Undergraduate Calendar 1998-1999

Undergraduate Officer
K. Eagles, HH 116, ext. 3160

HIST100s

HIST 101 0.5
Law and Society in the Middle Ages: 500-1000
A study of the laws and legal procedures of the Early Middle Ages. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law will be examined along with legal procedures and institutions of that era.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
(Formerly 102M)


HIST 102 0.5
War and Society in Europe, 1914-1945
This course explores the impact of World Wars I and II on European society, with a special emphasis on the experiences of the ordinary person.
(Formerly 102C)


HIST 103 0.5
Canadian Lives Lived
An examination through film and lectures of lives of men and women and their achievements in various fields of endeavour such as politics, social change, religious life, sports and business.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
(Formerly 102E)


HIST 104 0.5
An Introduction to Western Intellectual History Since the Renaissance
An exploration of some of the questions and answers posed by thinkers on the human predicament from Renaissance and Reformation times to the modern period. Readings range from Luther to J.P. Sartre, Shakespeare to Marx and Freud.


HIST 105 0.5
From Gilded Age to Global Markets: Industrialization and the Emergence of Corporate America
This course focuses on the growth and expansion of American businesses, and assesses how changes in management and technology affected the economy and ordinary people. It also explores the often turbulent relations between business and labour in the United States since the late nineteenth century.


HIST 106 0.5
Canada and War in the Twentieth Century
This course will introduce students to the ways in which historians have examined Canada's military experience in this century. Beginning with the Boer War, and continuing through the two World Wars and the post-war era, students will examine the political, social as well as military effects of war on Canada.


HIST 107 0.5
"Race" in Canadian History
A topical survey of significant episodes in the history of race relations in Canada. This course will introduce students to the study of "race" as an issue in Canadian society and public policy from pioneer times to the present.
(Formerly 221)


HIST 108 0.5
Family Ties in History
An introduction to the methods and study of genealogy within the context of the economic, social, religious and political forces that have shaped families and their histories, especially in Europe and North America in the period since 1608.


HIST 130 0.5
The Modern World in Historical Perspective
This course will introduce students to the history of the twentieth-century world, through an exploration of the changing nature of relationships between different parts of the globe.


HIST200s

HIST 200 0.5
History and Film
An introduction to issues in modern cultural history through the study of selected narratives and documentary films with supplementary reading, lectures and discussions.


HIST 202 0.5
The Individual and the Family in History
A survey of the changes in the quality and structure of life with emphasis on love, marriage and the family in the West since the nineteenth century.
Also offered at Renison College


HIST 203 0.5
Modern Quebec
This course will discuss the problem of Quebec in contemporary Canada by analyzing the historical background of key issues like separatism, the survival of the French language, French-Canadian nationalism, and the Quiet Revolution.
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 204 0.5
Life on the Ontario Frontier
The course examines the cultural, moral, social and economic adaptations of European settlers to the Upper Canadian frontier environment.


HIST 205 0.5
History of Modern Western Sport
This course considers the historical impact of sport in western society. It traces the history from individual play through amateurism to professionalism and big business. It examines sport's role within local, national, and international communities and its relationship to class, gender, leisure, race, and politics.


HIST 207 0.5
Canadian Labour History
This course deals with the history of organized labour in Canada with an emphasis on prominent labour leaders, major industrial disputes and labour's role in politics. It will also evaluate the development of the Canadian industrial relations systems.
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 208 0.5
American-Russian Relations Since November, 1917
Traditional and revisionist historians examine the history of this super-power rivalry: Wilson vs. Lenin; F.D.R., Truman and Stalin; containment, coexistence, and the politics of crisis from 1945 to the present.


HIST 209 0.5
Health, Disease and Medicine in Canadian History, 1500 to the Present
Starting with Amerindian medicine, the course will examine topics such as the rise of the medical and nursing professions, changing public attitudes to health and disease, and the evolution of the Canadian health insurance system.


HIST 210 0.5
History of Law
An historical introduction to law in the Ancient world. Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite and Roman law, legal practices and concepts will be examined.
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 211 0.5
British History to 1603
A survey of the main stages in the transition of Britain from a remote province of the Roman Empire to a prominent state in post-Reformation Europe. Within the chronological framework, political and constitutional as well as ecclesiastical and social developments will be examined.
This course is primarily intended for non-history majors. History majors may wish to take HIST 307 and/or 308.
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 212 0.5
British History Since 1603
A survey of the shaping of British society and the British experience from the time of Shakespeare to the present; constitutional conflict and compromise, rise and fall of empire, industrial and urban revolution, world wars and welfare state.
This course is primarily intended for non-history majors. History majors may wish to take HIST 307 and/or 308.


HIST 213 0.5
Modern Western Popular Culture
This course examines historically the formation of a distinct modern western popular culture, looking primarily at Britain, France, Canada and the United States from early modern times to the present. It emphasizes such topics as gender, the family and sexual attitudes; popular religion and myth; education, mass reading, and television; leisure; drinking habits; organized sport.


HIST 214 0.5
Canadian Women in Historical Perspective: Forming Identities, 1600-1910
This course will examine Aboriginal women in the pre-contact period, the women of New France, the impact of industrialization on women's lives in British North America and the beginnings of the first women's movement. Emphasis will be given to the interrelationship between women and their society. The course will analyse their economic, legal and political status; the private lives of women; and the rise of women's activism.
Antireq: HIST 215A


HIST 215 0.5
Canadian Women in Historical Perspective: Breaking Through, 1910-present
This course will examine the history of women in Canada from the early 20th century to the present day. Emphasis will be given to the interrelationship between women and their society. Topics studied will include women's changing economic, social and political roles, education, sexuality, and the emergence of modern feminism.
Antireq: HIST 215B


HIST 218 0.5
German History 1740-1945
The development of Germany from the Austrian-Prussian rivalry of 1740 through to the end of World War II.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College


HIST 219 0.5
20th-Century Russian History
The course will focus on selected themes in Russia's development in the 20th century and emphasize the Soviet period.
Antireq: HIST 356


HIST 222 0.5
History of Modern Revolutions
An introduction to historical explanations of revolutions with special focus on social change and revolutionary theories. The French, Russian and Chinese Revolutions will be used as case studies.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College


HIST 223 0.5
The Holocaust in History
An examination of the Holocaust in the context of the history of modern racism. Study topics will include historic anti-Judaism, "scientific" racism and the development of modern antisemitism, Nazi "race" ideology, wartime policies from ghetto to genocide, resistance movements, Nuremberg trials, Holocaust denial, universal lessons from the Holocaust.


HIST 234 0.5
The Catholic Church in Canada since Confederation
An examination of the Catholic Church in Canada since Confederation, with an emphasis on social and political influences.
Cross-listed as RS 234
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 235 0.5
History of Christianity
The development of Christianity in its Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant traditions from the time of Christ to the present.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
Cross-listed as RS 230


HIST 237 0.5
Ancient Civilization 1
A study of the civilizations of the Ancient Near East focusing on Mesopotamia (Sumer and Akkad, the Babylonian Dynasty and the Third Dynasty of Ur), Hatti, Assyria, Egypt and Persia.
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 239 0.5
History of Modern China, 1911 to the Present
Some of the topics studied in this course include: the three stages of warlordism, the May Fourth Movement and the structure of society in the People's Republic of China.


HIST 240 0.5
20th-Century Japanese History
This course will examine the historical influences, both domestic and foreign, which led Japan to follow the course which has brought it to the present status of a powerful Asian nation.


HIST 241 0.5
Society and the Sexes in Early Modern Europe
This course will examine the changing importance of gender roles from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It will focus on topics such as sexuality, marriage, the family and the role of women in society and the work force.


HIST 243 0.5
The Impact of Industrialization on Europe
This course will examine the impact of industrialization on European society between the late 18th century and the present, focusing on the changing nature of the workplace and the workforce.


HIST 244 0.5
The Medium and the Message: Canadian Media, a History
An examination through lecture and film of print journalism, broadcasting, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the National Film Board, Wartime propaganda, the Canadian music industry, and the other diverse forms of media.


HIST 245 0.5
War, Ethnicity and Religion in East Central Europe, 1453-1739
This historical survey of a region encompassing the contemporary Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, and parts of Serbia, Romania and Germany is crucial for understanding important contemporary developments. The focus will be on how East Central Europe was shaped by an orientation toward Western Christianity, confrontations with the Islamic empire of the Ottoman Turks, the experience of multiethnicity, and Habsburg subjugation.


HIST 247 0.5
Mennonite History: A Survey
This course covers Mennonite origins, teachings, migrations, settlement patterns, divisions, leaders, institutions, and religious and social practices, indeed all facets of Mennonite history in various national settings.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College


HIST 248 0.5
History of Canadian-American Relations to 1914
An examination of the history of relations between the two countries until 1914. Topics of a political, economic, social and cultural nature will be studied.


HIST 249 0.5
Canadian-American Relations Since 1914
An examination of the history of relations between the two countries since 1914. Topics of a political, economic, social and cultural nature will be studied.


HIST 250 0.5
The Art and Craft of History
This course will provide a collegial learning setting within which students will be introduced to techniques of historical writing and research, and some examples of the best of recent historical scholarship.
Recommended for all Year Two History majors. Other students will need the written permission of the professors to take this course.


HIST 253 0.5
Canadian History: The Colonial Period
This course examines the major themes in pre-Confederation Canadian history including the rise and fall of New France, the creation of British North American societies in the Maritimes and Upper Canada and economic and political development.


HIST 254 0.5
Canadian History: The National Period
This course examines Confederation, the rise of political parties, Canadian external relations, western discontent, the impact of both world wars and political and economic changes in Canada since 1945.


HIST 255 0.5
The Expansion of England
The history of the British Empire down to the American War of Independence, telling the story of the Tudor seadogs, of the plantation of Ireland, the settlement of the North American mainland, the establishment of slave plantations in the Caribbean, and the earliest British enterprises in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.


HIST 256 0.5
The British Empire and Commonwealth
The history of British imperialism between the loss of the American colonies and the Falklands Islands War of 1982, tracing the rise of the settlement colonies to dominion status, the huge expansion of the dependent empire during the age of the New Imperialism, the imperial apogee after World War I, and the rapid change from Empire to New Commonwealth after World War II.


HIST 257 0.5
The United States to 1900
From the British provincial society of the 18th century to the emergence of modern America. Special emphasis on the American character, and on the moral dilemmas of republicanism and democracy, freedom and slavery, equality and competition.


HIST 258 0.5
America: 20th-Century
An analysis of two major themes: how America managed political reform and social change at home, and its emergence as a world power.


HIST 260 0.5
Europe: 814-1303
The political, cultural, economic and ecclesiastical development of Europe from Charlemagne to Philip IV of France.
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 261 0.5
Europe: 14th to 16th Century
A study of 15th- and 16th-century economic, social, political and popular cultural trends. The expansion of Europe to the New World.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College


HIST 262 0.5
Europe: 16th to 18th Century
An introduction to the social and cultural history of Europe (including England) from the 16th century to the French Revolution. The course will focus on topics such as the social structure, daily life, the role of women and the family.


HIST 263 0.5
Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
This period marked the emergence of modern-day Europe. The course will focus on the way in which European society, politics and culture changed and why. It will also examine the continent's descent into dictatorship and two world wars.


HIST 264 0.5
Europe Since 1945
Europe since the end of World War II. Focus will be on the Cold War, political and social movements.


HIST300s

HIST 300 0.5
The Idea of History
The course is an introduction to the Philosophy of History and to historiography from the 19th century to the present. It deals with the great theoretical issues influencing historical analysis and with the classics of historical literature.
Highly recommended for Year Three History majors.


HIST 304 0.5
Medieval Church History
An exploration of the development of the Church from 604 to 1449. Topics will include leadership struggles in church and state, crusades, heresy and inquisition, the western schism and the conciliar period.
Cross-listed as RS 325
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 307 0.5
British History 1760-1867
A study of people, power, thought and culture in the world's first industrializing society.


HIST 308 0.5
Britain Since 1867
A study of the British experience and of Britain's part in world history from the 1860s to the 1990s.


HIST 315 0.5
American Cultural History 1: Words and Things
An intermediate-level exploration of concepts in cultural studies: mentalities, representations, cultural production and reproduction. Early settler societies and the emergence of the Republic and of a national culture will be examined. Specific themes will include ideas and practices of virtue, craftsmanship, obligation, time, family, work, from the age of Edwards and Franklin to that of Tocqueville and Emerson.


HIST 317 0.5
The Vietnam War and American Society
The Vietnam War, the longest war in U.S. history, was fought on two fronts, by American G.I.s abroad and anitwar protesters at home. Those two subjects, as well as a history of the war from Vietnamese perspectives, will be the focus of this course.


HIST 321 0.5
Race Relations in Modern History: Case Studies
A detailed analysis of topics in the history of race relations intended primarily for students who have completed HIST 107 (formerly 221) or other background to the subject. Special attention will be paid to revolutionary developments since World War II, and to the emergence of modern human rights policies.


HIST 329 0.5
Origins of the Common Law
A study of the common law of England from its introduction in the 11th century to the 15th century. Original documents and court cases will be examined.
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 339 0.5
The History of France in the 19th Century
A study of French society and the four revolutions that influenced it with particular attention to social and institutional forces.


HIST 340 0.5
Europe: 1789-1914
This course will examine European society amidst the dramatic changes of the 19th century. It will consider class, the family, gender, religion, and institutions during this century of political and social transformation.


HIST 341 0.5
Occupied Europe, 1938-1945
This course will examine the nature and impact of Nazi occupation on Western and Eastern Europe preceding and during World War II and the responses of the people occupied.


HIST 346 0.5
Mennonite History: Special Topics
This course considers the Mennonite experience within specific geographic and historical settings (for example, those of the former Soviet Union/Russia or Canada).
Offered at Conrad Grebel College


HIST 348 0.5
The Radical Reformation
A study of 16th century Anabaptism -- a religious Reformation movement dissenting from both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism -- its origins, its social, political, and theological content; and its relationship to such independent dissenters as Sebastian Franck.
Cross-listed as RS 322
Offered at Conrad Grebel College


HIST 350 0.5
British West Indian History
A survey history of the British Caribbean, widely defined. Topics emphasized include early colonization, plantations, slave society, abolition and emancipation, the growth of nationalism, independence, and the roots of contemporary problems.


HIST 358 0.5
The History of Modern Germany: From the Weimar Republic to Reconstruction
A study of Germany from the rise of the Nazis through the War experience, the post-War settlement, the integration of the refugees, the division into East and West, and the economic miracle.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College


HIST 374 0.5
Canadian Social History: The Modern Experience
The social and cultural development of Canada from the First World War to the present day. Special emphasis will be given to the interaction of the state and the lives of Canadians.
Antireq: HIST 274
(Formerly HIST 274)


HIST 379 0.5
Reformation History
A study of the major 16th-century reformers and their intellectual background in humanism and late medieval scholasticism. Special attention will be given to the Lutheran and Reformed traditions and their ideological, social, political expressions.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College


HIST 385 0.5
Canada: From Macdonald to Laurier
An analytical and historical examination of the development of the Canadian nation from Confederation to the First World War.
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 387 0.5
Ontario History since Confederation
The course will examine the emergence of Ontario as an industrial giant and the development of its hegemony in Canada. An emphasis will also be placed on the sources and methods of local historical research.
Offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 388 0.5
Modern Canada 1939-1989
Lectures, tutorials and independent research will provide a decade-by-decade examination of the central social, political and economic themes that have helped characterize "modern Canada."


HIST 389 0.5
Canada in World Affairs: From Laurier to Trudeau
An analytical and historical examination of Canadian foreign policy in the international system. Domestic sources of Canadian foreign policy and international sources of Canadian foreign policy are examined in detail.


HIST 390 0.5
Shaping the Canadian City, 1880-1990
Introduction to retrospective policy analysis as applied to contemporary urban topics. Focuses on the history of environmental issues such as pollution and water management and social problems in health, education, welfare and culture.


HIST 397 0.5
Directed Studies in Special Topics
Study in a limited field under tutorial guidance. A high standard of written work will be expected.


HIST 398 0.5
Directed Studies in Special Topics
Study in a limited field under tutorial guidance. A high standard of written work will be expected.


400 Level
Senior Seminars
Each term of a senior seminar counts 1.0 credit. Seminars with the suffix "A" are reading seminars designed to give students an extensive acquaintance with scholarship in a particular field of history. Seminars with the suffix "B" are research seminars in which students will engage in research on particular topics in that field. Students should preregister for senior seminars, and for HIST 491, Independent Study in Special Subjects.
400-level seminars are restricted to Honours History students in their 3B term or fourth year. (Honours History students include those in History/Applied Studies Co-op and Joint Honours programs.) No student may take more than two 400-level courses with the same professor.
The "A" component of a 400-level seminar is a prerequisite for its "B" component.

HIST400s

HIST 400A 1.0
Reformation
Offered at Conrad Grebel College


HIST 400B 1.0
Reformation
Offered at Conrad Grebel College


HIST 401A 1.0
European


HIST 401B 1.0
European


HIST 403A 1.0
Canadian
*Also offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 403B 1.0
Canadian
* Also offered at St. Jerome's College


HIST 405A 1.0
British


HIST 405B 1.0
British


HIST 407A 1.0
Race in Modern History


HIST 407B 1.0
Race in Modern History


HIST 409A 1.0
American


HIST 409B 1.0
American


HIST 410A 1.0
Historiography


HIST 410B 1.0
Historiography


HIST 491 1.0
Independent Study in Special Subjects

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Revised February 1998