North America
HIST 2411 (3 credits)
McKim
MWF 12.30–1.20 (fall)
Canada to 1871
Exclusion: HIST 2410, HIST 3100, HIST 3250
This course introduces students to the political, socio-economic, and cultural history of Canada from the pre-European period to the first federal census.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 2421 (3 credits)
Lord
TTh 1.00–2.20 (winter)
Canada After 1871
Prereq: HIST 2411; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 2410, HIST 3100, HIST 3250
This course examines the socio-economic, political, and cultural life of Canada from the time of the first federal census in 1871 to the present.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 2511 (3 credits)
Naylor
MWF 11.30–12.20 (fall)
The American Experience to 1865
Exclusion: HIST 2510, HIST 3650
This course introduces students to the main events, themes and issues of American history from the colonial period through the Civil War.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 2521 (3 credits)
Naylor
MWF 11.30–12.20 (winter)
The American Experience After 1865
Prereq: HIST 2511; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 2510, 3650
This course introduces students to the main events, themes and issues of American history from the Civil War to the present.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
Asia
HIST 2721 (3 credits)
Griffiths
TTh 1.00–2.20 (winter)
Historical Patterns of Human Settlement In Asia
Exclusion: HIST 2700
This survey course in comparative history explores the patterns of human migration throughout the world, concentrating particularly on the relationship between geography and culture. Using Asia as its focus, the course examines how societies grow and decline and how historical identities are constructed from these processes.
Format: Lecture/Tutorial, 3 Hours
HIST 2731 (3 credits)
Nelson
MW 6.30–7.50 (fall)
The Making of Modern Asia
Exclusion: HIST 2700
This survey course focuses on the historical events and processes that led to the formation of modern Asia since the nineteenth century. Central to this story are the ways in which the peoples of this diverse region have struggled to understand, adapt to, and simultaneously re-define their understanding of what it means to be modern.
Format: Lecture/Tutorial, 3 Hours
Europe
HIST 2021 (3 credits)
Nadeau
MWF 3.30–4.20 (fall)
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World (Classics)
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
[Note: This course is cross-listed as CLAS 2021 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either discipline.]
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 2031 (3 credits)
Wilson
MWF 8.30–9.20 (fall)
The History of Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800
Exclusion: HIST 2010, HIST 2500
This course surveys the history of Early Modern Europe between 1500 and 1800. It examines the social, cultural, economic, and political developments from the period of the Reformation to the Napoleonic era. Themes include: religious conflict, rural life, capital accumulation, the Enlightenment, absolutism, imperial expansion, war, and revolution. There is an emphasis on the study of history through an introduction to the methods, theories, and concepts that historians use to represent and interpret the past.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 2041 (3 credits)
Wilson
MWF 8.30–9.20 (winter)
Europe in the Nineteenth Century
Exclusion: HIST 2010, HIST 2500
This course provides a comprehensive survey of the 'long nineteenth century"' from 1789 to 1914. Themes include: revolution, intellectual and artistic developments, national unification, social conflict, and imperial rivalry and expansion. There is an emphasis on thinking about history through an examination of theoretical approaches and the interpretation of primary sources.
Format: Lecture/Tutorial 3 Hours
HIST 2051 (3 credits)
Sukava
MWF 12.30–1.20 (fall)
Women in Antiquity (Classics)
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.
[Note: This course is cross-listed as CLAS 2051 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either discipline.]
Format: Lecture 3 Hours