History

This course is designed to introduce students to the methodology and techniques of historical study. It will focus on the historical background to current issues in Canadian society, culture and politics.

HIST 1401 is an introductory course focusing on American Social History. Through lecture, discussion and written assignments, students will examine questions about how men and women make history, as well as questions about how history is shaped by those writing it. This course will offer students an opportunity to do historical research, improve communication skills, and develop a critical scholarly approach.

Examines the global history of empire and capitalism from roughly 1492 to the present. 

A survey of important historical events prior to the modern age. 

A survey of important historical events in the modern era. Completion of HIST 2101 is recommended but not required. 

A survey of Canadian history from the age of exploration through the Colonial era to the British North America Act of 1867.

A survey from 1867 of western expansion, the growth of an industrial society, the wars of the 20th century to the re-examination of Confederation of the late 20th century. 

A general survey examining topics such as Puritan New England, native peoples and colonists, slavery, the American Revolution, and nationalism. 

A general survey from the Revolution to the present examining topics such as territorial expansion, the Civil War, the Rise of corporate America, protest and reform movements, and the US in international affairs. 

History of the Atlantic slave trade, plantation societies in the Caribbean region, Atlantic trade networks, the abolition of Atlantic slavery, and emancipation. 

A broad social, political, and economic overview of the Caribbean since 1942. 

A survey of the changing roles of women from the Middle Ages through modern industrialization. Studies major texts defining woman’s place in European society. Specific topics include attitudes to women, family and work patterns, education, and emerging public roles. 

Explores the roles of queen consorts, queen mothers, and queen regnants who wielded power directly and indirectly in early modern Europe. 

Examines nationalism, imperialism, antisemitism and biological racism. 

Explores the development, implementation and impact of the Nazis “Final Solution” of the Jewish question during World War II. 

Examines the events and conditions in England during the Tudor dynasty, 1485-1603, focusing on political, religious, intellectual, economic and social issues. 

Examines the changing political, intellectual, religious and social conditions in England from the reign of James I in 1603 to the end of the Glorious Revolution in 1688-89. 

Analyzes the Glorious Revolution, the intellectual revolution of the late 17th century, the emergence of Britain as a military power, the union with Scotland, the Agricultural Revolution, the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, the Whig oligarchy and the social development and the cultural transformation of the period. 

Topics such as education, work and family, suffrage and women’s rights, sexuality and social reform, as well as feminism will be studied. Primary sources and gender theory will be examined. 

Examines the major themes in Canada-United States relations from Confederation until the end of World War II, specifically trade, diplomacy, military relations, and cultural issues, including how Americans and Canadians viewed each other’s societies. 

This course examines Canadian-American Relations from 1945 to the Mulroney-Reagan era. It explores diplomatic, defence, economic, cultural and environmental issues. 

Examines the social history of alcohol, illegal drugs and tobacco in Canada and the United States, as well as state regulation and expert, medical and criminal justice responses to these substances. 

A history of the Atlantic region of Canada from the time of earliest European explorations to the formation of the second Empire in North America.

Examines how Canadian society has perceived and reacted to crime and criminals from early Colonial times to the mid-twentieth century. 

Examines the economic and social functions of the family in the transition from pre-industrial to industrial society. Topics include the religious underpinnings of the family, gender relations, the role of laws and state regulation, the impact of social policy and the emergence of a North American “politics of the family”. 

Examines the development of the commercial, industrial, and post-industrial city in North America. 

Examines the development of the “new Police” and its relationship to 19th and 20th century North American society. Themes include the European origins of policing, police reform, professionalization, labour relations, relations with minorities, political policing and private security. 

An examination of the Canadian criminal justice system with an emphasis on criminal law, courts, police and corrections from the Colonial era to the mid-twentieth century. 

This course will focus on the history of Native People in the post-contact period. Relationships based on missions, the fur trade, and colonization will be examined. 

This course will focus on government policies pertaining to Native People, beginning in the early National period. The history of Natives and Newcomers in the nineteenth century will be emphasized, although twentieth century issues will also be examined.

Beginning with the arrival of the first settlers and their relationship with aboriginal peoples, through the development of a distinctive culture and society based on slavery, HIST 4475 will focus on social, intellectual, economic and political themes in southern history.

Focuses on the relationship between gender and science. Women's participation in science and medicine will be examined, as well as the philosophical and empirical underpinnings of science and medicine. Contemporary issues will be discussed, but the focus is historical, beginning with Aristotelian science and Hippocratic medicine. 

Examines the historical context surrounding the emergence and development of radical leftist movements since 1848. 

A comparative approach to student movement in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

Prerequisite: Honours admission.

Introduces historical methodology, the process of historical research, and the influences on selected major historical studies. 

Selected topics for Honours History students.