History Honours (B.A.)

54 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Course (3 credits)

  • HIST 399 History and Historiography (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Complementary Courses (51 credits)

51 credits of HIST or cognate courses (see list below) according to the following requirements. Distribution requirement: 3 credits from Group A 3 credits from Group B 3 credits from Group C Note: Cognate courses (see below) may not be used to satisfy the Distribution requirement. Temporal Breadth requirement: At least 3 credits focused on the period before 1800 At least 3 credits focused on the period after 1800 Notes: The same course may be used to satisfy both a Distribution and Temporal Breadth requirement. HIST 299 The Historian's Craft. and HIST 399 History and Historiography. may not be used to satisfy Temporal Breadth requirements. Level requirement: Minimum 6 credits of honours seminars (500-level D1/D2 courses) Minimum 6 additional credits of 400-level or higher HIST courses. A second honours seminar may be used to fulfill this requirement. Maximum 18 credits complementary courses at 200-level GPA requirements: 3.30 in program courses, 3.0 (B) or higher in each program course, CGPA 3.0 or higher.

Group A (3 credits)

3 credits from Group A

  • HIST 202 Survey: Canada to 1867 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 203 Survey: Canada since 1867 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 211 American History to 1865 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 212 Medieval Europe (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 214 Early Modern Europe (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 215 Modern Europe (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 216 Introduction to Russian History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 221 United States since 1865 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 226 East Central and Southeastern Europe in 20th Century (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 250 Making Great Britain and Ireland (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Group B (3 credits)

3 credits from Group B

  • HIST 200 Introduction to African History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 201 Modern African History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 205 Ancient Mediterranean History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 206 Indian Ocean World History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 208 Introduction to East Asian History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 209 Introduction to South Asian History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 210 Introduction to Latin American History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 218 Modern East Asian History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 275 Ancient Roman History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Group C (3 credits)

3 credits from Group C

  • HIST 207 Jewish History: 400 B.C.E. to 1000 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 213 World History, 600-2000 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • HIST 219 Jewish History: 1000 - 2000 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 222 History of Pandemics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 223 Indigenous Peoples and Empires (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 224 Introduction to the African Diaspora (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 238 Histories of Science (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 240 Modern History of Islamic Movements (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 249 Health and the Healer in Western History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 262 Mediterranean and European Interconnections (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • HIST 292 History and the Environment (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 298 Topics in History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 299 The Historian's Craft (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Cognate Courses (max. 9 credits) (0–9 credits)

The following non-HIST courses may be counted toward the History honours program. Additional courses may be submitted for consideration to the Undergraduate Program Director. Faculty regulations stipulate that a course may not be counted toward more than one program.

  • CLAS 303 Ancient Greek Religion (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CLAS 304 Ancient Greek Democracy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CLAS 305 Roman Religion (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CLAS 406 Greek and Roman Historiography (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ISLA 305 Topics in Islamic History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ISLA 311 History of the City-Islamic World (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ISLA 315 Ottoman State and Society to 1839 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ISLA 355 Modern History of the Middle East (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ISLA 375 Sufi Women (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ISLA 410 History: Middle-East 1798-1918 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ISLA 411 History: Middle-East 1918-1945 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ISLA 421 Islamic Culture - Indian Subcontinent (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ISLA 511 Medieval Islam, 10th-12th Century (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ISLA 515 The Medieval School in Islam (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ISLA 516 Medieval Islam, 13th-15th Century (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ISLA 530 Advanced Sufism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ISLA 580 Topics in Ottoman History (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • JWST 240 The Holocaust (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • JWST 245 Jewish Life in the Islamic World (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • JWST 303 The Soviet Jewish Experience (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • JWST 311 Gender in Jewish History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • JWST 312 Modern Jewish History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • JWST 334 Jews and Muslims: A Modern History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • JWST 348 Modern Jewish Studies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • JWST 365 Modern Jewish Ideologies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • JWST 366 History of Zionism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • JWST 371 Jews and the City (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

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