Six 100-level credit units fulfill your history program requirements, while an additional 100-level 3 credit units may be used as a junior elective in meeting your degree requirements. Only 9 credit units may be taken for credit at the introductory (100-) level).
INTRODUCTORY COURSES (100-LEVEL)
The department offers 100-level survey courses dealing with major historical periods and developments. In addition to the study of basic information, students examine conflicting interpretations and historiographical debates on controversial issues, and the diverse scholarly methods used by historians in their study and interpretation of the past. Six credit units earned in any of these courses fulfil the prerequisite for the study of history in any 200-level course.
Instruction normally consists of three hours of lectures a week, and one hour of tutorial instruction in which documents are examined, historical and historiographical issues are discussed, and advice is given on the preparation of essays. Tutorials are designed to help students sharpen their analytical skills and improve their oral expression. The preparation of essays is designed to help students define and demonstrate an understanding of important themes, to develop their research skills, and to improve their command of written English.
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COURSES
Thematic History
HIST 180.3
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History of Industrialization
1/2(3L-1T)
A survey of industrialization in world history, 1750-present, with a focus on how particular societies and cultures were transformed by industrial growth beginning in Britain and later in western and eastern Europe, North America, Japan, and to varying degrees in other countries of the world.
SENIOR LECTURE COURSES (200-LEVEL)
Lecture and lecture-tutorial courses at the 200-level are designed to provide more detailed examination of a subfield within one of the survey areas, and a more advanced and detailed discussion of conflicting interpretations and the historiographical debates on issues, themes and developments within that historical subfield.
The Department offers a judicious mix of subfields, which may be defined along national/political, chronological, or thematic lines. The subfields are fairly general, and the instruction is designed to offer greater depth of coverage and to develop a better sense of the varieties of history and of the context for the events studied than the instruction given in the first year courses.
Instruction normally consists of either three hours of lectures a week or two hours of lectures a week and one hour of tutorial instruction in which documents or assigned readings are examined, and historical and historiographical issues are discussed. The preparation of essays is an integral part of all these courses. In their essays students are expected to define and demonstrate an understanding of major historical themes, develop research skills, and improve their command of written English.
HIST 280.6
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Intellectual History of Modern Europe
1&2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 30 credit units at the university.
The conflict between freedom and authority from the 12th to the 20th centuries will be used as a focus for the study of the reactions of European thinkers to the problems of the world around them. Both proponents and opponents of political and economic freedom, social equality, religious liberty and toleration, and the freedom of inquiry will be discussed.
HIST 281.6
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Military History
1&2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in history at the 100-level.
The evolution of modes of warfare from the Renaissance to the present. Military and naval strategy and tactics, civilian-military relations, weaponry, and military organization are included. Military history is interwoven with general history and particular attention is paid to the social and political aspects of militarism.
HIST 283.3*
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Society and the Rise of Science: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in history at the 100-level or 6 credit units in any natural science.
A study of the development of science in the context of social, political and intellectual change between the Renaissance and the end of the l8th century. Special attention will be paid to the Copernican Revolution, Renaissance technology, the tension between science and religion, and the early Industrial Revolution.
*Denotes courses with a terminal date of 1815 or earlier.
HIST 284.3
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Society and the Rise of Science: From the Industrial Revolution to the 20th Century
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in history at the 100-level or 6 credit units in any natural science.
A study of the development of science and its interaction with social, political and intellectual change from the Industrial Revolution to the present. The relationship between science and technology in the Industrial Revolution, the transition from alchemy to chemistry, the Darwinian achievement, and the impact of science on the modern world.
HIST 285.6
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Christianity in Europe from 1500 to 1965
1&2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in history at the 100-level.
An examination of the development of Christian denominations in Europe from l500 to l965. Topics will include the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic or Counter-Reformation, the challenges of the English and French Revolutions, overseas missionary activity, major church councils, and the impact of scientific discoveries.
HIST 287.3
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Origins and Development of Co-operatives in Europe
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in history at the 100-level and/or social science.
The origins of co-operative enterprises in working-class, lower-middle-class, and farm communities in response to European industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the development of co-operative movements in Britain, France, Germany, Scandinavia, and eastern Europe to the present day; the history of co-operative ideas.
Note: Students with credit for HIST 286 may not take this course for credit.
HIST 288.3
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Co-operatives in the World
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in introductory history and/or social science
The spread of co-operative enterprises outside Europe; the development of co-operative movements in the United, States, Canada, Japan, India, China, Africa, and Latin America; the world co-operative movement; the challenges of co-operatives and development; co-operatives and new social movements in the world today.
Note: Students with credit for HIST 286 may not take this course for credit.
HIST 289.6
(Formerly HIST 234)
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History of Development and Underdevelopment in the Third World
1&2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in history at the 100-level or permission of the department.
Examines economic and social change in selected countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia from the establishment of the European colonial system to the present. A comparative approach is employed to examine the possibilities and results of different economic policy choices in an historical context.
HIST 290.3
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Topics in Environmental History
1/2(1.5L/1.5S)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units in history at the 100-level or permission of the department.
Explores various topics in environmental history. The focus of the course in any academic term will vary. Topics covered might be as broad as an environmental history of the world or as specific as nuclear testing and environmental destruction. Students are encouraged to check with the department for more information.