2013-2014 Calendar Proof
HISTORY
Introductory Level Courses
HIST 1001 Past Into Present (O) 3 ch (3C) [W]
History starts here, with the news and public debates of today. This general interest course examines how our understanding of the world we live in is shaped by our knowledge of history. The course is divided into two or three modules (depending on available instructors), which will vary from year to year, and will range in focus from world crises to popular culture.
HIST 1002 The World Since 1945 (A) 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course examines major themes in global history since the end of the Second World War. Topics to be examined include the origins, evolution, and end of the Cold War; the emergence of new nations in Africa and Asia; comparative social change; cultural revolutions and the status of women; and recent responses to globalization and armed conflict.
HIST 1004 War in the Modern World (A) 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course analyzes the history of a current conflict by exploring the domestic and international contexts and options for ending the conflict. Combines lectures, discussion and simulations, to examine the role of allies, armies, paramilitaries, agents provocateurs, multinational corporations, non-government organizations and the United Nations.
HIST 1007 History of the Body (O) 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course examines how the body has been imagined, experienced, controlled, and understood, both historically and today, by art, medicine, technology, religion, science and popular culture. Considers the sexualized and pregnant body, the sinful and diseased body, the aesthetic and the medicalized body, and the body as machine from Galen and Descartes to the age of the computer, the cyborg and the gene.
HIST 1008 Religion, Magic and Witchcraft in the Medieval World (O) 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course introduces students to the complex and fascinating realm of religious and scientific beliefs and magical practices maintained by people living during the high and late Middle Ages in Europe and the Middle East, from about 1200 AD to 1600 AD. Considerable attention will be paid to the development of the Inquisition against heresy, the growing fear over supposed diabolical conspiracies and the development of the diabolical witch stereotype in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
HIST 1009 Epidemic Disease from the Middle Ages to the Present (O) 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course explores the changing perceptions of epidemic disease from the fourteenth century through to the present day. By focusing on infectious illnesses such as plague, smallpox, cholera, and influenza, this course considers the various socio-cultural, medical, and governmental responses to epidemics throughout this lengthy period of history. Particular attention will be given to both change and continuity over time, posing (and seeking answers to) questions such as: how have responses to epidemic disease changed over time? how have they remained the same?
HIST 1015 World History (O) 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course provides an introduction to some of the major events, persons, and ideas which have shaped the history of the world. Special attention is given to the role of science, technology, fine art, and other non-political topics. Designed for undergraduates in all faculties. Restriction: Not available for credit to students who have taken HIST 2015.
HIST 1133 Rome: The Eternal City (O) 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course provides an introduction to the history of Rome from the Baroque period to the modern age. Normally taught on location. May not be taken by students who have taken HIST 2133 orHIST 3133.
HIST 1305 Prohibtion and Rum-running in Canada, 1827-1948 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course introduces the historical method while exploring the controversial theme of prohibition. Examines both protagonists in the struggle: prohibitionists, whose ideology was rooted in evangelical religion and an early strain of feminism, and the "Rummies" who fought to preserve a recreational drinking culture and the economic opportunities that it made possible.
HIST 1315 Canadian History of Film 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course introduces the challenges of studying history on film by examining selected themes in Canadian history and their representation in documentary and dramatic films.
HIST 1325 Canada since 1945 (O) 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course addresses the major issues of contemporary Canadian history including post-war reconstruction, the emergence of the welfare state, the Quiet Revolution in Quebec, Canadian external relations, immigration policy, regional disparity, political leadership, and national identity. Restriction: Not available for credit to students who have taken HIST 2325.
HIST 1715 Looking at the Past 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course is designed to acquaint students with the use of visual sources as historical evidence. Studies a broad range of visual culture, from paintings to advertisements to television, according to their historical meanings. Considers how historical images accrue meaning for the contemporary. Restriction: Not available for credit to students who have taken HIST 2715.
HIST 1815 Military History from Plato to NATO 3 ch (3C) [W]
This general interest course provides an introduction to the study of tactics, technology, battle control, logistics and management. Developments will be examined by studying selected campaigns and battles. Restriction: Not available for credit to students who have taken HIST 2815 .
Foundation Level Courses
HIST 2013 Medieval History Part I: Europe to 1200 3 ch (2C 1T) [W]
This entry level course which is recommended for both first-and second-year students, provides a survey of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire and the appearance of the German peoples until the end of the twelfth century. Focuses especially on the major political and social developments of medieval Europe, such as feudalism, the revival of towns, the conflict between Popes and Emperors, the crusades, the flourishing of medieval thought and the role of both women and men in medieval society. Restriction: Not available for credit to students who have completed HIST 1010 or HIST 1005 .
HIST 2014 Medieval History Part II: Europe 1200-1500 3 ch (2C 1T) [W]
This entry-level course, which is recommended for both first-and second-year students, continues the survey of the history of Medieval Europe, beginning c. 1200 and ending with the Renaissance. Focuses especially on the several crises facing Europeans during the later Middle Ages: popular uprisings, famine, the Black Death, the 100 Years War, Papal schism and the new heretical and intellectual challenges to orthodoxy. Restriction: Not available for credit to students who have completed HIST 1010 or HIST 1006 .
HIST 2023 Early Modern Europe Part I, 1300-1600 (O) 3 ch (2C 1T) [W]
This entry-level course, which is recommended for both first-and second-year students, surveys Western European history by examining aspects of the Italian and Northern Renaissances, early contact with Non-Western peoples, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the growth of nation states. Emphasizes developments in the economy and society, education, religion, culture and government. Restriction: Not available for credit to students who have completed HIST 1020.
HIST 2024 Early Modern Europe Part II, 1600-1800 (O) 3 ch (2C 1T) [W]
This entry level course, which is recommended for both first- and second-year students, continues the survey of Western European history by examining aspects of the rise of absolutist states, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, overseas expansion and the French Revolution. Stresses developments in the economy and society, government, secular thought, culture, international relations and war. Restriction: Not available for credit to students who have completed HIST 1020 .
HIST 2103 Modern Europe Part I: 1789-1914 (A) 3 ch (2C 1T) [W]
This entry level course, which is recommended for both first- and second-year students, surveys European history from the era of the French and Industrial Revolutions to the eve of the First World War. Topics to be covered include: the French Revolution and Napoleon; the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the working class; evolving political ideologies and movements; the forging of new nation states; changing class and gender relations; cultural upheaval; the motives for imperialism; the origins of the First World War. Not available for credit to students who have taken HIST 1100 or HIST 2100.
HIST 2104 Modern Europe Part II: 1914 to Present (A) 3 ch (2C 1T) [W]
This entry level course, which is recommended for both first-and second-year students, surveys European history from the First World War to the present. Topics to be covered include: the First World War; the Russian Revolution; interwar cultural and social change; the Great Depression and political upheaval; the origins and course of the Second World War; Europe and the Cold War; social change after 1945; the impact of decolonization; the rise of the European Union; European debates over national identity. Not available for credit to students who have taken HIST 1100 or HIST 2100.
HIST 2300 An Introduction to Canadian History 6 ch (2C 1T) [W]
This entry level course, which is recommended for both first- and second year students, is a general study of Canadian political, economic, and social development from early beginnings to the present. Topics include Native societies, New France, British North America, Confederation, the National Policy, modern Canada and its regions. Restriction: Not available for credit to students who have taken HIST 1300 .
HIST 2403 U.S History Part I: Colonial Period to Civil War 3 ch (2C 1T) [W]
This entry-level course, which is recommended for both first-and second-year students, surveys American history from the earliest European settlement through the Civil War. Topics will include exploration and expansion, the European-Aboriginal encounter, colonization and Christianity, revolutionary ideas and independence, the early Republic, the frontier experience, slavery and resistance, antebellum culture, and sectional discord and conflict.
HIST 2404 U.S. History Part II: Civil War to the Present 3 ch (2C 1T) [W]
This entry-level course which is recommended for first-and second-year students, surveys the modern history of the United States. The course will consider national reconstruction following the Civil War, late nineteenth century industrial and geographic expansion, social unrest and progressive reform in the early twentieth century, the ‘roaring twenties’, the ‘dirty thirties’, the New Deal, the ‘Good War’ of the 1940s, the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, liberalism and conservatism, the ‘Bad War’ in Vietnam, the rebellions of the sixties, the Reagan era and beyond. Completion ofHIST 2403recommended but not required.
Advanced Level Courses
American History
HIST 3402 The American Revolution (A) 3 ch (3C) [W]
Examines the causes, results and nature of the American Revolution. Themes include imperial relations, the internal development of the colonies and states, the development of revolutionary ideas, and the formation of the federal government.
HIST 3403 The Loyalists (A) 3 ch (3C) [W]
Studies the American Loyalists before, during and after the American Revolution. The first half deals with their emergence, 1763-1776, their role in the War of Independence, their treatment by the rebels, and the Peace Treaty of 1783. The second half deals with their exile in Britain, Sierra Leone, the West Indies, the Bahamas, Bermuda and what became Canada, to about 1814. An epilogue traces their myths, revivals and long-term effects down to the present.
HIST 3407 The United States: Civil War and Reconstruction (A) 3 ch (3C) [W]
Deals with the political, economic, diplomatic, and military dimensions of the civil War. Discusses the development of reconstruction policies both during and after the war and their implementation in the South.
HIST 3408 American Radicalism and Reform (A) 3 ch (3C) [W]
A survey of American social and political movements for change from the founding of the United States to the present. Considers the radical legacy of the revolutionary era, the women's suffrage and abolitionist movements, utopianism, populism, progressivism, radical unionism, anarchism, socialism, communism, African American struggles for civil rights, the new social movements of the sixties, identity politics, and recent resistance to capitalist globalization.
HIST 3411 Modern American Culture 3 ch (3C) [W]
Explores culture in twentieth-century America and its relationship to economic, political, and social change. Emphasizes literature, painting, music and film, but also examines everything from television game shows to shopping malls. Asks if there is any distinctive identity that unifies American culture, and studies the tensions among rural and urban, white and black, male and female visions of American life.
HIST 3413 African American (O) 3 ch (3C) [W]
A survey of African American history from slave times to the present, the course will focus on culture and politics. Among the themes we will explore are ideologies of racism, systems of domination, the nature of resistance, movement building, liberation strategies, African American identity, and the intersection of racial, class, and gender politics.
HIST 3414 Imperical America (O) 3 ch (3C) [W]
Surveys the history of the foreign relations of the United States from its emergence as a world power late in the nineteenth century to its current global pre-eminence. Topics include the "New Imperialism", Wilsonian idealism, inter-war isolationism, the "Good War", the Cold War, Vietnam, "realpolitik", the "New World Order", globalization, and the "War on Terror".
HIST 3415 America at the Movies (O) 3 ch (3C) [W]
An exploration of films as reflections of American history and of American history as it is projected in films. Students will learn to "read" films as historical documents and will consider the role of films in shaping understandings of history. The course will concentrate on a small number of themes, genres, and problems, and will endeavour to illuminate these through the critical analysis of select films in historical context.
HIST 3416 Urban North America 3 ch (3S) [W]
Addresses developments within and among North American cities and explores changes in the conceptions of cities in North American thought and culture. Using New York City as a case study, examines some historical literature of cities and enters the debates among historians over the significance of class, ethnicity/race, gender and region in urban history. Also studies the lives of urban dwellers, and chart shifts in the way people organized their lives in cities. Major themes for this course include the changing physical structure and form of cities over time; processes of urbanization and sub-urbanization; city planning; the economies of cities; urban institutions; urban populations; and city politics. Normally taught on location.