HIST 100 Landmarks in World HistoryF 0.5
A thematic introduction to the rise and decline of western empires, 1500-1900. Lectures, readings, and discussions.
History (HIST)
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HIST 102C The Origins of Wars in the Twentieth CenturyW 0.5
An analysis of the diplomatic, political, economic, ideological, social and cultural explanations of the causes of the major wars of this century with special emphasis on Canada.
HIST 102E Canadian HistoryF,W 0.5
Selected major themes from pioneer life to Canadian involvement in 20th century wars.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 102M Law and Society in the Middle AgesF 0.5
500-1000 A study of the laws and legal procedures of the Early Middle Ages. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law will be examined along with legal procedures and institutions of that era.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 130 The Modern World in Historical PerspectiveW,S 0.5
This course will introduce students, through interrelationships and interaction of selected themes, to contemporary history. Its format includes two interpretive lectures per week plus major films on 20thcentury crises and discussion groups.
HIST 200 History and FilmW 0.5
An introduction to issues in modern cultural history through the study of selected narratives and documentary films with supplementary reading, lectures and discussions.
HIST 204 Life on the Ontario FrontierW 0.5
The course examines the cultural, moral, social and economic adaptations of European settlers to the Upper Canadian frontier environment.
HIST 207 Canadian labour HistoryW 0.5
This course deals with the history of orga-
nized labour in Canada with an emphasis
on prominent labour leaders, major indus-
trial disputes and labour's role in politics. It
will aiso evaluate the development of the
Canadian industrial relations systems. Offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 208 American-Russian Relations Since November, 1917S 0.5
Traditional and revisionist historians examine the history of this super-power rivalry: Wilson vs. Lenin; F.D.R., Truman and Stalin; containment, coexistence, and the politics of crisis from 1945 to the present.
HIST 210 History of LawF,W 0.5
An historical introduction to law in the Ancient world. Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite and Roman law and legal practices and concepts will be examined.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 212 British History Since 1603W 0.5
A survey of the shaping of British society and the British experience from the time of Shakespeare to the present; constitutional conflict and compromise, rise and fall of empire, industrial and urban revolution, world wars and welfare state.
This course is primarily intended for non-history majors. History majors may wish to take one or more of HIST 305, 307 and 308.
HIST 215 The Proper Sphere: Canadian Women In Historical PerspectiveF 0.5
This course will examine the history of women in Canada from New France to the present day. The course will focus on the inter-relationship between women and their society, particularly as it affects the issues of work, health, reform and legal status.
Offered at Renison College
HIST 218 German History 1740-1945F 0.5
The development of Germany from the Austrian-Prussian rivalry of 1740 through to the end of World War I.
Offered ai Conrad Grebel College
HIST 221 Race Relations in Canada: An Historical PerspectiveF 0.5
The “race problem” has appeared on the Canadian public agenda for the 1980's, but the issue is not of recent origin. This course will examine Euro-Canadian attitudes and practices toward non-European minorities from pioneer times to the present, and will set racial policies in the context of the evolution of a Canadian national identity.
HIST 222 History of Modern RevolutionsW 0.5
An introduction to historical explanations of revolutions with special focus on social change and revolutionary theories. The French, Russian and Chinese Revolutions will be used as case studies.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
HIST 235 History of ChristianityF,W 3C 0.5
The development of Christianity in its Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant traditions from the time of Christ to the present. Offered at Conrad Grebel College (Fall) Offered at St. Jerome's College (Winter) Cross-listed as RS 230
Course Descriptions History
HIST 239 History of Modern China, 1911 to the PresentF 0.5
Some of the topics studied in this course include: the three stages of warlordism, the May Fourth Movement and the structure of society in the People’s Republic of China.
HIST 240 20th-Century Japanese HistoryW 0.5
This course will examine the historical influences, both domestic and foreign, which led Japan to follow the course which has brought it to the present status of a powerful Asian nation.
HIST 241 Society and the Sexes in Early Modern EuropeF 0.5
This course will examine the changing importance of gender roles from the 15th to the 18th centuries. it will focus on topics such as sexuality, marriage, the family and the role of women in society and the work force.
HIST 247 Mennonite History: A SurveyF 0.5
This course covers Mennonite origins, teachings, migrations, settlement patterns, divisions, leaders, institutions, and religious and social practices, indeed all facets of Mennonite history in various national settings.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
HIST 250 The Art and Craft of HistoryF 0.5
This course will provide a collegial learning setting within which students will be introduced to techniques of historical writing and research, and some exampies of the best of recent historical scholarship. Recommended for all Year Two History majors. Other students will need the permission of the professors to take this course.
HIST 253 Canadian History: The Colonial PeriodF 0.5
This course examines the maior themes in pre-Confederation Canadian history including the rise and fall of New France, the creation of British North American societies in the Maritimes and Upper Canada and economic and political development.
HIST 254 Canadian History: The National PeriodW,S 0.5
This course examines Confederation, the tise of political parties, Canadian external relations, western discontent, the impact of both world wars and political and economic changes in Canada since 1945.
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HIST 255 The Expansion of EnglandF 0.5
The history of the British Empire down to
the American War of Independence, telling the story of the Tudor seadogs, of the plantation of Ireland, the settlement of the North American mainland, the establishment of slave plantations in the Caribbean, and the earliest British enterprises in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
HIST 256 The British Empire and CommonwealthW 0.5
The history of British imperialism between the loss of the American colonies and the Falklands Islands War of 1982, tracing the rise of the settlement colonies to dominion status, the huge expansion of the dependent empire during the age of the New Imperialism, the imperial apogee after World War I, and the rapid change fi from Empire to New Commonwealth after World War Il.
HIST 258 America: 20th CenturyF 0.5
An analysis of two major themes: how America managed political reform and social change at home, and its emergence as a world power.
HIST 260 Europe: 814-1303F 0.5
The political, cultural, economic and eccle-
slastical development of Europe from
Charlemagne to Philip IV of France. Offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 262 Europe: 16th to 18th CenturyW 0.5
An introduction to the social and cultural history of Europe (including England) from the 16th century to the French Revolution. The course will focus on topics such as the social structure, daily life, the role of women and the family.
HIST 264 Europe Since 1945W 0.5
Europe since the end of World War Il. Focus will be on the Cold War, political and social movements.
HIST 300 W 0.5
The idea of History The course is an introduction to the Philosophy of History and to historiography from the 19th century to the present. It deals with the great theoretical issues influencing historical analysis and with the classics of historical literature.
Highly recommended for Year Three History majors.
HIST 305 The English ReformationW 0.5
A history of the English reformation, expansively considered from the beginnings of the European Reformation to the establishment of the Anglican church in the Revolutionary and Restoration periods in the 17th century.
HIST 308 Britain Since 1867W 0.5
A study of the British experience and of Britain's part in world history from the 1860's to the 1980's.
HIST 315 American Cultural History 1: Words and ThingsF 0.5
An intermediate-level exploration of concepts in cultural studies: mentalities, representations, cultural production and reproduction. Early settler societies and the emergence of the Republic and of a national culture will be examined. Specific themes will include ideas and practices of virtue, craftsmanship, obligation, time, family, work, from the age of Edwards and Franklin to that of Tocqueville and Emerson.
HIST 316 American Cultural History 2: Devices and DesiresW 0.5
Modern American industrial society and popular, modernist and post-modernist culture will be examined. Specific themes will include ideas and practices of progress, consumption, leisure, entertainment, sex, liberation, from the age of Veblen and William James to that of McLuhan and Warhol.
HIST 319 French-Canadian HistoryF 0.5
An examination of pre-industrial French Canada with emphasis on the cultural, political and economic themes which form the background to Modern Quebec history.
HIST 325 History of Canadian Indians to 1870's “From Freedom to Conquest”. The historyW 0.5
of Indian-white contact and its effect on the life and culture of the native Canadians.
HIST 329 Origins of the Common LawW 0.5
A study of the common law of England from its introduction in the 11th century to the 15th century. Original documents and court cases will be examined.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
Course Descriptions History
HIST 339 The History of France in the 19th CenturyF 0.5
A study of French society and the four revolutions that influenced it with particular attention to social and institutional forces.
HIST 348 The Radical ReformationW 0.5
A study of 16th century Anabaptism — a religious Reformation movement dissenting from both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism — its origins, its social, political, and theological content; and its relationship to such independent dissenters as Sebastian Franck. Offered at Conrad Grebel College Cross-listed as RS 322
HIST 350 British West Indian HistoryW 0.5
A survey history of the British Caribbean, widely defined. Topics emphasized include early colonization, plantations, slave society, abolition and emancipation, the growth of nationalism, independence, and the roots of contemporary problems.
HIST 355 Russian History to 1900F 0.5
The course will focus on selected themes
in the development of Muscovite and
Imperial Russia from pre-tsarist times to
the beginning of the 20th century. Offered at Conrad Grebel College
HIST 356 W 0.5
20th-Century Russia
The course will focus on selected themes in Russia's development in the 20th century including the Soviet period.
HIST 358 The History of Modern Germany: From the Weimar Republic to ReconstructionW 0.5
A study of Germany from the rise of the Nazis through the War experience, the post-War settlement, the integration of the refugees, the division into East and West, and the economic miracle.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
HIST 379 Reformation HistoryF 0.5
A study of the major 16th-century reformers and their intellectual background in humanism and late medieval scholasticism. Special attention will be given to the Lutheran and Reformed traditions and their ideological, social, political expressions.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
HIST 385 Canada: From Macdonald to LaurierF 0.5
An analytical and historical examination of
the development of the Canadian nation
from Confederation to the First World War. Offered at St. Jerome’s College
HIST 387 Ontario History since ConfederationW 0.5 ‘
The course will examine the emergence of Ontario as an industrial giant and the development of its hegemony in Canada. An emphasis will also be placed on the sources and methods of local historical research.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 389 Canada In World Affairs: From Laurier to TrudeauW 0.5
An analytical and historical examination of Canadian foreign policy in the international system. Domestic sources of Canadian foreign policy and international sources of Canadian foreign policy are examined in detail.
HIST 396 The History of the American SouthF 0.5
This course traces the main eras and issues in Southern history from the 16th century to the mid-20th century. Topics examined will include pre-revolutionary and antebellum South, the Trial of Tears, the Civil War and reconstruction, the New South, the “lost cause”, the era of Jim Crow, and the search for the central theme.
HIST 397 Directed Studies in Special TopicsF,W,S 0.5
Study in a limited field under tutorial guidance. A high standard of written work will be expected.
HIST 398 Directed Studies in Special TopicsF,W,S 0.5
Study in a limited field under tutorial guidance. A high standard of written work will be expected.
400 LEVEL
Senior Seminars
Each term of a senior serninar counts 1.0 credit. Seminars with the suffix “A” are reading seminars designed to give students an extensive acquaintance with scholarship in a particular field of history. Seminars with the suffix “B” are research seminars in which students will engage in research on particular topics in that field. Students should preregister for senior seminars, and for HIST 491, Independent Study in Special Subjects.
HIST 400A Reformation/VB F,W 1.0/1.0
HIST 401A European/B 1.0/1.0
HIST 402A RussianW 1.0
HIST 403A Canadian/B 1.0/1.0
HIST 4054/8 1.0/1.0 British
HIST 407A Imperial/B 1.0/1.0
HIST 4094/8 1.0/1.0 American
410A/B CREDITS.1.0/1.0 Historiography
HIST 491 Independent Study in Special SubjectsF,W,S 1.0
HIST 102F Introduction to Westem Intellectual History
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 102N Introduction to African History
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 201 Canadian Urban History
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 202 The Individual and the Family in History
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 203 Modern Quebec
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 206 History of Canadian Minorities
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 209 Health, Disease and Medicine in Canadian History, 1500-1984
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 211 British History to 1603
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 213 Modern Western Popular Culture
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 219 Survey of Russian History
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 230 Church and Revolution in Latin America
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 232 Revolutions in Latin America
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 233 Civil-Military Relations in Latin America
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 234 Catholic Church in Canada
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 237 Ancient Civilization 1
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 238 Ancient Civilization 2
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 248 History of Canadian-American Relations to 1914
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 249 Canadian-American Relations
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 259 Modern African History
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 261 Europe: 14th to 16th Century
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 263 Europe: 1789-1945
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 273 Canadian Social History 1
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 274 Canadian Social History 2
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 304 Medieval Church History
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 307 British History 1760-1867
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 320 The History of Modern Quebec
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 321 Race Relations — Modern
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 326 Canadian indians since 1870's Course Descriptions History - Italian
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 340 History of France in the 19th Century
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 346 Mennonite History — Topics
Not offered in 1993–94.
HIST 390 Shaping the Canadian City,
Not offered in 1993–94.