Six credit units at the 100 level fulfill your history program requirements, while an additional 3 credit units at the 100 level 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.

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.

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