As both a literary art and social science, History is an ideal instrument
of liberal education. Defined as "the rational study of the significant past", it develops
analytical and communication skills, fosters knowledge and understanding of the
institutions, ideas, groups and individuals which have shaped our political, social and
cultural world and contributes to reflective, articulate citizenship in a free, tolerant
and humane society. History is also an excellent preparation for a large number of career
choices as well as a pleasurable intellectual pursuit that will last a lifetime.
Without
attempting to study all the people and places of the significant past, the Mount Allison
History Department offers a rich variety of both subject matter and interpretive approach
through individualized programs designed to achieve both coherence and depth. Courses are
regularly available at all levels in most major periods of Canadian, American and European
history and are complemented when staffing permits by introductions to China and Japan.
Together, they reflect a wide range of faculty interest - from politics, constitutional
development and relations between nations to social, cultural and intellectual
movements.
Note: The listing of a course in the calendar is not a guarantee that the
course is offered every year.
Note: Students must obtain a grade of at least C- in all courses used to
fulfill prerequisite requirements. Otherwise, written permission of the
appropriate Department or Program Coordinator must be obtained.
HIST 1601 (3CR)
NEW NATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA
Format: lecture 3 hours
This course will examine the transfer of European ideas, institutions, political
and economic structures to North America, and consider the reshaping of these by the
North American experience. Particular emphasis will be placed on the transition from the
colonial experience to the realization of new states.
HIST 1611 (3CR)
THE EXPANSION OF EUROPE ABROAD
Format: lecture 3 hours
This course will focus on the expansion of Europe after the 15th century and the
impact of that expansion on both Native peoples and on European civilization. Themes to
be considered are the creation of a world economy, racial relations, the rise and fall of
European power, the impact of technology, the growth of indigenous nationalism, and the
legacy of European expansion.
HIST/CLAS 1631 (3CR)
GREECE AND ROME: THE FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Format: lecture 3 hours
Note: This course is cross-listed as CLAS 1631 and may therefore count as 3 credits in
either discipline.
The political and social history of ancient Greece and Rome will be surveyed with
a focus on the themes of Law, Politics, War, and Society.
Special attention will be paid to Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E. and to
Rome under Caesar Augustus.
HIST 1641 (3CR)
TOWN LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Format: lecture 3 hours
This course treats the development of town life in Europe from the late tenth century through the fifteenth century.
Themes will include: social and political experimentation and organization, expansion of commerce and production, religious observance
and intellectual life, and female experience of town life.
HIST 1651 (3CR)
NATIVE AMERICAN VOICES
Format: lecture 3 hours
This course will focus on the experience of Native Americans as they come to terms
with living in the post-Colombian world. Emphasis will be given to Native American voices
as preserved in primary materials.
HIST 1661 (3CR)
FRANCE IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
Format: lecture 3 hours
Exclusion: HIST 3371
This course examines the social, cultural, economic, and political forces that
combined to produce the French Revolution. An emphasis will be placed on primary sources in
reconstructing revolutionary experience. Themes include: society in the ancien régime,
the Enlightenment, revolutionary political experimentation, war, women and revolution,
and the Terror.
HIST 1671 (3CR)
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN AND GENDER IN MODERN EUROPE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Exclusion: HIST 3361
This course surveys women's lives in modern Europe from the Enlightenment
until the twentieth century creation of the European Union.
HIST 2000 (6CR)
WESTERN EUROPE FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE REFORMATION
Format: lecture 3 hours
Exclusion: any version of HIST 2000 previously offered with a different title
This course surveys the history of western civilization from late
antiquity through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the early years of the Reformation.
By investigating the diverse ways the peoples of western Eurasia organized
their political and social relationships and pursued their ambitions and
beliefs, it offers also an introduction to the methods historians use to
construe the past, giving particular attention to the close reading and
interpretation of original sources.
HIST 2010 (6CR)
WESTERN EUROPE FROM THE REFORMATION TO THE EVE OF WORLD WAR I
Format: lecture 3 hours
Exclusion: HIST 2500
This course analyzes the major social, economic, political, and cultural
developments which transformed Western Europe from 'medieval' into 'modern'. Its central
unifying theme is the creative tension between the opposing ideologies which characterize
the modern West: individual freedom and state authority; scientific rationalism and
revealed religion; hereditary privilege and equality: co-operation and competition as
organizing principles of society and culture.
HIST/CLAS 2021 (3CR)
ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
Format: lecture 3 hours
Note: This course
is cross-listed as CLAS 2021 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either
discipline.
Exclusion: HIST/CLAS 3011
An examination of the career of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic era that
followed his conquest of the eastern Mediterranean. Among the main themes included will
be the goals of Alexander, the new political climate of kingship and patronage that he
helped create, the interaction of the Greeks with the civilizations of Egypt and the
East, and the integration of new cultural ideas into Greek society.
HIST/CLAS 2051 (3CR)
WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY
Format: lecture 3 hours
Note: This course is cross-listed as CLAS 2051 and may therefore count as 3 credits in
either discipline.
Using written and material evidence, this course will explore the economic, social
and political roles of women in the societies of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as the
development of the Western idea of the female in antiquity. Secondarily, it will
introduce and explore the social theories commonly applied to the study of gender in
history.
HIST 2410 (6CR)
CANADA FROM THE PREHISTORIC TO THE PRESENT
Format: lecture 3 hours
Exclusion: HIST 3100, 3250
This course introduces students to the main events, themes and issues of Canadian
history from the pre-European period to the present. Coverage is broad and particular
emphases may vary from year to year.
HIST 2510 (6CR)
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Exclusion: HIST 3650
This course introduces students to the main events, themes and issues of American
history from the colonial period to the present. Coverage is broad and particular
emphases may vary from year to year.
HIST 2700 (6CR)
MODERN ASIA PACIFIC HISTORY
Format: lecture 3 hours
This course will focus on the ways in which the countries of the Asia Pacific
Region have interacted with each other through the 20th century, and how they have
struggled to understand and adapt to a rapidly changing modern world.
HIST/CLAS 3001 (3CR)
DEMOCRACY AND IMPERIALISM IN CLASSICAL GREECE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and three credits from any Classics or History course at the
1000 or 2000 level; or permission of the Department
Note:
This course is cross-listed as CLAS 3001 and may therefore count for three credits in
either discipline.
An examination of archaic and classical Greek history and civilization from the
emergence of the polis to the fall of the Athenian empire. Main themes include the
development of political institutions, warfare, and gender relations. Emphasis is placed
on historical methods and the interpretation of ancient evidence.
HIST/CLAS 3021 (3CR)
CONQUEST AND EXPANSION: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and three credits from any Classics or History course at the
1000 or 2000 level; or permission of the Department
Note:
This course is cross-listed as CLAS 3021 and may therefore count for three credits in
either discipline.
An examination of the development of Rome from a small city-state into the leading
power in the Mediterranean. Main themes include the conflict between Rome and Carthage,
the conquest of the Hellenistic East, and the political and social changes in Roman
society. There will be an emphasis on the analysis and interpretation of primary sources
in translation.
HIST/CLAS 3031 (3CR)
THE ROMAN EMPIRE: CENTRE AND PERIPHERY
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and three credits from any Classics or History course at the
1000 or 2000 level; or permission of the Department
Note:
This course is cross-listed as CLAS 3031 and may therefore count for three credits in
either discipline.
An examination of the history of imperial Rome from the age of Augustus to that of
Constantine. Main themes include the imperial form of government, the Roman army, urban
development and its impact on society, and the conflicts between Romans and other
cultures. There will be an emphasis on the analysis and interpretation of primary sources
in translation.
HIST/CLAS 3051 (3CR)
HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and three credits from any Classics, History, or Philosophy
course; or permission of the Department
Note: This course is cross-listed as CLAS 3051 and may therefore count as 3 credits in
either discipline.
Employing both material and literary evidence, this course surveys the conditions
of life and common ailments and treatments of the inhabitants of the Greek and Roman
world from ca. 1000 BC.E. to ca. 500 C.E.. It also examines the origins of Western
medicine in Greek and Roman science, alongside its alternatives, such as magic.
HIST 3121 (3CR)
RENAISSANCE EUROPE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least 6 credits from History at the 1/2000 level; or
permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3110
Set against the political, social and economic history of Europe from the
mid-thirteenth through the early sixteenth centuries, this course treats the remarkable
cultural flowering that began in the wealthy, politically and socially volatile
city-states of northern Italy before spreading to the courts, print-shops, monasteries,
and schools of northern Europe.
HIST 3131 (3CR)
REFORMATION EUROPE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least 6 credits from History at the 1000 or 2000 level; or
permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3131 (Reformation, Revolution and Absolutism)
This course surveys the history of Europe during the religious upheavals of the late fifteenth,
sixteenth, and early seventeenth centuries, investigating the major Protestant, Catholic, and radical
reform movements as they were shaped by the actions and ideas of their leading promoters and adherents,
as well as by the ecclesiastical, economic, intellectual, political, and social circumstances
of the era.
HIST 3141 (3CR)
EARLY MEDIÆVAL EUROPE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3050, HIST 3141 (Celtic and Germanic Europe to the Age of Charlemagne)
This course treats the history of Europe from the disintegration of Roman imperial authority
in the fifth century to the collapse of the Carolingian empire in the course of the ninth and early tenth centuries.
Particular attention will be devoted to the establishment of Germanic 'successor' kingdoms, the development of the papacy,
missionary activities to Christianize pagan peoples, and the reigns of Charlemagne and his descendants.
HIST 3151 (3CR)
EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3050, HIST 3151 (Europe in the Age of Chivalry)
This course treats the history of Europe from the tenth through the mid-fourteenth centuries.
Themes will include: success and failure in the development of national monarchies, the growth
of papal authority and prestige, new forms of religious expression and practice, university life and scholarship,
and the calamities of the fourteenth century.
HIST 3161 (3CR)
THE CRUSADES
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
This course treats the European crusading movement from the eleventh through the fifteenth
centuries, examining not only the familiar expeditions to Palestine but also the use
of crusades to sanction conquest and colonization along medieval European frontiers
in Spain and northeastern Europe and to combat religious and political challenges to papal
authority.
HIST 3211 (3CR)
REVOLUTION AND STABILITY: POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN EARLY MODERN BRITAIN 1603 -
1820
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3400
This course explores the ideological and socio-economic roots of the seventeenth
century constitutional struggles which established the sovereignty of Parliament in
Stuart Britain and traces the re-establishment of social and political stability from the
Glorious Revolution through the Hanoverian Period.
HIST 3221 (3CR)
MODERN BRITAIN
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
This course traces the development of those institutions, movements and ideas which
are an integral part of the texture of modern Britain, and which have been shaping
influences on the direction and pace of social, intellectual, economic and political
growth.
HIST 3231 (3CR)
PAX BRITANNICA: BRITAIN'S GLOBAL HEGEMONY 1815-1918
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
This course examines Britain's rise to world power during the nineteenth century
with special reference to foreign policy, naval supremacy, international economic
influence and the acquisition of empire, together with its impact on both governors and
governed.
HIST 3241 (3CR)
IMPERIAL SUNSET: BRITAIN'S RETREAT FROM WORLD POWER 1918 TO THE PRESENT
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
This course analyses Britain's decline as a world power, its replacement in that
role by the United States, its relations with the emerging nation states of the Third
World and its uneasy participation in the European Community. Topics to be examined
include: interwar development policies for Africa, Indian nationalism, World War II and
the decolonization of Asia and Africa, the 'special relationship' with the USA, the
evolution of the European Community and continued underdevelopment in the Third
World.
HIST 3251 (3CR)
CLASS AND CAPITALISM: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE BRITISH SOCIAL STRUCTURE 1750-1850
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3400
This course traces the decline of the aristocracy, the triumph of the middle
classes and the making of the working class in Britain during the early stages of
capitalism and industrialization. Particular attention is paid to the controversies among
historians surrounding the nature of social transformation in Britain.
HIST 3301 (3CR)
EUROPE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, 1900-1945
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the
1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3390
This course examines the major political, social, cultural and
economic developments in Europe from the beginning of the century to the
end of World War II.
HIST 3311 (3CR)
EUROPE SINCE 1945
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the
1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3390
This course examines the major political, social, cultural and
economic developments in Europe from the post-war era of reconstruction
to the present.
HIST 3361 (3CR)
CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN MODERN EUROPE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3360
This course examines major themes and issues in Continental European
social and cultural history from the seventeenth century to the present.
Selection, emphases and
time frame may vary from year to year but may include such topics as: identity
formation; class and gender; community and nation; family, work and leisure;
myth and memory; popular and high culture; the emergence of mass consumer society.
HIST 3380 (6CR)
WAR AND SOCIETY
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3600
This course analyzes the interrelationships between war and society, with
particular reference to the European experience. Major themes include war and
technological change, social mobilization, the transformation of war aims, and the ethics
of warfare. Some attention is given to ancient and medieval examples, but the main
emphasis is on the modern period.
HIST 3381 (3CR)
FASCISM IN EUROPE 1870-1945
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
This course undertakes a comparative analysis of the origins, theory and nature of
fascism in France, Italy and Germany from about 1870 to 1945.
HIST 3401 (3CR)
THE ATLANTIC REGION PRIOR TO CONFEDERATION
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the
1000 or 2000 level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3420
This course traces the major political, socio-economic and
intellectual themes in the history of Canada's Atlantic region
from pre-European times to the Confederation period.
HIST 3411 (3CR)
COLONIAL NEW FRANCE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3100
This course examines the 'pre-history' and history of the colony of New France,
with particular emphasis on the colony's socio-economic and cultural ethos, France's
colonial policies, and the response and fate of the indigenous peoples.
HIST 3421 (3CR)
CANADA FROM CONQUEST TO CONFEDERATION
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3100
This course examines the socio-economic, intellectual and political-constitutional
development of Lower Canada, Upper Canada and the Canadian West from 1760 to the
achievement of Confederation in 1867.
HIST 3431 (3CR)
QUEBEC FROM CONFEDERATION TO THE SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: any version of HIST 3431 previously offered with a different title
This course examines the political, religious, economic and cultural development of
Quebec since Confederation with particular emphasis on the growth of nationalism and the
emergence of the sovereignty movement.
HIST 3441 (3CR)
MODERN CANADA
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
This course traces the development of those institutions, movements and ideas which
are an integral part of the texture of modern Canada, and which have been shaping
influences on the direction and pace of social, intellectual, economic and political
growth.
HIST 3451 (3CR)
THE ATLANTIC REGION SINCE CONFEDERATION
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3420
This course examines the role of the Atlantic region in the modern Canadian nation.
HIST 3461 (3CR)
CANADIAN EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3200, 3460
This course examines Canada's diplomacy and external relations from the formative
years to the present, with emphasis on the twentieth century. Throughout, attention is
paid to the Canadian domestic political background and the role of public opinion in
determining foreign policy.
HIST 3471 (3CR)
CANADIAN WOMEN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000 level;
or permission of the Department.
Drawing upon both historical and theoretical perspectives, this course
examines the diverse experiences, conditions and roles of women in Canada from
Pre-confederation to present.
HIST 3501 (3CR)
A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF FOOD IN NORTH AMERICA
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing; or permission of the Department
This course will examine the way in which the need to eat has shaped the political
and social environment in North America over the course of the last one thousand years.
The general focus will be on changing patterns of food acquisition and the changing
rituals of consumption. Particular attention will be paid to how changing technologies,
demographic change and crises such as war have influenced the North American diet and the
cultural significance of various types of foods.
HIST 3511 (3CR)
COLONIAL AMERICA
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3510
This course examines the development of the Anglo-American colonies
and their eventual revolution. Sectional studies of New England, the
middle colonies and the southern colonies will be supplemented by close
attention to the lives of patriot and loyalist leaders.
HIST 3521 (3CR)
THE AMERICAN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the
1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3520
This course explores American social and cultural development.
Themes may include immigration, slavery, race relations, abolitionism,
the roots of modern American feminism, assimilation and the emergence
of a common American culture.
HIST 3531 (3CR)
AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
This course will explore theoretical approaches to women's history through an
examination of the role and experience of women in the United States from the Revolution
to the present.
HIST 3561 (3CR)
UNITED STATES FOREIGN RELATIONS
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST/POLS
3560
This course surveys American diplomacy and foreign relations from colonial times
through the twentieth century. Throughout, attention is paid to American domestic
policies and the role of public opinion in determining foreign policy.
HIST/RELG 3611 (3CR)
CHRISTIANITY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: RELG 2801 or 2821 or 3601 or third or fourth year History Major; or permission of
the Department
Note: This course is cross-listed as RELG 3611 and may therefore count as three credits in either
discipline.
Exclusion: HIST/RELG 3601
This course examines the crucial, defining crises of the ancient Christian
communities in the social, political, and cultural context of Late Antiquity (roughly,
2nd to 6th centuries CE/AD) and the Roman Empire. Early Christianity is analyzed as a
social movement, as a religious movement with a developing belief system, and as an
historical phenomenon embedded within historical events and processes.
HIST/RELG 3621 (3CR)
CHRISTIANITY IN CHRISTENDOM
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: RELG 3601 or 3611 or third or fourth year History Major; or permission of the
Department
Note: This course is cross-listed as RELG 3621 and may therefore count as three credits in either
discipline.
Exclusion: HIST/RELG 3620
A consideration of Christianity at the height of its political power in the middle
ages.
HIST/RELG 3631 (3CR)
CHRISTIANITY IN THE REFORMATION ERA
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: RELG 3601 or 3611 or 3621 or third or fourth year History Major; or permission of
the Department
Note: This course is cross-listed as RELG 3631 and may therefore count as three credits
in either discipline.
A consideration of the reasons for and impact of the divisions in Christianity
instituted by the Protestant Reformation.
HIST/RELG 3641 (3CR)
CHRISTIANITY AND MODERN STATES
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: RELG 3601 or 3611 or 3621 or third or fourth year History Major; or permission of
the Department
Note: This course is cross-listed as RELG 3641 and may therefore count as three credits in either
discipline.
Exclusion: HIST/RELG 3641 (The Modern Church)
A consideration of how secularization has occurred in various modern states and of
the sphere of influence that remains for religion in these circumstances.
HIST 3710 (6CR)
CHINA SINCE 1949
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department or as for RELG 3641
This course will deal with the contemporary history of China, focusing on six
topics: the role of ideology; foreign policy goals and practicalities; intellectuals and
student activists; religion, the rural-urban continum; and economic changes since
1949.
HIST/POLS 3731 (3CR)
JAPAN IN THE MODERN WORLD
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Note: This course is cross-listed as POLS 3731 and may therefore count
as three credits in either discipline.
Exclusion: HIST/POLS 3321
This course will examine Japan's relations with the international community in the
years following renewed contact with the West in the 1860's. Particular emphasis will be
placed on the expanding intellectual, diplomatic and economic interchange and the impact
of that interchange on the shaping of modern Japan.
HIST 3741 (3CR)
CLASSICAL AND EARLY MODERN CHINA
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 2711
This course examines the major social, cultural, economic and intellectual trends of dynastic
China from Tang to early Qing (700-1800). Attention will also be given to the "Middle Kingdom"
world view and China's position in global trade and diplomatic networks prior to European expansion.
HIST 3751 (3CR)
CHINA IN THE MODERN WORLD
Format: lecture 3 hours
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 1000 or 2000
level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 2721
This course traces the contested process of nation building in China from the mid-18th century
to the present day. Particular attention will be given to the manner in which the Chinese people have
interacted with Euro-American and Japanese foreigners and the role these relations
played in driving the revolutionary struggles to transform China in the last 150 years.
HIST 4001 (3CR)
HISTORY THROUGH FILM
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Permission of the instructor (normally third-year standing,
and at least 12 credits in History at the 2/3000 level are required)
This course is a thematic study of topics in modern history through
the medium of film, both feature and documentary. These films will be
critically read both as an art form and as historical documents.
While specific course content will vary according to the instructor,
particular emphasis will be placed on what films tell us about the
particular historical context in which they are created.
HIST 4110 (6CR)
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MEDIAEVAL HISTORY
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from HIST 3121, 3131, 3141, 3151, 3161; or
permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 4200, any version of HIST 4110 previously offered with a different title
Seminar in Mediaeval History
HIST 4220 (6CR)
ADVANCED TOPICS IN RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION HISTORY
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from History 3121, 3131, 3141, 3151,
3161; or permission of the Department
Seminar in Renaissance and Reformation History
HIST 4250 (6CR)
BRITAIN AND EUROPE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from among HIST 3211, 3221, 3231,
3241, 3251, POLS 3400; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 4600
Seminar in twentieth century British and European history.
HIST 4260 (6CR)
THE LIBERAL IDEA IN WESTERN HISTORY
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from among HIST 3110, 3210, 3211,
3221, 3251, 3361, 3371, 3381, POLS 3001, 3011; or permission of the Department
This senior seminar analyses the development of Western liberalism, the
controversies it has created and the changes it has undergone during several historical
periods.
HIST 4300 (6CR)
THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN AGE
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from among
HIST 3301, 3311, 3361, 3371,
3381; or permission of the Department
This senior seminar explores some of the profound social, cultural, political and
economic changes that transformed European life during the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. Topics will vary from year to year.
HIST 4401 (3CR)
CANADA AND THE PACIFIC RIM
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from among HIST 3441, 3461, 3710,
3731, 3741, 3751, GENV 3321; or permission of the Department
This senior seminar explores the relationship between Canada and the countries and
peoples of the Pacific Rim.
HIST 4420 (6CR)
THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from among
HIST 3401, 3411, 3421, 3431, 3441, 3451; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 4100
Seminar in the history of Canada's Atlantic region.
HIST 4440 (6CR)
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MODERN CANADA
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from among HIST 3441, 3461, CANA
3301, 3311, 3400; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 4150
Seminar in Twentieth century Canada.
HIST 4450 (6CR)
CANADIAN COURTS AND THE CONSTITUTION
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from among
HIST 3401, 3431, 3441, 3451
POLS 2101, 3111; or permission of the Department
This senior seminar examines the Canadian courts and the private and public factors
that are taken into consideration in the determination of constitutional change and legal
rights and responsibilities.
HIST 4461 (3CR)
ADVANCED SEMINAR ON MODERN CANADIAN WOMEN'S HISTORY
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing with at least six credits from any History or Canadian
Studies 3000 level courses; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 4951 Canadian Women's History
This course focuses on Canadian women's activism in social and political
movements - from suffrage in the late nineteenth century until the second-wave of
feminist protest in the 1960's.
HIST 4500 (6CR)
ADVANCED SEMINAR IN SELECTED TOPICS IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from among
HIST 2510, 3511, 3521; or
permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 4800
A seminar in selected topics in modern American history.
HIST 4510 (6CR)
THE AMERICAN WEST
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits from among
HIST 2510, 3501, 3511, 3521,
3531 and 3561
This course examines the history of the American West during the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. It juxtaposes the real West to the mythic West and emphasizes the
importance of each in American society and culture.
HIST/POLS 4550 (6CR)
ADVANCED TOPICS IN UNITED STATES FOREIGN RELATIONS
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and at least six credits in History at the 3000 level; or
permission of the Department
Note: This course is cross-listed as POLS 4550 and may therefore count as six credits in either
discipline.
Seminar in main currents of United States foreign relations.
HIST 4571 (3CR)
HISTORY OF THE MODERN AMERICAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and three credits from HIST 3531; or permission of the Department
This course will focus on the history of the modern American women's
movement, beginning with a brief examination of the history of feminism
in the pre-World War II United States and continuing through to an
examination of responses and backlashes to the women's movement.
Emphasis will be given to the revolutionary character of that movement
and the experience of American women as influenced by the movement.
HIST 4700 (6CR)
ADVANCED SEMINAR IN ASIA PACIFIC HISTORY
Format: seminar 3 hours
Prereq: Third-year standing and six credits from HIST 3710, 3731, 3741, 3751;
or permission of the Department
This course examines the development of Chinese and Japanese
societies from the 19th through the 20th centuries. It will focus on the
emergent national and individual consciousness in the two countries, and
the rapidly changing political context in which they were constructed.
HIST 4950/4951 (6/3CR)
SPECIAL TOPICS - DIRECTED STUDY
Format: independent study
Prereq: Permission of instructor and Department required
HIST 4990 (6CR)
HONOURS THESIS
Format: independent study/thesis
Independent research and study under direction of a member of the department; for
students in History Honours program.