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Note:  In order to find a course in the new 4 digit numbering system using an old 3 digit number, please refer to the conversion list below. Before registering for courses with the new 4 digit numbering system, please ensure that you have not previously taken the course in its 3 digit form.

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History 0014 - History of Canada and the United States
A survey of the political and social highlights of North American society from 1600 to the present. Only for students registered in the Preliminary Year program.
Antirequisite(s): Grade 12 U (or equivalent) History.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia)
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History 1201E - Canada: A Survey
Examines Canadian experience from the earliest times to the present. Lectures and tutorials stress varied historical interpretations and divergent opinions concerning Canada's growth.
Antirequisite(s): History 2201E, the former 2207F/G.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 1203E - Canada’s External Relations, 1860-1990
A study of the most important aspects of Canada's diplomatic, commercial and missionary relations with the international community. Besides probing Canada's relations with the Commonwealth and the United States, the course will include analyses of Canada's relations with international organizations and with Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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History 1401E - Modern Europe, 1715 to the Present
Analysis of the evolutionary and revolutionary development of Modern Europe, with intensive treatment of the great landmarks in the formation of Western society and culture.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 1403E - Totalitarianism
A survey of the totalitarian phenomenon in history with emphasis on twentieth-century totalitarian systems. The course will examine the similarities and differences of Nazis, Communists, and Italian Fascists, both in theory and in practice and with respect to foreign policy as well as domestic affairs.
Antirequisite(s): History 2145A/B
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, King's)
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History 1601E - Survey of East Asian History
The history of China, Korean and Japan from earliest development until modern times.  The course emphasizes that although they are independent nations their histories are intertwined.
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Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 1.0 course.
(Huron)
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History 1801E - Major Issues in World History
Designed to provide a broad historical background and to develop analytical skills, this course examines the major themes and ideas underlying the development of modern societies. Among areas of discussion will be the historical significance of migration patterns, cultures in both the east and the west.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Huron, King's)
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History 2123 - Topics in Canadian Environmental History
Issues in the history of Canadian conservation and environmentalism since 1600. The political, social, ecological, regional, economic, and intellectual factors which have shaped environmental problems are explored. Students are introduced to changing ideas about the interaction of human society with other aspects of the natural world.
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Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia)
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History 2125F/G - Northern Enterprise: Canadian Business and Labor History
The development and effect of business in Canada from the late nineteenth century, with special emphasis on its social impact and the emergence of a Canadian labor movement.
Antirequisite(s): The former History 2213F/G.
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Extra Information: 2 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2127F/G - In Search of Canada: Postwar to Present
An examination of selected social themes shaping postwar Canada. Topics covered include modernization, immigration and multiculturalism, rights issues, regionalism, and the multifaceted search for a "Canadian" society and culture.
Antirequisite(s): The former History 2207F/G and 2217F/G.
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Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2163A - Korean Social and Cultural History Before 1900
A social and cultural history of Korea from ancient times to the end of the nineteenth century. Emphasis will be placed on the Three Kingdoms, Silla, Koryo, and Choson periods.
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Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(King's)
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History 2165B - Korean Social and Cultural History Since 1900
A social and cultural history of Korea in the twentieth century. The course will focus on the early 20th century Japanese colonialism, the Korean war, and post war Korea.
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Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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History 2175 - North America’s Wars
A survey of selected armed conflicts within North America from the Spanish Conquest to the 20th Century. Topics may range from declared wars to civil conflicts including organized ethnic, racial, and labor violence. Particular attention will be paid to the impact of armed conflict upon society.
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Extra Information: 2 hours, 1.0 course.
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History 2179 - The Two World Wars
An examination of the causes, course and consequences of the First and Second World Wars, stressing comparison of the two conflicts. Students will be asked to consider a variety of historical analyses of both wars and to study the process of interpretation as well as events.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Huron, King's)
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History 2183A/B - Women in the Work Force 1700-1900
Explores women's experiences in paid labor, pre-industrial and industrial, household, office and professional. Examines women's work during wartime and economic crises. Traces their relationships to unionization and considers the impact of gender issues in the workplace.
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Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia)
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History 2184 - Women, Men, and Technology: A Historical Perspective
This course explores the changing relationships between women, men, and technology in North America. The course examines critical perspectives on technology and its role in history.  Themes include: domestic technologies, technologies of consumption, sexual division of labour; reproductive medical technologies; and the gendering of technologies.
Antirequisite(s): History 2802E.
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Extra Information: 3.0 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia)
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History 2201E - Canada: Origins to the Present
An examination of the most important aspects of Canada's history from its beginnings to the present.
Antirequisite(s): History 2203E, 2205E, the former 2207F/G.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2203E - Canada: From the Beginning of the French Regime to Confederation
A survey of Canadian history to 1867. This course provides students in Canadian history with a broad knowledge of the regional particularities which have marked Canadian history from its beginnings. It deals with the main economic, social and political features of pre-Conquest Canada, the Maritime colonies, and of Lower and Upper Canada.
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Prerequisite(s): History 1201E
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, King's)
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History 2205E - Canada: From Confederation to the Present
The course emphasizes the interplay of regional and national factors in Canadian history since 1867, addresses political, social, and economic issues, surveys the regional histories of the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairie Provinces and British Columbia, and places these regional histories in their national context.
Antirequisite(s): History 2201E, 2127F/G, the former 2207F/G, 2217F/G.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, King's)
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History 2211E - Topics in Canadian Environmental History
Issues in the history of Canadian conservation and environmentalism since 1600. The political, social, ecological, regional, economic and intellectual factors which have shaped environmental problems are explored. Students are introduced to changing ideas about the interaction of human society with other aspects of the natural world.
Antirequisite(s): History 2123; the former History 398F (Specialized Topics: Canadian Environmental History).
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Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia)
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History 2291E-2295E - Selected Topics in Canadian History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2296F/G-2299F/G - Selected Topics in Canadian History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2301E - The United States, Colonial Period To The Present
Emphasis first term upon the emergence of the American nation, the egalitarian impulse, national expansion and sectional conflict; second term, upon the great transformations of the modern era; the growth of industrialism, big government, a pluralistic society, and international predominance.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2391E-2395E - Selected Topics in US History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2396F/G-2399F/G - Selected Topics in US History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2403E - Europe And England In The 16th and 17th Centuries
Cultural, social, economic, and political themes including the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the rise of absolutism; the commercial revolution; heresy, witchcraft, and scepticism; plague and health problems; the origins of modern science; demographic trends; the Puritans; baroque art and music; Cromwell, Gustavus Adolphus, and the creation of the modern army.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2413E - Europe and the Paradoxes of Modernity
This course examines the concept, history, and experience of modernity in Europe from the nineteenth century to the present, paying particular attention to the key economic, political, social and cultural roles of the city.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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History 2491E-2495E - Selected Topics in European History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2496F/G-2499F/G - Selected Topics in European History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2501E - Latin America
An introduction to Latin America. The first term emphasizes the colonial foundations of Spanish and Portuguese civilization in the New World; the second term emphasizes the growth of the individual republics, personalist rule, federalism vs. centralism, revolution, and the 'static society'.
Antirequisite(s): The former History 291E if taken at King’s 2004-2005, the former History 391E if taken at King’s 2003-2004.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(King’s)
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History 2591E-2595E - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2596F/G-2599F/G - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2603E - China: Tradition and Transformation
The first term examines central themes in pre-modern Chinese history. The second term covers the modern and contemporary periods, with attention to the role of history and tradition in building the Chinese nation.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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History 2691E-2695E - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2696F/G-2699F/G - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2701E - Patterns and Perspectives in World History
The course stresses the interaction over time of major world civilizations. Emphasis is given to historical developments that have influenced more than one civilization or cultural region.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Huron)
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History 2702E - Ten Days that Shook the World
The course examines ten separate days/events in world history since 1609 with an emphasis on the key role of interactions across cultures. Moving among the case studies, the goal of the course is not to gain total knowledge of the world, but to understand the processes by which we claim to know the world.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
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History 2704E - Enlightenment in the Atlantic World, 1680-1800
The course explores the origins and influence of the Enlightenment across the Atlantic world, with an emphasis on the place of natural science and religion, political revolution, women and Enlightenment, slavery and abolition, and Enlightenment historiography.
Antirequisite(s): History 4405E.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Huron)
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History 2706E - Youth Cultures in the Twentieth Century
This course will examine twentieth-century youth cultures in Canada, Britain and the United States: flappers, ‘Swing Kids’, rebellious teenagers, mods, hippies, punks, and hip hop, to discover their changing natures, their relationship to the dominant society and the official reactions to them.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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History 2791E-2795E - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2796F/G-2799F/G - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2802E - Women, Men, and Technology: A Historical Perspective
This course explores the changing relationships between women, men, and technology in North America. The course examines critical perspectives on technology and its role in history.  Themes include: domestic technologies, technologies of consumption, sexual division of labour; reproductive medical technologies; and the gendering of technologies.
Antirequisite(s): History 2184.
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Extra Information: 3.0 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia)
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History 2803E - Women in History
North Atlantic Society since 1800. A survey of the ideas about women, and their activities, with emphasis on changes in concepts and practices and the effects on societies.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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History 2804E - Special Topics in Women’s History
Consideration of issues, themes, topics, and people relating to women in history. See History department at Brescia for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3.0 lecture hours, 1.0 course
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History 2806F/G - Special Topics in Women’s History
Consideration of issues, themes, topics, and people relating to women in history. See History at Brescia for current offerings
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Extra Information: 3.0 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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History 2891E-2895E - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 2896F/G-2899F/G - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
See History Department for current offerings.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
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History 3201E - European-Amerindian Relations in Canada
A survey of the interaction between traditional Amerindian institutions and expanding European communities from the sixteenth century to the present. Particular attention will be paid to comparisons of different Indian policies and the varying reactions of the "first peoples."
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Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
Limited enrolment.
(Huron)
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History 3205E - Problems in Canadian Social History
Consult the History Department for details of current offerings.
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Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 2 hours, 1.0 course.
Restricted to Honors Students
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3209E - Topics in the History of Women in Canada
Topics include native women's lives at the time of European contact; the frontier experience; "separate spheres" in the British North American context; paid work before and after industrialization; religion, education and social reform; origins and impact of feminist movements.
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Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(King's)
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History 3217E - Environmental History of Canada
The historical sutdy of the natural environment, its socio-economic use by various peoples, and changing perceptions of the natural world in what is now Canada, from pre-European time to the late twentieth century. Reference will be made to similar processes in North America and elsewhere.
Antirequisite(s): The former History 398F (Speicalized Topics: Canadian Environmental History).
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 history course at the 2200 level or above or enrolment in the Environment and Culture Minor.
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Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 1.0 course.
(Brescia)
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History 3218E - Movers and Shakers: Social Movements in Canadian History
This course will analyze various Canadian social movements in terms of their historical factors, strategies and tactics; organizational challenges they faced; and the role that mass media, the state, individual personalities, and counter-movements played in determining their success and failures. Canadian social movements will be placed in their international context.
Antirequisite(s): History 3292E taught in 2009-10.
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course at the 2200 level, or permission of the Department.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(King's)
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History 3219E - The History of Public Violence in Canada
A survey of public violence from the French regime to the present.
Antirequisite(s): The former History 396, if taken in 1990/91 or 1992/93.
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
Limited enrolment.
(Huron)
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History 3221E - Topics in Ontario History
Topics include aspects of the political, social and economic history of the province.
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Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
Restricted to Honors Students
(Huron, King's)
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History 3291E-3295E - Selected Topics in Canadian History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3296F/G-3299F/G - Selected Topics in Canadian History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3301E - Colonial British America
Seminars in selected areas from the Elizabethan colonization through the American Revolution.
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Prerequisite(s): One senior U.S. History course.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
Restricted to Honors Students.
(King's)
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History 3305E - The United States, 1783-1901
The development of the American nation. The framing of the Constitution, the emergence of political parties, the growth of nationalism and sectionalism, the impact of egalitarianism, and the disintegration and restoration of the Union.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): One senior U.S. History course.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
Open to students in the three-year program.
(Huron)
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History 3307E - American Popular Culture
This course examines the development of American popular culture and its relation to American society. The topics covered include music, literature, radio, movies, sports and television. The course also explores how American popular culture portrayed and was influenced by African Americans, women, youth and other ethnic Americans.
Antirequisite(s): The former History 391E if taken at King's College in 2001 02 and 2002 03.
Prerequisite(s): History 2301E, or permission of the Department.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture/seminar hours, 1.0 course.
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History 3309E - The American South
A thematic examination of the social, economic, political and cultural development of the U.S. South from the colonial era to the present.
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Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
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History 3311F/G - African-American History: From the Antebellum Period to the Founding of the NAACP
Traces the history of African Americans through slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, segregation and disenfranchisement, debate over the strategies of Booker t. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and founding of the NAACP. Lectures, book discussion, and examination of selected topics in seminars.
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Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Huron)
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History 3313F/G - African-American History: From the First Great Migration to the Present
Traces the history of African Americans through the First and Second Great Migrations, Garveyism, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression and World War II, and the civil rights and Black Power movements. Lectures, book discussion, and examination of selected topics in seminars.
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Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 4 hours, 0.5 course.
(Huron)
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History 3319E - Foreign Policy of the United States since 1775
A study of the interaction between domestic forces – ideological, political, and economic – and external forces in the development of United States foreign policy.
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Prerequisite(s): One senior U.S. history course.
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Extra Information: 2 hours, 1.0 course.
(King’s)
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History 3391E-3395E - Selected Topics in US History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3396F/G-3399F/G - Selected Topics in US History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3409E - Europe and the Sea, 1400-1945
An examination of the influence of naval and maritime issues on European development. Topics include early exploration, first overseas empires, growth of commercial classes and cities, warship development and professional navies, maritime warfare, navies as first industrial conglomerates, Pax Britannica, impact of steam, iron and oil, new empires of later 19th century, 20th century arms races, the two world wars.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/discussion hours, 1.0 course.
(King's)
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History 3411E - Britain since 1688
The history of Britain from 1688 to the modern era. Students will discern the roots of modern practices by studying political developments, economic factors, intellectual movements, and social changes in Britain. Through lectures, videos, readings, discussions, presentations and research, students will sharpen their understanding of causation and significance.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3413E - France, 1715 to the Present
Examines the development of France from the decline of the old regime to the political and economic transformation after the Second World War. Lectures, book discussion and examination of selected topics in seminars.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
(King's)
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History 3491E-3495E - Selected Topics in European History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3496F/G-3499F/G - Selected Topics in European History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3505F/G - Popular Culture in Latin America
Latin America popular cultural forms will be studied through specific practices such as music, dance, theatre, popular religious beliefs, sports and movies. This foray into popular culture will highlight how traditional categories like politics and economies can be understood through different types of historical evidence and innovative historical dynamics.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
(King's)
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History 3507F/G - Religion in Latin America
This course will examine the historical processes that have shaped Latin American religiosity, including relations of power, gender, and cosmology, while also endeavouring to capture the fluid nature of these processes and the ever-changing features of religious practise and beliefs among people of various ethnicities, classes and social conditions.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
(King's)
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History 3591E-3595E - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3596F/G-3599F/G - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: (Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3691E-3695E - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3696F/G-3699F/G - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3705E - Current Crises in Historical Perspective
This course examines the historical background of select contemporary world crises. Its object is threefold: to increase students' understanding of current global events; to demonstrate the value of historical inquiry when examining such conflicts; to encourage students to engage politically as historians.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above, or permission of the department
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
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History 3791E-3795E - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3796F/G-3799F/G - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3801E - The Historian’s Craft
This course examines the history of the historical profession, varieties of history, where research should start, the nature and limitations of evidence, methods of interpretation, research techniques in specialized areas, and problems of causal explanation.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
Restricted to Honors Students
(Huron, King's)
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History 3804E - Special Topics in Women’s History
Consideration of issues, themes, topics, and people relating to women in history. See History at Brescia for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3.0 lecture hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia)
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History 3805E - The Family in the North Atlantic World since 1500
An introduction to changes in family life since 1500 with regard to demography, structure, and emotional content. Topics may include the internal workings of the family and its relationship to other institutions, particularly the state and the public economy; the influence of race, ethnicity, national traditions, religion, class, and changing constructions of masculinity and femininity. The family in Western Europe and North America will be emphasized.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 History course.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/seminar hours, 1.0 course.
(King's)
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History 3806F/G - Special Topics in Women’s History
Consideration of issues, themes, topics, and people relating to women in history. See History at Brescia for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3.0 lecture hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia)
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History 3891E-3895E - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3896F/G-3899F/G - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 3900 - Internship
Preparatory consultation with a faculty mentor, and 4-8 month placement with an NGO, governmental, education institution, or private business/practice. Following the internship, the student will produce a written report.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of 2nd year in either the Honors Specialization or Major in History, with a minimum average of 70% (or by permission of the Department).
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: Notes: This credit cannot be included in the number of courses counted towards any degree or program. Successful completion of History 3900 will be recognized on the student's transcript. International students are not permitted to register in this course unless they are able to secure an internship placement in a jurisdiction where they may legally be employed.
(King's)
To be introduced September 2011.
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History 4201E - Canada in the World Wars
An examination of Canada's wartime experience, both overseas and on the home-front.  Topics include economic mobilization, conscription and domestic dissent, the wars in social memory, tactical innovation and failure on fighting fronts, and current controversies related to ongoing historiographical debates. 
Antirequisite(s): History 4292E (or 492E) if taken in 2005-2010 at King's University College.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Honors Specialization or Honors Double Major including History.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(King's)
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History 4291E-4295E - Selected Topics in Canadian History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
Restricted to Honors Students.   
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4296F/G-4299F/G - Selected Topics in Canadian History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4301E - The United States in the Twentieth Century
A survey of American history, 1901 to the present, with emphasis upon political, social and economic developments. Intensive examination of selected topics in seminar.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 history courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 2 hours, 1.0 course.
Restricted to Honors Students
(Huron, King's)
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History 4305E - American Dreams: Radicals and Reformers, from a "Citie on a Hill" to Herland
The course examines the history of American social reform and  experiment, from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Topics include religious radicalism, revolutionary millennialism, literary utopias, communitarian experiments, abolition, and feminism, with a critical emphasis on the abiding American interest in “a world made new.”
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 History courses at the 2200-level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Huron)
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History 4391E-4395E - Selected Topics in US History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4396F/G-4399F/G - Selected Topics in US History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4409E - Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe
An examination of the political, social, economic and religious history of France from 1789 to 1815, and the influence of the French Revolution on Europe.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): History courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(King's)
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History 4413E - Age of Extremes: Fascism, Communism and Authoritarianism in the Twentieth Century
This course examines the crimes, terror, and repression caused in the twentieth century by fascist, communist, and authoritarian regimes in various parts of the world. Topics include Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia, and non-democratic regimes in post-colonial Asia, Africa and Latin America. Specific themes include the Holocaust, and genocide after 1945.
Antirequisite(s): The former History 491E if taken at King's College in 2001-02 and 2002-03.
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 history courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 seminar hours, 1.0 course.
(King's)
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History 4420F/G - Victorian Britain
This course examines dramatic changes and striking contrasts of British society from the early nineteenth century to the First World War. Topics include imperial pageantry, poverty and urban squalor, class rigidity, bold individuality, and the critics of empire.  Students will consider political, social, religious, gender, intellectual and environmental dimensions.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia)
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History 4491E-4495E - Selected Topics in European History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4496F/G-4499F/G - Selected Topics in European History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4502F/G - The Black Atlantic: Slavery in the Americas and Africa
This course will examine the issues of slavery and slave societies
within a comparative framework although the main focus of study will be slave systems within Latin America. Themes such as the slave trade, ethnicity, demography, and culture will be explored in order to re-create the context of slave experience.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course
(King’s)
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History 4503F/G - Three Worlds Collide: Colonial Latin America Societies
This course will examine the formative issues that shaped the Latin American Colonial worlds. Relations between ethnicities, genders and classes will be explored to trace the creation of Latin American cultures as African, Indigenous and Europeans came together with explosive force.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(King's)
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History 4591E-4595E - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4596F/G-4599F/G - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4605E - War and Memory in Modern East Asia
The course analyzes the effects of five crucial wars fought during the period of 1840-1953 in East Asia, especially those of the excesses committed by the dominant armies. It also provides the students with an opportunity to study various interpretations of the events and reflect on war, war crimes, and collective memories.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): History 1601E and 1.0 History course numbered 2200 or above; or 2.0 History courses numbered 2200 or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Huron)
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History 4691E-4695E - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4696F/G-4699F/G - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4701E - Canada and the United States
This course analyses and compares a variety of themes which have been important in the development of both Canadian and American society. It also examines the involved and often difficult relationship of Canada and the United States, with an emphasis on the patterns of political, social, economic and military interaction.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 history courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 2 hours, 1.0 course.
Restricted to Honors Students.
(Huron, King's)
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History 4705E - Topics in North American Environmental History
Topics include: the relationship between humans and their environment; ideas on conservation and the environment; the science of ecology; and the history of the conservationist and environmental movements.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, King's)
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History 4791E-4795E - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4796F/G-4799F/G - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4801E - Ethnohistory
Seminar. Selected topics in the history of Amerindian-white relations.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
Restricted to Honors Students.
(Huron)
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History 4805E - Warfare
Selected topics in the history of warfare.
Antirequisite(s): The former History 497E if taken in 2005-06.
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 history courses at the 2200 level or above. For students in their final year of the honors program.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
This course may be counted as a principal course in the honors Political Science program.
Restricted to Honors Students
(King's)
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History 4809E - The Automobile and Modern Culture
This seminar course examines the social impact of the automobile and automotive technology from the late nineteenth century to the present. Technology, industrial design, corporate management styles and the rise of popular automotive culture are among the topics to be examined.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Huron)
Restricted to Honors Students.
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History 4811E - Oral History
An introduction to the techniques and methodology of oral history.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 history course at the 2200 level or above or permission of the department.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 2 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia)
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History 4891E-4895E - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4896F/G-4899F/G - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
See History Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 0.5 course.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)
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History 4901E - Directed Readings in History
The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor of their choice willing to give the course. This course will normally be open only to fourth-year honors students who have achieved an average of at least 80% in their third-year history courses.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): History courses at the 2200 level or above; restricted to Honors Students.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 1.0 course.
Restricted to Honors Students.
(Huron, King's)
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History 4903E - Senior Thesis
This course will normally be open only to fourth-year honors students who have achieved an average of at least 80% in their third-year history courses.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above; restricted to Honors Students.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 1.0 course.
Restricted to Honors Students.
(Huron, King's)
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History 4927E-4929E - Selected Topics
Consult Department for details of current offerings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): 2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours, 1.0 course.
(King's)
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Academic Calendar 2010 AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY COLLEGES AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COURSE INFORMATION History (AC)
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