Program Overview

Major History Program

The Major History program is a 42-unit program that focuses on the diverse and complex ways that individuals and groups have created and adjusted to change over thousands of years around the world. In studying change over time, history students learn to interpret evidence of human thought and behavior, in order to understand the impact of individual and collective decision-making, the changing relationships among people and societies, and between humans and their environment.

Program Overview

This program is offered in English and in French. The French immersion stream is available when taken as part of an honours degree. Co-operative education is also available when taken as part of an honours degree.

Program Requirements

The program requirements include:

• 6 course units from:
  • HIS 1100: History Labs
  • HIS 1101: The Making of Canada
  • HIS 1110: Introduction to Global History
  • HIS 1111: The Twentieth-Century World from 1945
  • HIS 1120: What Is Europe? (16th-21th Century)
• Compulsory courses at the 2000 level:
  • HIS 2100: The Historian's Craft (3 units)
  • 3 course units from:
    • HIS 2197: Philosophy of History
    • HIS 3101: History and Theory
    • HIS 3105: From Source to Text
• Optional courses:
  • 3 course units of history (HIS) seminars at the 4000 level (3 units)
  • 3 optional course units in history (HIS) at the 4000 level (3 units)
  • 12 optional course units in history (HIS) at the 3000 or 4000 level (12 units)
  • 12 optional course units in history (HIS) at the 2000, 3000 or 4000 level (12 units) Total: 42 units

Notes

Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the calendars for the previous requirements. The table below includes only the discipline-specific courses. Please refer to the Academic Regulations for information on the Honours bachelor's with double major and the Honours bachelor's with major and minor.