HSTR 390B with Dr. Rachel Cleves
HSTR 380 with Dr. Andrew Wender
HSTR 376C with Matthew Koch
HSTR 366 with Dr. Zhongping Chen
HSTR 328D with Dr. Peter Cook
HSTR 314B with Dr. Mariel Grant
HSTR 365D with Dr. Can Zhao
HSTR 385B with Dr. Christine O'Bonsawin
HSTR 131 with Dr. David Zimmerman
HSTR 285/PAAS 285 with ann-elise lewallen
HSTR 115 A02 with Dr. Norm Fennema
HSTR 101E with Dr. Loren McClenachan
TIMETABLE 2023 - 2024 (pdf)
Fall 2023 Courses
100 Level Courses
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTOR | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSTR 100 | History, Power and Justice | Alade, A. | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| HSTR 101A | 10 Days That Shook The World | Lutz, J. | 16:30-17:50 MW |
| HSTR 103 | Global Wars in Asia and the Pacific | Lee, S. | 15:30-16:20 MWR |
| HSTR 112A | World History 1900-1945 | Wender, A. | 13:30-14:20 TWF |
| HSTR 112B | The World Since 1945-Present | Dolff, D. | 12:30-13:20 TWF |
| HSTR 115 | The Second World War | Fennema, N. | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| HSTR 120 | History of Human Rights | Semmens, J. | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
200 Level Courses
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTOR | TIME |
| HSTR 200 | Topics in History | Colby, J., Ross, S. | 13:00-14:20 MR |
| HSTR 201 | Introduction to Historical Research | Colby, J. | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| HSTR 220A | History of England to the Glorious Revolution | McKenzie, A. | 14:30-15:50 MR |
| HSTR 230A | Canada to Confederation | Cook, P. | 08:30-09:50 MR |
| HSTR 236A | The Creation of the Medieval World | Haskett, T. | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| HSTR 240A | Europe, Renaissance to the French Revolution | Walshaw, J. | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| HSTR 253 | Activism in Asia | Jamkajornkeiat, T. | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| HSTR 265A | China and the Premodern World | Chen, Z. | 12:30-13:20 TWF |
| HSTR 276 | Latin America | de Alba Koch, B. | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| HSTR 277B | History of the Middle East Since World War II | Bunton, M. | 13:00-14:20 MR |
300 Level Courses
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTOR | TIME |
| HSTR 300 | Exploring the Past: The History of Night | Devereaux, S. | 13:30-14:20 TWF |
| HSTR 310D | The American West | Fennema, N. |
14:30-16:20 T |
| HSTR 313A | Britain's Rise to world Power, 1689-1837 | Devereaux, S. | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| HSTR 314A | Becoming the Victorians, Britain 1789-1851 | Grant, M. | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| HSTR 315A | Britain's Short Twentieth Century | Grant, M. | 13:00-14:20 MR |
| HSTR 318 | The Bloody Code: Crime in England, 1660-1800 | McKenzie, A. | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| HSTR 329A | Race, Racism and Ethnicity in Canada to 1900 | Sitara, G. | 14:30-16:20 T 14:30-15:20 F |
| HSTR 336T | The Created Medieval History of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth | Haskett, T. | 14:30-17:20 R |
| HSTR 340 | Topics in European History | Swift, M. | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| HSTR 342B | Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe | Walshaw, J. | 12:30-13:20 TWF |
| HSTR 350B | Weimar and Nazi Germany | Semmens, K. | 08:30-09:50 MR |
| HSTR 365C | China and the World | Zhao, Can | 18:00-20:50 M |
| HSTR 371A | Twentieth Century Warfare | Dolff, D. | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| HSTR 376D | The Women of Latin America | de Alba Koch, B. | 14:30-15:20 TWF |
| HSTR 378 | History of the Israeli-Palestinian | Bunton, M. | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| HSTR 386A | Ocen History and Changing Human Relationships with the Sea | McClenachan, L. | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| HSTR 390A | History to 1750 through Role Playing Games | Cleves, R. | 10:00-11:20 MR |
400 Level Courses
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTOR | TIME |
| HSTR 430 | Canada in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions | Cook, P. | 2:30-5:20 M |
| HSTR 440 | Utopia: Imagined Communities Through History | Walshaw, J. | 2:30-5:20 R |
| HSTR 442 | Torture and Violence in the Renaissance | Beam, S. | 2:30-5:20 T |
| HSTR 460B | Health and Medicine in the Colonial World | Alade, A. | 2:30-5:20 W |
| HSTR 465A | China in Local and Global History | Chen, Z. | 2:30-5:20 W |
| HSTR 471 | 2SLGBTQ+ History Seminar | Cleves, R. | 2:30-5:20 R |
| HSTR 496 | Approaches to History | Saunders, T. | 2:30-5:20 T |
Spring 2024 Courses
100 Level Courses
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTOR | TIME |
| HSTR 100 | History, Power and Justice | Vibert, E. | 13:00-14:20 MR |
| HSTR 101E | Environmental History of the World | McClenachan, L. | 13:30-14:20 TWF |
| HSTR 101F | Food in World History | Cleves, R. | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| HSTR 112A | World History 1900-1945 | Bose, N. | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| HSTR 112B | The World Since 1945-Present | Biddiscombe, P. | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| HSTR 115 | The Second World War | Dolff, D. | 16:30-17:50 MW |
| HSTR 115 | The Second World War | Fennema, N. | 14:30-16:20 T 14:30-15:20 F |
| HSTR 122 | Conspiracies, Hoaxes and Moral Panics | Devereaux, S. | 13:00-14:20 MR |
| HSTR 131 | History of Technology | Zimmerman, D. | 08:30-09:50 MR |
200 Level Courses
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTOR | TIME |
| HSTR 200 | Topics in History | Wender, A. | 13:30-14:20 TWF |
| HSTR 220B | History of England from the Glorious Revolution - Present | McKenzie, A. | 14:30-15:50 MR |
| HSTR 230B | Canada from Confederation - Present | Sitara, G. | 1:30-12:20 TWF |
| HSTR 236B | The European Middle Age | Haskett, T. | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| HSTR 240B | Europe, Napoleon to the European Union | Semmens, K. | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| HSTR 265B | China and the Modern West | Chen, Z. | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| HSTR 275 | Modern South Asia from Early Empires to Gandhi | Bose, N. | 13:00-14:20 MR |
300 Level Courses
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTOR | TIME |
| HSTR 300B | Hockey Nation: Sports History and Canadian Identity | Fennema, N. | Asynchronous Online |
| HSTR 300C | Gaming and the Historical Imagination | Dolff, D. | 18:30-21:20 W |
| HSTR 314B | The Victorians to the Great War, Britain 1851-1914 | Grant, M. | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| HSTR 315B | Topics in British History | Grant, M. | 13:00-14:20 MR |
| HSTR 320B | Homicide in Modern Britain | Devereaux, S. | 16:30-18:20 MW |
| HSTR 328D | Indigenous-Settler Treaties in Canada Since 1600 | Cook, P. | 09:30-10:20 TWF |
| HSTR 329B | Race, Racism and Ethnicity in Canada Since 1900 | Sitara, G. |
14:30-16:20 T |
| HSTR 353 | Modern Ukraine and Russian-Ukrainian Conflict | Yekelchyk, S. | 13:00-14:20 MR |
| HSTR 360 | Africa in the World | Alade, A. | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| HSTR 360 | Slaves, Spices, and Saints: Portuguese Expansion and Early Modern Global Culture | de Alba-Koch, B. | 14:30-15:20 TWF |
| HSTR 360A | Africa Since 1800 | Alade, A. | 12:30-13:20 TWF |
| HSTR 365D | Chinese Politics | Zhao, C. | 18:00-20:50 M |
| HSTR 366 | War and Revolution in China | Chen, Z. | 12:30-13:20 TWF |
| HSTR 371 | Flavours of the Past: Scottish Food History | Mackay, T. | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| HSTR 376C | Revolutions and Dictators in 20th-Century Latin America | Koch, M. | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| HSTR 376E | History of Aztecs, Inka, Maya | de Alba-Koch, B. | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| HSTR 380 | Religion and the Making of the Modern Middle East | Wender, A. | 16:30-17:50 MW |
| HSTR 385B | History of the Modern Olympic Games | O'Bonsawin, C. | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| HSTR 385D | Pirates and Piracy Since 1500 | Cook, P. | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| HSTR 390B | History Post-1750 Through Role-Playing | Cleves, R. | 13:00-14:20 MR |
400 Level Courses
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE | INSTRUCTOR | TIME |
| HSTR 414A | Seminar on 17th-Century England | McKenzie, A. | 14:30-17:20 T |
| HSTR 426A | Veterans' Oral History | Zimmerman, D. | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| HSTR 436T | Records of the History of Middle Earth | Haskett, T. | 14:30-17:20 R |
| HSTR 450 | The Holocaust | Semmens, K. | 14:30-17:20 M |
| HSTR 460 | Anti-Colonial Movements in Asia | Jamkajornkeiat, T. | 14:30-17:20 R |
| HSTR 471 | Nationalism | Biddiscombe, P. | 13:30-16:20 F |
| HSTR 485 | Race, Gender, and Empire in the 'British World' | Vibert, E. | 14:30-17:20 W |
| HSTR 496 | Approaches to History | Saunders, T. | 14:30-17:20 T |
Please note:
- Courses numbered 100 and 200 are the same level and both are appropriate for first year students.
- Courses numbered with A and B can be taken separately. For example HSTR 240A is not required in order to take HSTR 240B.
- For permission to take variable topics courses more than once please contact our undergraduate assistant.
- For a list of all History courses check out the online calendar.
- Program planning worksheet
- Experiential Education Opportunities in History
Sample Course Outlines
100 Level Courses
HSTR 101C - Epidemics and the Modern World
HSTR 101E - The Environmental History of the World
HSTR 112B - World History 1945 - Present
HSTR 115 - The Second World War
HSTR 119 - Deportation and Exile
200 Level Courses
HSTR 210A - The United States to the Civil War
HSTR 210B - The History of the United States, 1865 to Present
HSTR 220A - History of England to the Glorious Revolution
HSTR 220B - History of England from the Glorious Revolution - present
HSTR 230A - Canada to Confederation
HSTR 230B - Canada from Confederation - present
HSTR 236 - Medieval Beginnings
HSTR 240A - Europe, Renaissance to the French Revolution
HSTR 240B - Europe: Napoleon to the European Union
HSTR 265B - China and the Modern West
HSTR 277A - History of the Middle East, 1789-WWII
300 Level Courses
HSTR 300B - Hockey Nation: Sports History and Canadian Identity
HSTR 306 - Sex and Power in American History
HSTR 310 - Northwest America to 1849
HSTR 310C - American History in Film
HSTR 313A - Britain's Rise to World Power, 1689-1837
HSTR 318 - The Bloody Code: Crime in England, 1660-1800
HSTR 320 - Scotland from the Fall of the MacDonalds to the Highland Clearances
HSTR 320A - The British Monarchy since 1689
HSTR 320C - Bloodfeud, Politics, and Culture in the Celtic "fringe", 1485-1746
HSTR 324A - Northwest America to 1849
HSTR 324C - British Columbia in the 20th Century
HSTR 327A - Gender and Sexuality in Canada to 1920
HSTR 328 - Indigenous-Settler Relations in Canada
HSTR 329A - Race and Ethnicity in Canada to 1900
HSTR 329B - Race and Ethnicity in Canada Since 1900
HSTR 330 - From the Ice Age to Kyoto: An Environmental History of Canada
HSTR 330 - War and Society in Canada
HSTR 330 - Scots in the Atlantic World
HSTR 336T - The Created Medieval History of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth
HSTR 337B - Reformation and Religious War in Europe
HSTR 342C - Democracy, War and Nation Building in Europe, 1814-1914
HSTR 350B - Weimar and Nazi Germany
HSTR 350C - Germany since 1945
HSTR 366 - War and Revolution in China
HSTR 377 - History of Modern Egypt
HSTR 376A - Conquest and Rebellion in Latin America, 1492 to 1783
HSTR 378 - History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
HSTR 379 - Western Imperialism in the Middle East and North Africa
HSTR 385C - History of Sexuality
HSTR 440 - Cinema -- Society: Europe in the Era of World Wars
400 Level Courses
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