Ryerson University : History Minor

The History Minor presents an excellent opportunity to explore the past and its meaning for today's world, either across a range of areas and themes from ancient civilizations to contemporary issues in historical perspective, or through focusing on a particular region, period, or approach. In addition to developing research, analytical, and literary skills that students need in order to take their place in the world after graduation, the Minor may be used to fulfill a number of other objectives. These include pursuing personal interests in History, enriching understanding in students' primary fields of study by deepening their historical expertise related to those fields, and providing training and expertise of direct relevance in areas where students wish to seek employment or pursue further studies.

The History Minor is administered and delivered by the Department of History.

The History Minor is not available to students in the History program, or to Arts and Contemporary Studies program students who choose the History Option.

To receive the Minor, a student must complete six (6) courses from the following curriculum:

One (1) of the following:

HIS 400	Reading, Writing, and Using History
HIS 401	Hearing, Seeing, and Speaking History
HIS 500	History and New Media
HIS 501	Archaeology and Material Culture
HIS 502	Life Stories: Oral History
HIS 505	Locating The Past: Archival Research

One (1) or two (2) of the following:*

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	The 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 462	Introduction to the Islamic World
HIS 490	International Relations from 1945

Three (3) or four (4) of the following:*

HIS 510	Museology and Public History
HIS 541	Canada and the First World War
HIS 556	Colonial Africa
HIS 559	Ancient Egypt
HIS 561	The Ottoman Empire
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 661	The Middle East from 1908
HIS 662	The Mughal Empire, 1526-1764
HIS 677	Society in the High Middle Ages, 1000-1500
HIS 678	The Renaissance in Europe
HIS 683	Victorian Britain
HIS 696	The 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 797	Modern Peacekeeping and Intervention
HIS 826	Science and World Exploration
HIS 828	Science, Corporations, and the Environment
HIS 845	Canada in the International Sphere
HIS 854	African-American History
HIS 886	The British Empire and the World
HIS 898	A History of International Organizations

* Up to two HST courses may be used in place of HIS courses in the Minor, as indicated in the chart below:

HST Courses numbered:	May be used in place of HIS courses numbered:
HST 100 to HST 499	HIS 100 to HIS 499
HST 500 to HST 899	HIS 100 to HIS 899

HST courses may not be used in place of HIS 400, HIS 401, HIS 500, HIS 501, HIS 502 or HIS 505.

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