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Proposed Course Offerings
2023-2024 Tentative Course List
600-Level Graduate Seminars
HIST 601
Research Seminar
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An advanced introduction to the historical profession and to recent developments in historical scholarship.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Only open to M.A. students in the Department of History and Classical Studies.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 607
Seminar: Ancient History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Readings in and discussion of a theme in ancient Greek or Roman history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Topics will vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 611
Subaltern & Decolonial Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Latest methods and theories in the fields of subaltern and decolonial studies, applied to specific historical case studies. History and historiography of these approaches also emphasized.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 617
Ancient Hist Research Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Techniques, approaches, and strategies for conducting advanced research in ancient history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 618
Course not available
HIST 631
Seminar in U.S. History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Exploration of a topic in U.S. history. Topics vary from year to year.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 632
Writing Canadian History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Provides historiographical grounding for graduate students in the area of Canadian history. Introduces a wide variety of writings on the topic, and examines how
historiographical approaches and themes have changed over time.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 633
New France Research Seminar
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Introduction to the range of primary sources related to the history of New France (notarial, judicial, parish registers, government correspondence, cartography, travel writing, etc.) and instruction on relevant research methods.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 634
Topics in Indigenous History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Intensive study of selected topics in Indigenous history. Emphasizes methodologies and recent developments in the burgeoning field of Indigenous history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 636
Course not available
HIST 637
Medieval Medicine Seminar 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Research paper on a theme in the history of medicine 400 to 1500.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 638
Topics in European History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Exploration of an advanced topic in European history. Topics will vary from year to year.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 640
Modern Medicine Seminar 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Reading in and discussion of a theme in the history of Western European medicine since 1700.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 641
Modern Medicine Seminar 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Research paper on a theme in the history of Western European medicine since 1700.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 655
Tutorial
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: If a seminar is not available in a field judged necessary to complete the program, candidates may (with the consent of their Director of Studies and that of the Chair of the Graduate Committee) do tutorial work to replace a seminar.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 659
Interdisc Sem in European Stud
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Interdisciplinary seminar on a theme relevant to the study of Europe.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Only open to students in European Studies Option.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 660D1
Topics:African Social History2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Topics in African social history. This is a seminar open to M.A. or Ph.D, students during which students will be expected to write a major research paper.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Topics will vary by year.
- Students must register for both HIST 660D1 and HIST 660D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 660D1 and HIST 660D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 678
Historiography
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: This seminar examines the fundamentals of historical theory: developing a clear understanding of exactly why history has a "theory". The philosophic language and modes of reasoning necessary to understand historical theory are introduced.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 679
Historical Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An examination of the major approaches to historical interpretation through the reading of important works of historical scholarship.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 680
Empire and Colonialisms
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Themes and approaches in the history of empire and colonialisms.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 681
Grad Sem in Economic History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Themes and approaches in economic history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 682
Grad Seminar:Topics in History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: A selected topic in history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 699
Tutorial
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Individualized guided research on an approved topic.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MA Thesis courses (required)
HIST 696
Thesis Research 1
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 697
Thesis Research 2
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 698
Thesis Research 3
15 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
500-level seminars
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Interdisciplinary Options
MA History—Development Studies option and MA History—Gender and Women's Studies option. Students admitted to these options participate in an interdisciplinary seminar in place of 3 history seminar credits (6 in the case of the Gender and Women's Studies option) and write their research paper or thesis on a topic approved by the specific option's coordinating committee.