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History Programmes
History 1600/2000 Series
History 3000 Series
History 4000 Series

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 programmes 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.

Basic Courses
The Humanities 1600-series of half courses offered by the participating disciplines of Classics, History, Philosophy and Religious Studies are designed to acquaint beginning students with the varieties of non-fictional literature treated by this group of departments, to introduce the methodologies typical of these disciplines, to familiarize students with the approaches taken as well as the sorts of themes pursued and questions raised in treating this literature. The 1600-series half courses are designed to be similar in format and requirements; two half courses drawn from this series may be used to satisfy the introductory requirements of the co-operating Departments, as noted in their respective Calendar entries.

Students may register in 2/3000 level courses if they have successfully completed their first year at Mount Allison or by permission of the Department. All 4000 level courses have as a prerequisite an appropriate 2/3000 level course and/or permission of the Instructor.

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