Course list
History

History refers to the objective past and the infinite variety of factors, events, and personalities that have shaped human evolution. It represents collective memory and denotes the rational, structured study of the past. People study history to locate themselves, as individuals and members of society, in time and space. History provides vital connections between generations and gives continuity to societies.

Also available: master of arts in history

Prospects: business, entrepreneurship, government, graduate studies, journalism, law, politics, teaching at primary or secondary schools or in college and universities…

Offered in English or French. See “Histoire” on French side of Calendar.

Admission requirements

Ontario secondary schools
  • grade 12 4U English
  • 5 other grade 12 4U/M courses

See Admissions for other requirements.

General information

The department offers both 3 and 4-year degree programs.

A 4-year specialized program must be planned in consultation with the department. Two areas of specialization are available: North American and European history.

Students may choose to follow a combined concentration or specialization in history and a related discipline. Combined programs must be established in consultation with the two departments concerned.

Programs

Course descriptions
Course Credits Language
HIST-1106EL - Introduction to the 20th Century 3.00 English
HIST-1107EL - Contemporary Issues in Historical Perspective 3.00 English
HIST-1206EL - Western Civilization: Renaissance to the French Revolution 3.00 English
HIST-1207EL - Western Civilization: French Revolution to the Present 3.00 English
HIST-1406EL - Canadian History: Preconfederation 3.00 English
HIST-1407EL - Canadian History: PostConfederation 3.00 English
 
HIST-2006EL - Approaches to European History 3.00 English
HIST-2026EL - Historical Methods 3.00 English
HIST-2056EL - History of Ancient Civilizations 3.00 English
HIST-2106EL - Early Medieval Europe 3.00 English
HIST-2107EL - Later Medieval Europe 3.00 English
HIST-2116EL - The Reformation and Counter-Reformation 3.00 English
HIST-2136EL - History of French Canada 3.00 English
HIST-2206EL - Europe in the Industrial Era 3.00 English
HIST-2207EL - Europe in the Late Industrial Era 3.00 English
HIST-2256EL - History of Revolutions 3.00 English
HIST-2266EL - Revolutions in the 20th Century 3.00 English
HIST-2276EL - Intellectual History to 1850 3.00 English
HIST-2286EL - Intellectual History of the Modern World Since 1850 3.00 English
HIST-2305EL - The Twentieth Century: Historical Perspectives 6.00 English
HIST-2306EL - 20th-Century Europe to World War II 3.00 English
HIST-2307EL - European History Since World War II 3.00 English
HIST-2326EL - Premodern War 3.00 English
HIST-2327EL - Modern War 3.00 English
HIST-2336EL - History of the United States to the Civil War 3.00 English
HIST-2337EL - History of the United States From the Civil War 3.00 English
HIST-2406EL - Early Modern British History 3.00 English
HIST-2426EL - Modern British History, 1700-1850 3.00 English
HIST-2427EL - Modern British History from 1850 to the Present 3.00 English
HIST-2446EL - War and Society in 20th Century - Britain 3.00 English
HIST-2507EL - France, From the French Revolution to The Present 3.00 English
HIST-2556EL - Europe in the Early Industrial Era 3.00 English
HIST-2566EL - 20th Century Europe to World War II 3.00 English
HIST-2567EL - European History Since World War II 3.00 English
HIST-2617EL - History of Women and the Women's Movement in the Modern Era 3.00 English
HIST-2676EL - Germany in the 20th Century: Selected Topics 3.00 English
HIST-2806EL - Propaganda, Politics and Film in 20th Century Europe 3.00 English
HIST-2816EL - Nationalism 3.00 English
HIST-2847EL - Fascism on Film 3.00 English
 
HIST-3006EL - Approaches to Canadian History 3.00 English
HIST-3016EL - History of Latin America 3.00 English
HIST-3026EL - History of Canadian-American Relations 3.00 English
HIST-3036EL - The City in History 3.00 English
HIST-3066EL - Cities in Canada: an Historical Perspective 3.00 English
HIST-3096EL - History and Historians: Ideas and Method 3.00 English
HIST-3106EL - History of the Canadian Family 3.00 English
HIST-3126EL - A History of French Canada 3.00 English
HIST-3156EL - History of Education in Canada 3.00 English
HIST-3166EL - History of Women in Canada 3.00 English
HIST-3176EL - Canada in World Affairs 3.00 English
HIST-3196EL - Canada in the 20th Century: Selected Problems 3.00 English
HIST-3216EL - The First Nations in Canada in Historical Perspective 3.00 English
HIST-3226EL - Tycoons: the Making of North American Capitalism 3.00 English
HIST-3236EL - History of the Atlantic Provinces 3.00 English
HIST-3246EL - History of Quebec Since 1867 3.00 English
HIST-3256EL - History of Ontario: Selected Topics 3.00 English
HIST-3266EL - The Canadian West 3.00 English
HIST-3276EL - History of Northern Ontario 3.00 English
HIST-3296EL - Canadian Environmental History 3.00 English
HIST-3306EL - History of Women in Canada 3.00 English
HIST-3307EL - Themes in Contemporary Women's History 3.00 English
HIST-3316EL - History of Canadian-American Relations 3.00 English
HIST-3326EL - Canadian Military History 3.00 English
HIST-3356EL - Canadian Environmental History 3.00 English
HIST-3396EL - Special Topics in 20th Century U.S. History 3.00 English
HIST-3446EL - War and Society in 20th Century Britain 3.00 English
HIST-3505EL - History of the United States 6.00 English
HIST-3526EL - The United States in the Twentieth Century World 3.00 English
HIST-3536EL - Special Topics in 20th Century U.S. History 3.00 English
HIST-3576EL - The Americas in the Colonial Era 3.00 English
HIST-3606EL - The Reformation and Counter-Reformation 3.00 English
HIST-3616EL - History of Women and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Era 3.00 English
HIST-3617EL - History of Women and the Women's Movement in the Modern Era 3.00 English
HIST-3866EL - Popular Culture - 20th Century 3.00 English
HIST-3876EL - The Social History of Canadian Art 3.00 English
HIST-3905EL - History of Science and Technology 6.00 English
HIST-3917EL - Fascism on Film 3.00 English
 
HIST-4016EL - Directed Readings, I 3.00 English
HIST-4017EL - Directed Readings, II 3.00 English
HIST-4055EL - Research Project 6.00 English
HIST-4125EL - Canada and War, 1914-1945 6.00 English
HIST-4135EL - British North America: the Road to Confederation 6.00 English
HIST-4165EL - Canada from 1850 to 1914 6.00 English
HIST-4186EL - Canada in the 20th Century to World War II 3.00 English
HIST-4187EL - Modern Canada since WW II 3.00 English
HIST-4215EL - History of Gender Relations in Modern Canada 6.00 English
HIST-4225EL - Canadian Social History:selected Themes 6.00 English
HIST-4245EL - Canadian Intellectual Traditions 6.00 English
HIST-4255EL - Canadian-American Relations 6.00 English
HIST-4275EL - Ontario History 6.00 English
HIST-4286EL - Northern Ontario to World War I 3.00 English
HIST-4287EL - Northern Ontario: WWI to Present 3.00 English
HIST-4305EL - Revolution and Reform in British North America 6.00 English
HIST-4325EL - Colonial America 6.00 English
HIST-4335EL - United States in the 20th Century 6.00 English
HIST-4345EL - The Emergence of the Modern United States 1860-1917 6.00 English
HIST-4355EL - The Early American Republic 6.00 English
HIST-4365EL - Foreign Relations of the United States 6.00 English
HIST-4466EL - Tudor Britain 3.00 English
HIST-4467EL - Stuart Britain 3.00 English
HIST-4495EL - Modern Britain 6.00 English
HIST-4516EL - Early Medieval Chronicles 3.00 English
HIST-4517EL - Later Medieval Chronicles 3.00 English
HIST-4526EL - The Pre-Industrial Life-Cycle 3.00 English
HIST-4536EL - Gender in Early Modern Europe 3.00 English
HIST-4606EL - French Revolution: Origins to the Thermidor 3.00 English
HIST-4607EL - French Revolution and Napoleon 3.00 English
HIST-4726EL - Scientific Enlightenment 3.00 English
HIST-4727EL - Philosophical Enlightenment 3.00 English
HIST-4745EL - Europe in the 19th Century 6.00 English
HIST-4765EL - Totalitarianism in 20th Century Europe: Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin 6.00 English
HIST-4775EL - 20th Century Crises in Historical Perspective 6.00 English
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