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 or Anthropology Studies options.
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 238 |
Canada to 1885: Creating a Nation
|
| HIS 248 |
American History to 1877 |
| HIS 265 |
Asia: Foundations and Modern Nations
|
| HIS 275 |
Ancient Greece and Rome |
| HIS 277 |
Mediaeval Europe, 400-1350 |
| HIS 279 |
Europe, 1715-1870 |
| HIS 338 |
Canada since 1885: Defining a Nation |
| HIS 348 |
American History from 1877 |
| HIS 377 |
Europe, 1350-1715 |
| HIS 379 |
Europe, 1870-Present |
| HIS 461 |
Cradle of Civilization: Ancient Near East |
| 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 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 |
The Making of Modern South Asia, 1757-1947 |
| HIS 783 |
20th-Century Britain |
| 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 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.
