HIST 291Special Topics in History
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- History
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
One or more term courses will be offered from time to time as announced by the School of Social, Political and Historical Research. Topics will be dependent upon special research and/or instructional interests of faculty.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
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Leads to
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Reviewed on UW Flow
86% liked it58% easy54% useful
From 7 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Comes down to the topic offered and prof. I took it in Spring 2026 with Susan Roy, with the topic of history of death. Very nice and accommodating prof. Covered things like diseases, animal death, Victorian mourning culture, death in popular culture like zombie movies and The Terminator, and dark tourism. Grades are based on two primary source analysis essays, a individual/group project (proposal + presentation + reflection), two take-home essays (based on lectures, assigned readings, and class discussion/activities), and participation. There's a great deal of freedom: you can choose any primary source covered in class for your analysis essay, and you can pick any topic related to death and…
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Really enjoyable, I had Susan Roy, and she is incredible, really flexible and helpful and very engaging.
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The title was deceptive, and there were a lot of unnecessary readings.
Jun 2019 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention HIST 291, November 2016 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.
Fall 2019
Any suggestions on HIST courses? Or advice for HIST102 with Lynne Taylor? 3 points, 18 comments
“Considering taking hist 102 next term but have zero idea about it. How is the mark breakdown and workload? And how is Lynne Taylor? Is she a tough marker? Or any other hist courses recommended? …”
u/itmejayz: “… Other HIST courses I liked: HIST 291- Not sure if they’ll be running it again or turning it into it’s own class but in Fall ‘18 it was the History of Animals, with Dr. Bruce. Really small class, the material was some of the most interesting stuff I’ve learned at UW, and Dr. …”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “HIST 210 HIST 220W HIST 221 HIST 225 HIST 230 HIST 239 HIST 250 HIST 252 HIST 257 HIST 271 HIST 275 HIST 291 HIST 305 HIST 311 HIST 313 HIST 351 HIST 389 HIST 391 HIST 397 HIST 398 HIST 422 HIST 450 HIST 491 HIST 601 HIST 604 HIST 605 HIST 607 HIST 612 HIST 632 HIST 691A HIST …”
Fall 2016
PSA- Andrew Hunt teaching Beatles course 4 points, 1 comment
u/whatartthou: “Andrew Hunt (HIST 105- History of US Rock and Roll prof) is teaching a course on The Beatles. HIST 291”
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