completed on or before the Add/ Drop deadline. Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3201 - Medieval Crime and Punishment Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course explores the ongoing attempts by dominant institutions to exert control over the behaviours, thoughts and acts of their subjects, and interrogates how individuals and collectives responded c. 500-1500. Topics might include the relationship between justice and law, crime, punishment and enforcement, non-conformity, marginalization, heresy, sorcery, and violence. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3304 - Children and Youth in Context Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the experiences of children and youth, as well as the ideas attached to these life stages, from a historical perspective. Themes may include race and racism, health and (dis)ability, education, residential schooling, immigration, violence and abuse, delinquency, law, sexuality and the body. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3306 - Racism and Immigration in Canada Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the experience and meanings of race, ethnicity, and immigration in Canadian history. Themes may include Aboriginal/European relations, the settlement of the West, law and race, discrimination, urban history, multiculturalism, and the politics of immigration. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1131 and/or HIST 1133 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3318 - Discipline, Punishment, and the State Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the extension and consolidation of state authority through the intellectual, social, and cultural history of various institutions. Topics might include hospitals, medicine, prisons, reserves, and education. Recommended Preparation: At least one of HIST 1131 , HIST 1133 , HIST 2205 , HIST 2207 or HIST 2232 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3319 - Conflict and Violence in Canadian History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines conflicts and violent events in Canadian history and how they have shaped Canadian society. It takes a casestudy approach to the problem, and themes may include relations between labour and capital, French/English relations, nativism and immigration, racial/ethnic/gendered violence in society, Native/ newcomer relations, and the impact of war on society. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1131 and/or HIST 1133 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3329 - Witch Trials in Early Modern Societies Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture Between 1450 and 1700 there were many trials and executions on the charge of diabolical witchcraft. This course focuses on the origins, intellectual foundations, historical development, and eventual decline of the trials. The course also examines the connections between issues of religion, law, gender, the history of science, and social relations in the early modern era. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1103 or HIST 2229 . GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3333 - The Renaissance Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course explores the intellectual and cultural developments known as “the Renaissance” within the social, economic and political contexts of Europe in fourteenth and fifteenth-century. Students will study a wide range of contemporary sources to examine the values and beliefs of people who created or reacted to humanism and the reshaping of their societies by the emergence of modern capitalism, the discovery of new worlds, and the advent of a revolutionary information technology: printing. The work of modern historians will be used to illuminate and contextualize the developments in this period, as well as to demonstrate the range of critical perspectives that have been applied to it. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 2 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3335 - The Reformation Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines social, political and religious trends in European history from the mid-fifteenth to early seventeenth century. It focuses in particular on the changes that occurred in European religious life in this period, collectively referred to as the Reformation. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3336 - Topics in European History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course offers the opportunity to examine selected themes in European history. The specific content of the course will vary by term and instructor. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3343 - Resistance and Resilience: Native Peoples in the United States Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course surveys the diverse histories of Aboriginal groups in what is now the United States from the pre-contact era to the present day. Emphasis will be placed upon the relationship between Native peoples and the newcomers they encountered, and the struggle of Native peoples to retain their cultures and autonomy while dealing with significant changes. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3345 - First Nations in Canada: Co-operation, Coercion and Confrontation Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture Survey of the diverse histories of the various First Nations groups in what is now Canada. Emphasis will be placed upon the relationship between Native peoples and the French, British and Canadian governments. Recommended Preparation: Any 1000-level history course. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3346 - Indigenous People in Latin America Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course is an introduction to the history of Latin American indigenous societies. Themes to be explored include native resistance and collusion with Iberian conquest efforts, the resilience of indigenous cultures in the face of coercive change, and the robust revival of the region’s indigenous populations in the recent past. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3356 - Topics in Canadian History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course offers the opportunity to examine selected topics in Canadian history. The specific content of the course will vary by term and instructor Possible topics include political culture, popular culture, French Canada, Canada-US relations, or military history. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1131 and HIST 1133 . GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3357 - Topics in American Culture Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course provides an introduction to themes in American cultural history. Each semester a different topic will be chosen for study. For instance, the history of public amusement, history of sexuality and African American culture. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3358 - Environmental History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the ways humans have utilized the environment to meet their wants and needs, as well as the ways in which the environment has shaped society. Students will study primary documents and historians’ accounts to understand this complex relationship from multiple perspectives. Potential topics include industry, agriculture, cities, energy, reform movements, and invasive species. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3361 - The Holocaust Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the causes, course and consequences of the Holocaust - the mass murder of European Jewry (and others) by the Nazi State during World War II. The roles of victims, perpetrators, bystanders, rescuers, and survivors will be explored, as well as post-war “collective memory” and Holocaust “representation”. Recommended Preparation: Any one of HIST 1103 , HIST 2237 , HIST 2243 , or HIST 3365 . GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3365 - World War II Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the origins, conduct and consequences of the Second World War. It focuses particularly on the experience of ordinary participants. In addition to explaining the events of the war itself, the course may examine how the conflict is remembered in popular culture. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3373 - World War I Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the origin, conduct and consequences of the First World War. The focus of study will include the nature of warfare at the beginning of the 20th century as well as the social, economic and political changes affected by the war. In addition to examining the events of the war, the way that war has been represented culturally and intellectually will be addressed. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1103 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3383 - Sin, Vice, and Religion Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course explores diverse religious experiences from a historical perspective. Themes may include relations between church and state, the impact of morality on gender, class, and racial identities, as well as the role of vice and sin in social and political change. GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3385 - Religion, War, and Society in Europe, 1558-1714 Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course takes a comparative approach to the study of the political and social development of France and Britain in the later Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. It considers how the development of the state and society were shaped by fierce religious conflicts and profound economic and cultural change. The course encompasses various key subjects in this period including the reign of Elizabeth I, the French Wars of Religion, the British Civil Wars, the Frondes, Oliver Cromwell and the English republican experiment, Louis XIV and the expansion of the French state, and the beginnings of a British constitutional monarchy in the Revolution of 1688-89. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3802 - Public History Field Experience Credit(s): 3 Other Hour(s): 3 Other Hours Schedule Type Field Work This course is an opportunity for history majors to have a supervised, hands-on learning experience in the field of history. Students will perform meaningful work at a historical agency, museum, archive, or other institution dedicated to the study and interpretation of history, historic preservation, and/or heritage resources. Prerequisite(s): HIST 1100 and HIST 2202 and approval of the Humanities Department Note: Course availability will vary from term to term and admittance to the course is competitive. History faculty will work with local institutions to arrange placements. To obtain Department approval to enroll in the course students must complete an application form available from the History B.A. Advisor and the student must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 for the last 20 courses completed. Applications are due June 1 for the upcoming Fall term and October 1 for the upcoming Winter and Spring terms. Community Service Learning Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 3861 - Remembrance, Commemoration and History: Holocaust Studies Field School Credit(s): 3 Other Hours Schedule Type Field Work This field school examines the history of the Holocaust as it is depicted in select sites of memory (e.g., museums, monuments and memorials, former camps and ghettos) in Europe and/or North America. At each of these locations, students will critically “read” what the sites tell us about the Holocaust and will assess these commemorative narratives against existing historical accounts of the Holocaust. Topics to be examined include nationalism; the Cold War and Holocaust memory; ”postmemory” and the Holocaust; Holocaust commemoration and “dark tourism; and the role of commemoration in Holocaust education. Recommended Preparation: Any one of HIST 1103 , HIST 2243 , HIST 2263 , HIST 3361 , HIST 3365 , or HIST 3802 . Note: Students will be responsible for paying all costs, including travel, associated with the field trip. GNED Cluster 4 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4199 - Directed Readings Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Directed Reading Subject to the approval of the Chair. Directed Readings are intended to provide a more flexible approach for students who want to pursue and receive credit in areas of study which are of particular interest to them. Two Directed Reading courses can be used for graduation purposes but they must be in different disciplines. A Directed Reading cannot replicate an existing course. The objectives of the Directed Reading course(s) must be filed in the Office of the Registrar and will be made available to any institution requesting them for evaluation purposes. Arrangements for Directed Readings must be completed on or before the Add/ Drop deadline. Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4401 - Special Topics in War and Society Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course provides students with the opportunity to focus on a particular theme from the field of war and society in a seminar environment. Topics may include technology and warfare, gender and war, literature and war, or war on the home front. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 and one of HIST 1100 , HIST 1101 , HIST 1103 , HIST 1111 , HIST 1117 , HIST 1119 , HIST 1131 , or HIST 1133 . Recommended Preparation: At least one 3000 level History course. GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4402 - The Age of Enlightenment Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the Enlightenment through reading and discussion of primary documents and historians’ debates. Emphasis will be placed on interpretations of the Enlightenment and analyzing what impact it made on later generations. Possible topics include Enlightenment or Enlightenments; British Enlightenment; Enlightenment bodies; and religion in the Enlightenment. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 , and HIST 1103 or HIST 2229 . GNED Cluster 2 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4404 - Topics in Canadian Social History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course offers students an opportunity for advanced study in the social history of Canada. Topics may include labour, immigration, religion, family, First Nations, women, health, and social welfare. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 and one of HIST 1131 , HIST 1133 or HIST 2232 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4405 - Special Topics in Public History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course provides students with an introduction to the practice of history in a variety of venues such as museums and historic sites. The course will expose students to the skills, methods and techniques utilized by public history practitioners. Topics may include archives, electronic media, curatorial authority, controversies, First Nations peoples, tourism, and cultural heritage. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 and one of HIST 1101 , HIST 1103 , HIST 1111 , HIST 1117 , HIST 1119 , HIST 1131 , or HIST 1133 . Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4406 - Gender, Sexuality and the Body Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course offers students an opportunity for advanced study in the fields of gender, sexuality, and embodiment history. Topics such as war and the military, labour and work, health and medicine, art and culture, leisure and sport, policing and the state, will be examined from the perspective of feminist, queer, and embodiment theory. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 and one of HIST 1131 , HIST 1133 , HIST 2108 , HIST 2207 or HIST 2232 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4411 - The American Civil War and Reconstruction Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course is an exploration of the rise of sectional conflict, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the ways in which Americans have remembered these events. Topics include slavery, political conflict, strategy and tactics, the home front, race, Reconstruction and reunion, and the role of the media in shaping popular conceptions of history. Prerequisite(s): HIST 1117 and HIST 2202 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4420 - Capital and Labour in Context Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This seminar course will allow students to explore economic and social history with emphasis on the relationship between workers, their employers, and the state. The course will focus on a selected period in Canadian, American, or European history, or will explore this topic in transnational context. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 . Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4451 - The History of British North America Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This seminar examines the British North American colonies and territories from the eighteenth through to the nineteenth century. Emphasis is placed on social and economic developments and on the growth of the colonial state. Topics may include the fur trade, colonialism, and migration, as well as such themes as race, sexuality, gender, and family. Prerequisite(s): HIST 1131 and HIST 2202 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4455 - Canada in the Era of the Cold War Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This advanced seminar course focuses on the social, political, and cultural history of Canada from 1945 to 1991. Themes include Canadian defence, nuclear weapons, foreign policy, espionage, domestic and international politics, the development of social programs, and Canadian culture. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 and one of HIST 1131 , HIST 1133 , or HIST 2232 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4461 - Limits of Representation: Holocaust and Memory Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture The Holocaust changed the historical, political and cultural landscape, and this course will help students understand how society remembers and historicizes this event. In this senior seminar course, students engage with primary documents such as published and unpublished survivor testimony, historical and contemporary novels and films and other representations of this traumatic event. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 and HIST 3361 . GNED Cluster 4 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4486 - The Industrial Revolution Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course examines the origins, spread and consequences of the Industrial Revolution in Europe between 1750 and 1900. The course is intended to provoke informed reflection on the important changes produced by the transition to the industrial age, with particular emphasis on developments in England where the Industrial Revolution first began. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 and one of HIST 1103 , HIST 2241 or HIST 2243 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4731 - Topics in American History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course offers students an opportunity for advanced study in American history. Topics may include technology, social history, institutions, labour, politics, a particular time period such as the colonial era, or regional focus such as the American South or West. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 and one of HIST 1117 or HIST 1119 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4732 - Topics in the History of the Americas Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This course provides advanced study in the history of the Americas. Topics may include piracy, inter-American affairs, colonial institutions, slavery, politics,or a particular time period such as the conquest era or the struggles for independence, or a regional focus such as the Caribbean basin, the Guianas, the Southern Cone, Bermuda, Aruba, Brazil, or Mexico. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 and one of HIST 2271 or HIST 2273 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4733 - Advanced Topics in European Social and Cultural History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This seminar course provides students with an opportunity for advanced study in European social and cultural history. Possible course themes include: medieval political culture; violence and society in the Middle Ages; crime and morality in Georgian England; opium and alcohol in early modern Europe; race and society in modern Europe or colonialism and Europe’s “others.” Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 and one of HIST 1101 or HIST 1103 . GNED Cluster 3 - Tier 3 Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 4734 - Advanced Topics in Ancient or Medieval History Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture This seminar course provides advanced study in Ancient or Medieval History, a period stretching from approximately 1000 BCE to 1500 CE. This course is not limited to the European past; it may take on non-European, non-Western perspectives, or analyze societies or events in other parts of the world during the 2500-year period. Possible topics might include: war and violence, crime and punishment, gender and/or sexuality, politics, cities and urban society, transnational or global history, imperialism or colonialism, race, and class conflict. Prerequisite(s): HIST 1101 and HIST 2202 . Recommended Preparation: One of HIST 2204 , HIST 2206 , HIST 2238 , or HUMN 2219 . Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 5110 - Honours Project I Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture Required for all students in the Honours stream, HIST 5110 is an advanced seminar course that provides students with the practical skills and knowledge necessary to develop their Honours project (HIST 5120 ), a substantial piece of independent research. Prerequisite(s): HIST 2202 . Note: Restricted to students who have completed 30 courses towards the B.A. and are officially admitted and registered in the History Honours Program. This course is offered only in the Fall semester. Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule
	HIST 5120 - Honours Project II Credit(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture Required for students in the Honours stream, History 5120 is an independent study course in which students research, write and present an Honours project, a substantial piece of original research. The project will be conducted under the direction of a faculty supervisor. Prerequisite(s): HIST 5110 . Note: Restricted to students officially admitted and registered in the final year of the History Honours Program. This course is only offered in the Winter semester. Fall Schedule Winter Schedule Spring Schedule Summer Schedule

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HIST 1100 - Introduction to History

HIST 1101 - Europe to 1500

HIST 1103 - Europe Since 1500

HIST 1105 - Islamic Civilization

HIST 1111 - South Asia and the Indian Ocean: 2500 BCE - Present

HIST 1117 - America to 1865

HIST 1119 - The United States, 1865 to the Present

HIST 1131 - Canada, Origins to 1867

HIST 1133 - Modern Canada, 1867 to Present

HIST 2108 - Gender History in Canada

HIST 2202 - The Historian’s Craft

HIST 2204 - The Medieval World

HIST 2205 - Health, Disease and Medicine

HIST 2206 - The History of Ancient Rome

HIST 2207 - Histories of Sexualities

HIST 2210 - Travel Studies in Canadian History

HIST 2212 - Travel Studies in American History

HIST 2213 - Travel Studies in European History

HIST 2215 - History of the People of the Plains: Treaty 7 Field Course

HIST 2216 - The American Revolutionary Era

HIST 2220 - The United States as a World Power, 1898-1991

HIST 2229 - Europe: The Renaissance to the French Revolution

HIST 2232 - Home, Work and Play

HIST 2236 - Topics in Modern European History

HIST 2237 - Modern European Intellectual History

HIST 2238 - Topics in Ancient/Medieval History

HIST 2239 - European Nationalism in the Age of the Nation-State

HIST 2241 - Britain and its Empire in the Nineteenth Century

HIST 2243 - Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

HIST 2247 - Canada’s Frontier: the History of the West

HIST 2250 - The Modern Middle East: 1800-Present

HIST 2255 - Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in the United States

HIST 2263 - Conflict and Society in the Twentieth-Century

HIST 2271 - Latin America Before Independence

HIST 2273 - Latin America After Independence

HIST 2291 - Film and History

HIST 2322 - History of the Canadian School

HIST 3199 - Directed Readings

HIST 3201 - Medieval Crime and Punishment

HIST 3304 - Children and Youth in Context

HIST 3306 - Racism and Immigration in Canada

HIST 3318 - Discipline, Punishment, and the State

HIST 3319 - Conflict and Violence in Canadian History

HIST 3329 - Witch Trials in Early Modern Societies

HIST 3333 - The Renaissance

HIST 3335 - The Reformation

HIST 3336 - Topics in European History

HIST 3343 - Resistance and Resilience: Native Peoples in the United States

HIST 3345 - First Nations in Canada: Co-operation, Coercion and Confrontation

HIST 3346 - Indigenous People in Latin America

HIST 3356 - Topics in Canadian History

HIST 3357 - Topics in American Culture

HIST 3358 - Environmental History

HIST 3361 - The Holocaust

HIST 3365 - World War II

HIST 3373 - World War I

HIST 3383 - Sin, Vice, and Religion

HIST 3385 - Religion, War, and Society in Europe, 1558-1714

HIST 3802 - Public History Field Experience

HIST 3861 - Remembrance, Commemoration and History: Holocaust Studies Field School

HIST 4199 - Directed Readings

HIST 4401 - Special Topics in War and Society

HIST 4402 - The Age of Enlightenment

HIST 4404 - Topics in Canadian Social History

HIST 4405 - Special Topics in Public History

HIST 4406 - Gender, Sexuality and the Body

HIST 4411 - The American Civil War and Reconstruction

HIST 4420 - Capital and Labour in Context

HIST 4451 - The History of British North America

HIST 4455 - Canada in the Era of the Cold War

HIST 4461 - Limits of Representation: Holocaust and Memory

HIST 4486 - The Industrial Revolution

HIST 4731 - Topics in American History

HIST 4732 - Topics in the History of the Americas

HIST 4733 - Advanced Topics in European Social and Cultural History

HIST 4734 - Advanced Topics in Ancient or Medieval History

HIST 5110 - Honours Project I

HIST 5120 - Honours Project II