Courses
Start planning your fall and winter semesters (2022-2023) by reviewing the fall course offerings below.
See below what courses are upcoming in the historical studies program at Grenfell Campus. Scroll down to read course descriptions and Early/Later course designations for additional information.
Fall 2024 course offerings: (E = Western history pre-ca. 1800; L = Later Western history post-ca. 1800)
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor |
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| HIST 1100 | HIST 1100 Exploring the Past, ca.1400-1800 This course introduces students to working with historical materials and writing about the past. Students then will apply these skills to a study of the history of the West in a global context from the Renaissance and beginnings of European colonialism up to and including the French Revolution. The political, social, and cultural manifestations of this history will be explored together with the perspectives and experiences of marginalized peoples. | two sections: E. Bezzina and B. White |
| HIST 2200 (E) |
Making Canada A survey of Canadian History to Confederation, 1867. |
R. Baehre |
| HIST 2320 (E) |
Medieval Europe, to the Eleventh Century survey of the economic, social, political and cultural developments of the early Middle Ages. |
E. Bezzina |
| HIST 2510 (L) |
Global History since 1945 historical analysis of the main issues in the contemporary world since 1945. |
R. Baehre |
| HIST 2700 (E) |
Art History Survey, Part I (Same as Visual Arts 2700) The history of art from pre-historic times to the Renaissance. |
G. Curtis |
| HIST 3786 (E) |
Democracy in the American and French Revolutions This course contrasts these two Revolutions within the broader transnational framework of Atlantic World history in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Pertinent to this course is the exchange of ideas, peoples, and traditions between the French and American contexts. The course focuses on the discussions and development of human rights and democracy as well as the roles played by marginalized groups in these Revolutions. CR: HIST3330 |
E. Bezzina |
| HIST 4568 (L) |
Holocaust in Historical Perspective examines the origins of the Holocaust: the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and murder of approximately 6 million European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. The Nazis persecuted millions more because of their religion, nationality, political views, mental or physical impairment, or sexual orientation. The course explains the historical, social, religious, political and economic factors that cumulatively resulted in the Holocaust. |
B. White |
Winter 2025 course offerings: (E = Western history pre-ca. 1800; L = Later Western history post-ca. 1800)
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor |
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| HIST 1101 |
HIST 1101 Critical Reading and Writing: Exploring the Past, ca. 1800-present (CRW) This course refines students’ ability to work with historical documents and to understand their significance in how we interpret the past. Students will explore the main contours of the history of the Western World from the Napoleonic period to the contemporary era. Students will learn about the range of historical experience, interaction and exchange between ethnicities and cultures, imperialism, war and revolution, national independence, human rights, gender and social life, environmental change, and globalization. CR: HIST 1001 |
two sections: B. White and R. Baehre |
| HIST 2210 (L) |
HIST 2210 (L) - Modern Canada A survey of Canadian History since Confederation. |
R. Baehre |
| HIST 2701 (L) |
HIST 2701 (L) - Art History Survey, Part II (Same as Visual Arts 2701) The history of art from the Renaissance to the 20th century. |
G. Curtis |
| HIST 3450 (E) |
HIST 3450 (E) - British History: 1485-1714 The emergence of Britain under the Tudors and early Stuart monarchs. |
B. White |
| HIST 3807 (L) |
HIST 3807 (L) - World War I in Historical Perspective This course takes a global approach to the history of the First World War, emphasizing events on the battlefield and the effects of the war on various societies |
B. White |
Course descriptions
Complete course descriptions can be found in the Grenfell Campus section of the Calendar. The University Calendar is the authority for all course information.
Early/Later course designations apply only to students majoring in Historical Studies (E = Western history pre-ca. 1800; L = Later Western history post-ca. 1800; E/L: applies to both periods)
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HIST 1100 Exploring the Past, ca. 1400-1800 |
This course introduces students to working with historical materials and writing about the past. Students then will apply these skills to a study of the history of the West in a global context from the Renaissance and beginnings of European colonialism up to and including the French Revolution. The political, social, and cultural manifestations of this history will be explored together with the perspectives and experiences of marginalized peoples.
CR: the former HIST 1000 |
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HIST 1101 Critical Reading and Writing: Exploring the Past, ca. 1800-present (CRW) |
This course refines students’ ability to work with historical documents and to understand their significance in how we interpret the past. Students will explore the main contours of the history of the Western World from the Napoleonic period to the contemporary era. Students will learn about the range of historical experience, interaction and exchange between ethnicities and cultures, imperialism, war and revolution, national independence, human rights, gender and social life, environmental change, and globalization.
CR: HIST 1001 |
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HIST 2034 (E) - History of the Hellenistic World |
(Same as Classics 2020). A survey of the history of the Mediterranean world and the Near East from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC until the incorporation of the Kingdom of Egypt in the Roman Empire in 30 BC. Particular attention is given to the influence of the new monarchies on political, social and cultural developments in both Greek and non-Greek communities. |
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HIST 2035 (E) - History of Classical Greece |
(Same as Classics 2035). A survey of Greek history from the Bronze Age to the death of Alexander the Great, with special reference to the social and political institutions of the fifth century B.C. |
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HIST 2040 (E) - History of Rome |
(Same as Classics 2040). A survey of Roman history from the early monarchy to the reign of Constantine, with special reference to society and politics in the late Republic and early Empire. |
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HIST 2100 (E) - Empires of the North Atlantic, 1500-1820 |
This course will examine European expansion across the Atlantic to North America, the attempt to take possession of that continent through commercial investment and colonies, and the way in which European colonies were transformed into new societies. |
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HIST 2200 (E) - Making Canada |
A survey of Canadian History to Confederation, 1867. |
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HIST 2210 (L) - Modern Canada |
A survey of Canadian History since Confederation. |
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HIST 2260 (E/L) - Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic World |
This course introduces students to the history of the Atlantic slave trade, slavery, and freedom from the late fifteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. The course examines the mechanics of the slave trade, the experiences of enslaved peoples, the factors of race and gender, as well as slave societies, slave resistance, and the international movement to abolish the slave trade and slavery itself.
CR: HIST 2140 |
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HIST 2300 (E) - Introduction to Modern European History: 1500-1789 |
An introduction to the main issues and problems in early modern European History with an emphasis on the political, social, economic and cultural developments from the sixteenth through the eighteenth century. |
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HIST 2310 (L) - Europe in the Nineteenth Century: 1789-1914 |
A survey of the economic, social, political and cultural developments of Europe from 1789-1914. |
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HIST 2320 (E) Medieval Europe, to the Eleventh Century |
A survey of the economic, social, political and cultural developments of the early Middle Ages. |
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HIST 2330 (E) Medieval Europe, from the Eleventh Century |
A survey of the economic, social, political and cultural developments of Europe in the high and late Middle Ages. |
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HIST 2500 (L) - Global History to 1945 |
A study of the world-wide impact of the main events and developments in the age of global interdependence. |
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HIST 2510 (L) - Global History since 1945 |
An historical analysis of the main issues in the contemporary world since 1945. |
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HIST 2540 (L) - Fascism and Resistance in the Twentieth Century |
Fascism and Resistance in the Twentieth Century explores the history of fascism, and resistance to fascism, from its late nineteenth-century origins through the end of the Second World War. |
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(Same as Visual Arts 2700) The history of art from pre-historic times to the Renaissance. |
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HIST 2701 (L) - Art History Survey, Part II |
(Same as Visual Arts 2701) The history of art from the Renaissance to the 20th century. |
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HIST 3030 (E/L) - Environmental History |
This course examines the history of human relationships to the natural environment. The focus of the course is the history of environmental changes caused by humans, the reciprocal influence of the natural environment on human cultures and societies. Case Studies will introduce patterns of ecological change associated with broad historical transformations such as colonialism, military conflict, the development of world economies, etc. |
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HIST 3050 (E) - History of Warfare to 1789 |
A survey of major developments in the history of warfare from the earliest times to 1789 with particular emphasis on changes in the nature and conduct of warfare, the evolution of military thinking, the organization of military and naval forces, the impact of technological change, the emergence of professionalism and the relationship between societies and armed forces. |
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HIST 3060 (L) - History of Modern Warfare since 1789 |
An examination of those major developments which have affected the nature and conduct of warfare in the period since 1789, with particular emphasis on the evolution of military thinking, the impact of technology on organization and planning, the role of air power, the civil-military relationship, professionalism in the armed forces, and the changing nature of warfare: the emergence of total war, global war, guerilla warfare, and limited warfare. |
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HIST 3090 (E) - Alexander and the Macedonians |
(Same as Classics 3090). This course investigates the impact of the conquests of Alexander the Great and his Macedonian Successors on the political, social, cultural, intellectual, and religious world of the Mediterranean and Near East between Alexander’s accession in 336 and the battle of Ipsus in 301, when his vast empire was carved into Hellenistic kingdoms. |
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HIST 3102 (L) - Queer Histories in the Western World |
This course explores the social, cultural, and political history of sexual minorities in the West from the mid-nineteenth century to the present in order to demonstrate the ways in which sexuality has become central to identity formations. |
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HIST 3110 (E) - History of Newfoundland to 1815 |
The growth of settlement and the manner in which a 'migratory' fishery carried on from England and Ireland changed into a `sedentary' fishery carried on by residents of Newfoundland. |
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HIST 3120 (L) - Modern Newfoundland Since 1815 |
The establishment and development of political institutions, changes in economic structure and the growth of populations. |
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HIST 3135 (E) - France in the Americas, 1500-1815 |
The history of the French presence in North and South America, from the earliest voyages of exploration to the Anglo-French struggle for the North American continent. |
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HIST 3250 (L) - Migration History of North America |
A survey of migration to and within North America from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. |
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HIST 3320 (E) - Early Modern France, 1500-1789 |
French History from 1500 to 1789, with a focus on such themes as the Renaissance, political and social change, gender history, and the Enlightenment. |
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HIST 3330 (L) - France, 1750-1852 |
France from the decline of the Old Regime to the end of the Second Republic. |
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HIST 3370 (E) - German History Part I, to the Mid-Nineteenth Century |
The History of the peoples and states of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation and the Germanic Confederation with emphasis on the origins of modern Germany. |
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HIST 3380 (L) - German History Part II, Since the Mid-Nineteenth Century |
Examines the history of German-speaking central Europe with special reference to the evolution of modern Germany since the mid-nineteenth century. |
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HIST 3440 (L) - History of the British Empire and Commonwealth since 1815 |
The transition from British Empire to Commonwealth of Nations. |
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HIST 3442 (E) - Religious Conflict and Coexistence in the Early Modern World |
This course explores relations between members of different religions and denominations in Europe and the Americas from about 1492 to 1650. Such themes considered are conflict, peace treaties among states, ideas about religious violence and religious freedom, as well as the possibilities for coexistence in communities, and the intersections between religion, race, gender, and class. |
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HIST 3445 (E) - Witchcraft and the Witch-hunts in Early Modern Europe |
A history of witchcraft, demonology, and the witch-hunts from 1400 to 1750, focusing on such themes as gender, the body and medical knowledge, religious dissidence, and popular culture. |
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HIST 3450 (E) - British History: 1485-1714 |
The emergence of Britain under the Tudors and early Stuart monarchs. |
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HIST 3490 (L) - History of Ireland Since the Great Famine |
A survey of Irish history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. |
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HIST 3520 (E) - Indigenous History to 1763 |
(Same as Anthropology 3520 and Archaeology 3520). The North American native response to early European contact and initial settlement. Particular attention will be paid to cultural change resulting from the adoption of European goods, participation in the fur trade, the introduction of European disease, and the adaptation to a permanent European presence. |
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HIST 3525 (L) - Indigenous History Since 1763 |
(Same as Anthropology 3525 and Archaeology 3525). Indian and Inuit cultural history of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries, including the fur trade, resistance and accommodation to European expansion, the emergence of revitalization movements, demographic changes, and population shifts. Special emphasis will be placed on the ethnohistory of the native peoples of what is now Canada and northern United States. |
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HIST 3551 (E/L) - Tudors, Historical Memory, and Film |
Tudors, Historical Memory, and Film focuses on the dialogue between past and present as it plays out in the various film and historical representations of the Tudor period. |
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HIST 3700 - Art History: The Italian Renaissance (same as VART 3700) |
(Same as Visual Arts 3700) An overview of the art and architecture of Renaissance Italy with an emphasis upon the historical context in which art was produced. |
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HIST 3701 (E) - Art History: The Renaissance Outside Italy |
(Same as Visual Arts 3701) The Renaissance outside Italy from the late Fourteenth century and the international style through the 16th century. |
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HIST 3760 (E) - Women in Western Society and Culture, Part I |
A survey of major developments in the history of women from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. The major themes addressed are: cultural and religious assumptions toward women; demographic changes; women's work roles; women's participation in religious and political movements. |
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Selected themes in the history of women in the modern period with a focus on cultural attitudes toward women, demographic trends affecting women, the impact of changing economic roles, and the development of feminism. |
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HIST 3786 (E) - Democracy in the American and French Revolutions |
This course contrasts these two Revolutions within the broader transnational framework of Atlantic World history in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Pertinent to this course is the exchange of ideas, peoples, and traditions between the French and American contexts. The course focuses on the discussions and development of human rights and democracy as well as the roles played by marginalized groups in these Revolutions.
CR: HIST 3330 |
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HIST 3801 (L) History of Modern Revolutions |
This course examines theoretical and thematic approaches to the study of revolution. The class will study some of the major political revolutions of the twentieth century and also explore the causes and consequences of various social, cultural, and economic upheavals such as the student revolts of the 1960s and the sexual revolution. There will be a discussion on how the way in which historians have studied revolutions has changed during the past half century. |
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HIST 3807 (L) - World War I in Historical Perspective |
This course takes a global approach to the history of the First World War, emphasizing events on the battlefield and the effects of the war on various societies. |
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HIST 3808 (L) The World at War: 1939-45 |
This course examines how World War II marked an end to twenty years of a broad European peace and a reversal of the international political order established after the First World War. It examines the conflict from many different perspectives to reveal how this conflict was partly shaped by the first half of the twentieth century and how it shaped the second half of it. The emphasis is on the war’s global nature. |
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HIST 3840 - Historical Methods |
An introduction to the methods and practices of history in the modern era. |
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HIST 4101 - The Renaissance in Europe 1400-1550 |
A seminar on the Renaissance in Europe, particularly in Italy and northern Europe, focusing especially on its intellectual and cultural aspects but also the social and gender history of the topic. -PR: HIST 1100, 1101, and two history courses at the 2000 or 3000 level -PR/CO: HIST 3840 -or permission of the Chair |
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HIST 4230 - Special Topics in Newfoundland History, I |
Specialized studies in the History of Newfoundland. -PR: HIST 1100, 1101, and two history courses at the 2000 or 3000 level -PR/CO: HIST 3840 -or permission of the Chair |
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HIST 4231 - Special Topics in Newfoundland History, II |
Note: Credit may not be obtained for both History 4231 and Political Science 4731. -PR: HIST 1100, 1101, and two history courses at the 2000 or 3000 level -PR/CO: HIST 3840 -or permission of the Chair |
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HIST 4254 - Special Topics in Canadian History: A History of Social Welfare |
A study of the broad theme of the state and social welfare in Canada. It examines the origins of modern forms of social control as evidenced in the nineteenth century prison, the lunatic asylum, and the poorhouse. As well, it compares Canadian and British and American social welfare institutions and policies, and traces their historical evolution into the twentieth century. -PR: HIST 1100, 1101, and two history courses at the 2000 or 3000 level -PR/CO: HIST 3840 -or permission of the Chair |
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HIST 4330 - Aspects of Modern British History |
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HIST 4412 - Selected Aspects of World War II |
In Winter 2009 this course will examine the concept of “strategic bombing” as it was conceived and applied in Europe during World War II. It is a seminar course intended for senior undergraduates, and will be taught in a three-hour time slot. -PR: HIST 1100, 1101, and two history courses at the 2000 or 3000 level -PR/CO: HIST 3840 -or permission of the Chair |
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HIST 4480 - Folklore and Oral History |
(same as Folklore 4480) A seminar which deals with the use of oral sources, particularly those which have a traditional dimension, for the study of history. It will discuss the methods developed by Vansina, Dorson and others for evaluating the historical meaning of oral traditions in literate and non-literate cultures. The uses of oral testimony in the study of traditional modes of life and work such as fishing and farming will be considered. The use of oral traditions in the study of social and political history will also be discussed. -PR: HIST 1100, 1101, and two history courses at the 2000 or 3000 level -PR/CO: HIST 3840 -or permission of the Chair |
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HIST 4730 - Art History: Modern Art, Part I |
(Same as Visual Arts 4730) An examination of the cultural, social, and political forces which, from 1750 to 1850, were to have a major impact on modernity and later modern art. |
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HIST 4731 - Art History: Modern Art, Part II |
(Same as Visual Arts 4731) An examination of the various cultural and social forces between 1850 and 1914 which shaped the rise of the Modern movement. |
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HIST 4821 - Reading Course |
Directed reading course for Honours and selected students including those intending to apply for graduate studies. Readings will be taken from a list of significant works in History, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences. |
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HIST 4950 - Independent Project in Historical Studies |
Students will complete an independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member or members. |
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HIST 4951 - Advanced Research Essay, Part I |
4951 Advanced Research Essay I is the preparatory course for the writing of the advanced research essay. Working under the supervision of an instructor, students will develop a knowledge of the scholarship in the chosen field and prepare a detailed essay proposal.
CR: HIST 4822; HIST 4950 PR: HIST 3840 and 24 credit hours in other History courses |
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HIST 4952 - Advanced Research Essay, Part II |
4952 Advanced Research Essay II is a course in which students, working under the supervision of an instructor, will carry out the research essay proposal that they developed in HIST 4951, conducting the necessary historical research and analysis. Students will present their work in written and oral form.
CR: HIST 4950; HIST 4999 PR: HIST 4951 |