North America
HIST 3401 (3 credits)
McKim
TTh 11.30–12.50 (winter)
The Atlantic Region
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least 6 credits in History at the 1000 or 2000 level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3420, HIST 3451, any version of HIST 3401 previously offered with a different title
This course surveys the political, socio-economic, cultural, and environmental history of Canada's Atlantic region from the eighteenth century to the 1990s.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 3431 (3 credits)
Lord
TTh 1.00–2.20 (fall)
Quebec/Confederation to the Sovereignty Movement
Prereq: Second-year standing and at six credits in History at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: Any version of HIST 3431 previously offiered 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.
Format: Lecture /Tutorial 3 Hours
Naylor
MWF 9.30–10.20(fall)
American Women's History
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least 6 credits in History at the 1000 or 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course explores 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.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 3811 (3 credits)
Lord
TTh 10.00–11.20 (fall)
Canadian Working-Class and Labour History
Prereq: Second-year standing and 6 credits in History at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course focuses on everyday working-class resistance manifested through labour organizations and political movements
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Format: Lecture /Tutorial 3 Hours
HIST 3991A (3 credits)
Naylor
MWF 9.30–10.20 (winter)
Special Topics in History: The 1920s & 1930s in the United States
This course investigates the cultural and social history of the United States during the inter-war years. [Students may register for HIST 3991 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.]
Format: Lecture: 3 Hours
Asia
HIST 3991B (3 credits)
Nelson
TTh 6.30–7.50 (fall)
"Women's Work for Women": Maritime Female Missionaries in Asia
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least 6 credits in History at the 2000 level, or permission of the Department
This course uses a comparative and regional approach to explore the experiences of Maritime women and their involvement in the women's missionary movement with a focus on countries such as India, Korea, China, and Japan. Set against the backdrop of the larger imperial movements of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, it pays particular attention to the ways that factors such as gender, class, evangelical heritage, race, and culture bound Maritime women together in a common cause to provide religious, educational, medical, and social assistance to their "Sisters" in Asia. It examines as well ways in which the experience of Asian cultures shaped the outlook of these missionaries and their home supporters.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
Europe
HIST 3001 (3 credits)
Nadeau
TTh 1.00–2.20 (fall)
Democracy and Imperialism in Classical Greece (Classics)
Prereq: Second-year standing and three credits from any Classics or History course at the 1000 or 2000 level; or permission of the Department
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 relation. Emphasis is placed on historical methods and the interpretation of ancient evidence.
[Note: This course is cross-listed as CLAS 3001 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either discipline.]
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 3051 (3 credits)
Sukava
TTh 1.00–2.20 (winter)
Health and Medicine in the Ancient World (Classics)
Prereq: Second-year standing and three credits from any Classics, History or Philosophy course; or permission of the Department
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.
[Note: This course is cross-listed as CLAS 3051 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either discipline.]
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 3121 (3 credits)
Lundell
TTh 11.30–12.50 (fall)
The Renaissance in Italy and Beyond
Prereq: Six credits from History at the 2000 level, HIST 2011 recommended; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3110; any version of HIST 3121 previously offered with a different title)
This course treats the remarkable cultural flowering that began during the mid-thirteenth century in the politically and socially volatile city-states of northern Italy before spreading during the fifteenth century to the courts, city halls, print-shops, monasteries, and schools of northern Europe.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 3221 (3 credits)
Cupido
MWF 9.30–10.20 (winter)
Modern Britain
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least 6 credits in History at the 1000 or 2000 level, at least three credits from among HIST 2041, Hist 3211, HIST 3251 recommended; or permission of the Department
This course traces the development of those institutions, movements, and ideas that are an integral part of the texture of modern Britain, and that have been shaping influences on the direction and pace of social, intellectual, economic, and political growth.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 3251 (3 credits)
Cupido
MWF 11.30–12.20 (fall)
Class, Gender, and Capitalism: the Transformation of the British Social Structure 1750-1850
Prereq: Second-year standing and at least 6 credits in History at the 1000 or 2000 level; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3400; any version of HIST 3251 previously offered with a different title.
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. The course also examines gender relations and analyses the notion of 'separate spheres'. It pays particular attention to the controversies among historians surrounding the nature of social transformation in Britain.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 3361 (3 credits)
Wilson
MWF 10.30–11.20 (winter)
Culture and Society in Modern Europe
Prereq: Six credits from History at the 2000 level, HIST 2031 or HIST 2041 recommended; 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. Topics include: identity formation; class and gender; community and nation; family, work and leisure; myth and memory; popular and high culture; and the emergence of mass consumer society.
Format: Lecture 3 Hours
HIST 3631 (3 credits)
Lundell
TTh 11.30–12.50 (winter)
The Fracturing of Christendom: the Reformation Era
Prereq: Six credits in History or Religious Studies at the 2000 level, including at least three credits from among HIST 2001, HIST 2031, RELG 2801, RELG 2821, RELG 2831 and RELG 2841; or permission of the Department
Exclusion: HIST 3131
This course treats history of Christianity during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, an era when the unity of mediaeval western Christendom was riven by series of reformations; Protestant, Radical, and Catholic. It investigates the ecclesiastical, intellectual, political, and social circumstances and consequences of dramatic religious change.
[Note: This course is cross-listed as RELG 3631 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either discipline.]
Format: Lecture 3 Hours