A total of 12 courses is required as grouped and noted below. Not all courses may be offered every year/semester. All courses are three hours. In total, a maximum of nine Liberal Studies HST courses, may be substituted for HIS courses.
A maximum of five from the following:
Liberal Studies HST courses (numbered between HST 100-899) may be substituted.
| HIS 104 |
Ten Days that Shook the World |
| HIS 105 |
Inventing Popular Culture |
| HIS 106 |
Technology, Warfare, and Social Change |
| HIS 107 |
Colonization, Colonialism, and Independence |
| HIS 216 |
The History of Science to 1700 |
| HIS 238 |
Canada: The Origins of Conflict |
| HIS 248 |
American History to 1877 |
| HIS 265 |
Themes in Modern Asian History |
| HIS 275 |
Ancient Greece and Rome |
| HIS 277 |
Mediaeval Europe, 400 – 1350 |
| HIS 279 |
Europe, 1715 – 1870 |
| HIS 316 |
History of Science from 1700 |
| HIS 338 |
Canada: Defining a Nation |
| HIS 348 |
American History from 1877 |
| HIS 377 |
Europe, 1350 – 1715 |
| HIS 379 |
Europe, 1870 – Present |
| HIS 390 |
International Relations to 1945 |
| HIS 417 |
History of Technology to 1900 |
| HIS 461 |
The Near East to 600 CE |
| HIS 490 |
International Relations from 1945 |
A minimum of seven from the following:
HST courses (numbered between HST 500-899) may be substituted.
| HIS 500* |
History and New Media |
| HIS 501* |
Archaeology and Material Culture |
| HIS 510 |
Museology and Public History |
| HIS 541 |
Canada and the First World War |
| HIS 556 |
Colonial Africa |
| HIS 559 |
Ancient Egypt |
| HIS 575 |
Rome: Republic and Empire |
| HIS 590 |
Modern International Relations |
| HIS 594 |
War to War: World Conflict, 1900-45 |
| HIS 610 |
Curating the Past |
| HIS 615 |
Film, Television and 20th C History |
| HIS 656 |
Post-Colonial Africa |
| HIS 662 |
The Mughal Empire, 1526-1764 |
| HIS 677 |
Society in the High Middle Ages, 1100-1500 |
| HIS 678 |
The Renaissance in Europe |
| HIS 683 |
Victorian Britain |
| HIS 696 |
History of Terrorism |
| HIS 710 |
Managing Heritage Resources |
| HIS 742 |
Canadian Cultural Industries |
| HIS 755 |
Material Cultures of North America |
| HIS 762 |
South Asia from 1764 |
| HIS 769 |
Modern Japan from 1868 |
| HIS 778 |
The European Reformation |
| HIS 783 |
20th-Century Britain |
| HIS 788 |
Modern France |
| HIS 790 |
Modern Germany |
| HIS 826 |
Controlling the World |
| HIS 828 |
Science, Corporations, and the Environment |
| HIS 845 |
Canada in the International Sphere |
| HIS 854 |
African-American History |
| HIS 886 |
British Empire and the World |
| HIS 898 |
History of International Organizations |
| HIS 900 |
Experiential Learning I |
| HIS 901 |
Experiential Learning II |
| HIS 902†‡ |
Thesis |
| HIS 903†‡ |
Senior Seminar I: Cross-Field Studies |
| HIS 916†‡ |
Senior Seminar II: Science and Technology |
| HIS 931†‡ |
Senior Seminar III: Americas |
| HIS 956†‡ |
Senior Seminar IV: Africa |
| HIS 957†‡ |
Senior Seminar V: Middle East |
| HIS 958†‡ |
Senior Seminar VI: Asia |
| HIS 976†‡ |
Senior Seminar VII: Europe |
| HIS 990†‡ |
Senior Seminar VIII: International Relations |
* If not previously selected as a Required Group 1 course in 5th and 6th Semester. † If not previously selected as a Required Group 1 course in 7th and 8th Semester. ‡ A minimum of two courses must be taken.
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