HIST 191Special Topics in History
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- History
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
One or more topics courses will be offered from time to time as announced by the School of Social, Political and Historical Research and geared to first-year students. Topics will be dependent upon special interest and/or instructional interests by non-regular or visiting faculty.
Prerequisites
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Antirequisites
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Leads to
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Our topic for this course was "10 Days That Shook The World". Super interesting course, covering very relevant topics.
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2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention HIST 191, December 2012 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2014
Looking for General Opinions on First Year Electives 0 points, 15 comments
“So I'm currently still trying to decide on what I want to take for my two first year electives this coming fall. …”
u/yerich: “… Other electives that I would recommend considering are PHIL 145 or a first-year history course (consider the Special Topics in History course, HIST 191, for interesting topics going beyond a survey course). …”
Fall 2012
What courses are you taking next semester? 10 points, 107 comments
“Now that exams are finally over, we can starting thinking about the Winter 2013 semester. What courses will you be taking? Any that you're anticipating and/or dreading?”
u/yerich: “CS 240, CS 241, MATH 235, STAT 230, HIST 191 Looking forward to that history course the most.”
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