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History

 
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Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Single Major

 

Students must complete 120 credits including a minimum of 60 credits in History as follows:

 

Six credits from the following:

6 cr.

*

HIST 1205

Europe Since 1500

 

*

HIST 1405 

Canadian History: An Introduction 

 

*

HIST 1505

A History of the Modern World

 
 

**

HIST 2000 level

12 cr.

***

HIST 3000 level

30 cr.

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HIST 4000 level

12 cr.

 

*Students must complete the required six credits of introductory History with a minimum grade of 60% in each.   Students are limited to a maximum of twelve credits of History at the 1000 level.

 

**Cross-listed courses are excluded. 

 

*** Cross listed (upper level) courses up to a maximum of 12 credits are included.

 

#Students are limited to a maximum of 18 credits at the 4000 level.

 
With permission of the discipline, students may complete either HIST 4015 or HIST 4055, but not both, towards their fourth year requirement.
 

Students are limited to a maximum of 84 credits in History.

 

Other Program Requirements

 

Humanities

6 cr.

 

Science

6 cr.

 

Electives

48 cr.

 

For complete Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree requirements, please refer to that section of the Calendar.

 
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Bachelor of Arts (Honours) / Bachelor of Education (Concurrent)

 
Students must complete a minimum of 153 credits (P/J Division) or 156 credits (J/I Division). The minimum 120 credits required for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History are specified above. The minimum 33 credits (P/J Division) or 36 credits (J/I Division) required for the Bachelor of Education (Concurrent) are as follows:
     
Year 1    
EDUC 1123 (P/J) or EDUC 1013 (J/I)     Observation and Practice Teaching I*
1 cr.
EDUC 4102 (P/J) or EDUC 4202 (J/I)    Education and Schooling
3 cr.
     
Year 2    
EDUC 2123 (P/J) or EDUC 2013 (J/I)     Observation and Practice Teaching II*
1 cr.
EDUC 4112 (P/J) or EDUC 4116 (J/I)     Language Arts
3 cr.
EDUC 4434 (P/J) or EDUC 4474 (J/I)     Curriculum Methods I
2.5 cr
     
Year 3    
EDUC 3123 (P/J) or EDUC 3013 (J/I)     Observation and Practice Teaching III*
1 cr.
EDUC 4113 (P/J) or EDUC 4117 (J/I)     Language Arts
3 cr.
EDUC 4103 (P/J) or EDUC 4203 (J/I)   Educational Psychology and Special Education
3 cr.
     
Year 4    
EDUC 4123 (P/J) or EDUC 4013 (J/I)     Observation and Practice Teaching IV*
1 cr.
EDUC 4444 (P/J) or EDUC 4484 (J/I)    Curriculum Methods II
2.5 cr.
     
Year 5    
EDUC 4133 (P/J) or EDUC 4023 (J/I)     Observation and Practice Teaching V* (13 weeks)
3 cr.
EDUC 4244 (P/J) or EDUC 4308 (J/I)     Visual Arts
1.5 cr.
EDUC 4254 (P/J) or EDUC 4314 (J/I)    Music Education
1.5 cr.
EDUC 4264 (P/J) or EDUC 4324 (J/I)     Health and Physical Education
1.5 cr.
EDUC 4274 (P/J) or EDUC 4334 (J/I)   Mathematics Education
1.5 cr.
EDUC 4284 (P/J) or EDUC 4344 (J/I)   Science Education
1.5 cr.
EDUC 4294 (P/J) or EDUC 4354 (J/I)   Social Studies
1.5 cr.
 

For the Junior/Intermediate Division, students must choose one of the following according to major:

3 cr.

EDUC 4406

English (First Language) (Intermediate)  
EDUC 4416 Computer Science (Intermediate)  

EDUC 4446

Geography (Intermediate)  

EDUC 4456

History (Intermediate)  

EDUC 4466

Mathematics (Intermediate)  
     
Notes:
A minimum overall average of 70% is required in the EDUC courses above, with at least a 60% in each course.
 

Student may choose an option course in Education in each of years 3, or 4 from the following:

EDUC 1526, EDUC 4683, EDUC 4706, EDUC 4707, EDUC 4806, EDUC 4807, EDUC 4816, EDUC 4916, EDUC 4986.  Not all option courses are offered every year.  The course offerings may vary from year to year.

 

In the 120 credits required for the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science, students will normally take 27 credits in year 1 and year 2, 30 credits in year 3 and year 4, and six credits in year 5.  Students must include the following:  six credits of PSYC 2006, PSYC 2007 or PSYC 2020; six credits of MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070; six credits of Canadian History at the 1000, 2000 or 3000 level (and are restricted to a maximum of 12 credits of 1000 level History); six credits of Geography; and SOCI 2091 and SOCI 2092 (normally taken in year 5).  Students are required to take six credits of Humanities.  Six credits of English Studies are highly recommended.    

 
*  In order to practice teach in Ontario schools, students must provide a clear criminal reference check.
 
For complete Bachelor of Arts (Honours)/ Bachelor of Education (Concurrent) or Bachelor of Science (Honours)/Bachelor of Education (Concurrent) degree requirements, please refer to that section of the Calendar.
 
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Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – Combined Major

 

Students must complete 120 credits including a minimum of 42 credits in History and a minimum of 42 credits in another discipline. The second major must include all of the required courses specified for that discipline. The History requirements are:

 

Six credits from the following:

6 cr.

*

HIST 1205

Europe Since 1500

 

*

HIST 1405 

Canadian History: An Introduction

 

*

HIST 1505

A History of the Modern World

 
       

**

HIST 2000 level

12 cr.

***

HIST 3000 level

18 cr.

#

HIST 4000 level

6 cr.

 

*Students must complete the required six credits of introductory History with a minimum grade of 60% in each.   Students are limited to a maximum of twelve credits of History at the 1000 level.

 

**Cross-listed courses are excluded. 

 

***Cross listed courses (upper level) up to a maximum of 12 credits are included.

 

#Students are limited to a maximum of 12 credits at the 4000 level. 

 

Students are limited to a maximum of 84 credits in History.

 

Other Program Requirements:

 

Major 2

42 cr.

 

Humanities

6 cr.

 

Science

6 cr.

 

Electives

24 cr.

 

For complete Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree requirements, please refer to that section of the Calendar.

 
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Bachelor of Arts (3-Year General) - Single Major

 

Students must complete 90 credits including a minimum of 36 credits in History as follows:

 

Six credits from the following:

6 cr.

*

HIST 1205

Europe Since 1500

 

*

HIST 1405 

Canadian History: An Introduction

 

*

HIST 1505

A History of the Modern World

 
 

 **

HIST 2000 level

12 cr.

***

HIST 3000 level

18 cr.

 

*Students must complete the required six credits of introductory History with a minimum grade of 60% in each.   Students are limited to a maximum of twelve credits of History at the 1000 level.

 

**Cross-listed courses are excluded. 

 

*** Cross listed courses (upper level) up to a maximum of 12 credits are included.

 

Students are limited to a maximum of 54 credits in History.

 

Other Program Requirements

 

Humanities

6 cr.

 

Science

6 cr.

 

Electives

42 cr.

 

For complete Bachelor of Arts (3-Year General) degree requirements, please refer to that section of the Calendar.

 
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Bachelor of Arts (3-Year General) – Combined Major

 

Students must complete 90 credits including a minimum of 30 credits in History and a minimum of 30 credits in another discipline. The second major must include all of the required courses specified for that discipline. The History requirements are:

   

Six credits from the following:

6 cr.

*

HIST 1205

Europe Since 1500

 

*

HIST 1405 

Canadian History: An Introduction

 

*

HIST 1505

A History of the Modern World

 
 

 **

HIST 2000 level

12 cr.

***

HIST 3000 level

12 cr.

 

*Students must complete the required six credits of introductory History with a minimum grade of 60% in each.   Students are limited to a maximum of twelve credits of History at the 1000 level.

 

**Cross-listed courses are excluded. 

 

***Cross listed courses (upper level) up to a maximum of 12 credits are included.

 

Students are limited to a maximum of 54 credits in History.

 

Other Program Requirements

 

Major 2

30 cr.

 

Humanities

6 cr.

 

Science

6 cr.

 

Electives

18 cr.

 

For complete Bachelor of Arts (3-Year General) degree requirements, please refer to that section of the Calendar.

 
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Minor

A minor in History is available to students pursuing a major in another discipline.  A minor consists of a minimum of 24 credits in a discipline.  In History, the minor must consist of six credits at the first year level and 18 credits at the upper year level.  Up to 12 credits of cross-coded and cross-listed (upper level) courses may count towards a minor if they have not been used elsewhere to complete program requirements.  A minimum grade of 60 % is required in the introductory course(s) presented for the minor.

 
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History Courses

  HIST 1205 Europe Since 1500
  HIST 1405 History of Canada (formerly HIST 1406/1407)
  HIST 1505 A History of the Modern World
  HIST 2005 Canadian Social History (formerly HIST 3205)
  HIST 2055 History of Ancient Civilizations
  HIST 2105 History of Medieval Europe
  HIST 2115 Modern Europe 1789-1989
  HIST 2155 Early Modern Europe (1400-1800)
  HIST 2275 Environmental History: Canada and the World
  HIST 2305 The Twentieth Century World
  HIST 2405 History of Modern Britain
  HIST 2515 History of the United States (formerly HIST 3505)
  HIST 2555 Canadian Political History (formerly HIST 3555)
  HIST 3036 Topics in the History of Canadian Culture and Identity
  HIST 3106 Modern France (formerly HIST 2506)
  HIST 3116 Topics in European or World History I (formerly HIST 2116)
  HIST 3117 Topics in European or World History II (formerly HIST 2117)
  HIST 3126 Topics in European or World History III (formerly HIST 2126)
  HIST 3127 Topics in European or World History IV (formerly HIST 2127)
  HIST 3136 Selected Topics in Women's History (formerly HIST 2246)
  HIST 3196 Canada in the Twentieth Century: Selected Problems
  HIST 3217 Topics in Nineteenth Century Canadian History
  HIST 3226 Topics in Canadian Regional History
  HIST 3236 Slavery in the Americas
  HIST 3246 History of Quebec Since 1760
  HIST 3256 History of Ontario: Selected Topics I
  HIST 3257 History of Ontario: Selected Topics II
  HIST 3267 Food, Land and Subsistence in Human History
  HIST 3276 Topics in Environmental History
  HIST 3287 Canadian Working Class History
  HIST 3326 New France
  HIST 3346 First Nations in Historical Perspective (formerly HIST 2346)
  HIST 3355 History of Women in Canada (formerly HIST 3356)
  HIST 3357 British North America
  HIST 3406 Themes in the Social History of Modern Britain
  HIST 3416 War and Peace: The Making of the International System from 1648 to 1919
  HIST 3417 War and Peace in the Twentieth Century
  HIST 3425 History of Medieval England (formerly 2425)
  HIST 3426 England 1460-1560
  HIST 3427 Britain 1560-1660
  HIST 3436 History of Women in Modern Western Europe
  HIST 3455 Canadian Urban History (formerly HIST 2355)
  HIST 3515 Themes in American Social History
  HIST 3576 America in the Colonial Era
  HIST 3577 The American Revolution and Early Republic, 1763-1825
  HIST 3605 Modern Germany (formerly HIST 2606)
  HIST 3616 International History of the Cold War
  HIST 3626 Interwar Europe: Fascism and the Radical Right, 1918-1945
  HIST 3627 Post 1945 Europe
  HIST 3705 The Holocaust: Nazi Germany, World War II and the Genocide of European Jews
  HIST 3716 Russian History From Kievan Rus' to the Russian Revolutions of 1917
  HIST 3717 Russian-Soviet History from 1917 to 1991
  HIST 3805 History of Islamic Civilization (formerly HIST 2805)
  HIST 3816 Canada in the World
  HIST 3817 The United States and the World
  HIST 3926 History and Historians: Ideas and Methods
  HIST 3936 History of Sexuality in Western Societies I
  HIST 3937 History of Sexuality in Western Societies II: Transformations of Modernity
  HIST 4015 Directed Studies
  HIST 4055 Research Project
  HIST 4185 Canada in the Twentieth Century
  HIST 4225 Canadian Social History: Selected Themes
  HIST 4255 Victoria's Britain: Gender, Class and Culture in the Age of Empire
  HIST 4315 Topics in North American History
  HIST 4325 Oral History
  HIST 4335 Topics in American History
  HIST 4375 Community History: Approaches, Sources and Methods
  HIST 4385 Gender in Canadian History
  HIST 4425 The Era of the Renaissance
  HIST 4465 Family and Community History
  HIST 4485 Environmental History
  HIST 4495 Britain in the Twentieth Century
  HIST 4505 Topics in Medieval History
  HIST 4605 Special Topics
  HIST 4615 Special Topics
  HIST 4625 Special Topics
  HIST 4655 Western Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
  HIST 4665 Twentieth Century International History to 1953
  HIST 4675 International History of the Cold War
  HIST 4725 The Age of Enlightenment
  HIST 4775 Twentieth Century Crises in Historical Perspective
  HIST 4805 War and Genocide in the Twentieth Century
  HIST 4815 The Third Reich
  HIST 5006 Methods in Historical Research I
  HIST 5007 Methods in Historical Research II
  HIST 5106, 5107, 5116, 5117 Canadian History
  HIST 5206, 5207, 5216, 5217 European History
  HIST 5306, 5307, 5316, 5317 International History
  HIST 5406, 5407, 5416, 5417 Gender History
  HIST 5506 Directed Studies
  HIST 5995 Major Research Paper
  HIST3937 History of Sexuality in Western Societies II: Transformations of Modernity
 
 
Cross-Listed Courses
The following courses may be credited towards History, up to a maximum of 12 credits:
       
  CLAS 2306 The Greek Historians  
  CLAS 2307 The Roman Historians  
  CLAS 2416 The History of Ancient Greece: From the Bronze Age to the Death of Cleopatra  
  CLAS  2417 The History of Ancient Rome: From the Beginning to the Barbarian Invasions  
  CLAS 2426 Famous Figures of Ancient Greece  
  CLAS 2427 Famous Figures of Ancient Rome  
  CLAS 3066 Race, Racism, and Ethnic Identity in Ancient Greece and Rome  
  CLAS 3096 Women in Ancient Greece  
  CLAS 3097 Women in the Roman World  
  CLAS 3206 Gender and Sexuality in Greece and Rome  
  CLAS 3207 Slavery in the Roman World  
  CLAS 3416 Selected Topics in Greek History and Culture  
  CLAS 3417 Selected Topics in Roman History and Culture  
  GEOG 3235 Historical Geography  
  POLI 2106 Great Political Questions I  
  POLI 2107 Great Political Questions II  
  POLI 2306 The Origins of International Relations  
  POLI 2307 The Cold War and After  
  POLI 2706 Canadian Politics  
  POLI 2707 Canada and the World  
  RLCT 2036 History of Christian Thought I  
  RLCT 2037 History of Christian Thought II  
  SWLF 3007 History of Social Welfare  
 
All upper-level cross-listed courses will be credited at the 3000 level.
 
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