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(B.A.)
Discipline Representative: M. Eksteins (287-7148)
The study of history is intended to enhance our understanding of human society by examining the experiences of particular peoples and their societies in the past. Its findings depend upon the precise evaluation of specific evidence. History's concerns and goals are humanistic; its methods draw from all forms of scholarly endeavour. History courses, therefore, can play a part in a number of interdisciplinary programmes and can serve as an adjunct to courses in Politics, Philosophy, Literature, Economics, Sociology, and Anthropology. History can also be usefully combined with language study.
The History curriculum combines a variety of approaches
and teaching in order to satisfy a number of purposes. HISA03Y
provides both a general introduction to the study of history at
the university level, and the preparation for further studies
in World history. A series of survey courses (HISB02-09) provides
a comprehensive foundation of knowledge in particular areas. In
upper-level courses students investigate more specific areas,
periods, or problems. D-series courses are conducted as seminars.
In them students make close and thorough studies of particular
questions and present their findings in discussions and major
essays. There are courses at all levels in the following areas
and periods of history: Medieval Europe, Modern Europe, Britain,
Canada, America and the United States, Russia, Ancient Greece
and Rome, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Supervisor: A.N. Sheps (287-7133)
1 Number of Courses
Students must complete at least ten full-course equivalents in History. These ten must include HISA03Y (or HISA01Y) and five upper-level full-course equivalents (C- / D-level courses on the Scarborough Campus, 300/400-level courses on the St. George Campus). At least one of the five must be a D- /400-level course.
2 Pre-1815 Courses
Of the ten at least two full-course equivalents must deal with the period prior to 1815.
3 Areas of Study
a. Students are also required to take courses in
at least three different areas of history from the following groups:
I. Canadian
II. American
III. Medieval
IV. European
V. African, Asian, and Latin American
VI. Ancient Greek and Roman
b. Students must complete at least one course in
Canadian History.
Supervisor: A.N. Sheps (287-7133)
1 Number of Courses
Students must complete seven full-course equivalents in History. These seven must include HISA03Y (or HISA01Y) and three upper-level full-course equivalents (C- /D-level courses on the Scarborough Campus, 300/400-level courses on the St. George Campus).
2 Pre-1815 Course
Of the seven at least one full-course equivalent must deal with the period prior to 1815.
3 Areas of Study
Students are also required to take courses in at
least two different areas of history from the following groups:
I. Canadian
II. American
III. Medieval
IV. European
V. African, Asian, and Latin American
VI. Ancient Greek and Roman
Supervisor: A.N. Sheps (287-7133)
Students must complete four full courses or the equivalent in History, of which at least one full-course (or two half courses) must be at the C- and/or D-level.
NOTE: Students
are advised to consult the prerequisites for C-level and D-level
courses when planning their individual programmes.
An introduction to world history from the age of imperialism to the modern day, emphasizing both the diversity and the commonality of the modern human experience.
Major themes will include: imperialism and decolonialization, social and political organization, demography, technology and economic development, religion and morality, art and science, international relations and war.
Exclusion: HIS101
An examination of the political, social, economic, and religious forces which transformed an aristocratic society into an industrial power, and of the reasons for the decline of British power in the twentieth century.
The course will be concerned with the problems caused by the transformation of an agrarian into a highly industrialized economy, of an aristocratic into a liberal democratic society, and of a society based on the ideology of the Enlightenment into one committed to that of evangelical humanitarianism. It will also consider why, in the twentieth century, the British abandoned their imperial role and concentrated on the establishment of a welfare state.
Exclusion: HIS239
European Area
T.B.A.
Major themes from the Revolution to the present.
The course will focus on such questions as independence, political organization, political parties, territorial expansion, nationalism and sectionalism, reform movements, the slavery and civil rights question, the response to industrialization, progressivism, and the United States as a world power.
Exclusion: HIS271
American Area
A.N. Sheps / T.B.A.
The history of Canada from the first European contacts to the present.
Topics studied include: exploration and settlement; the institutions and life of New France; the British Conquest and its results; consequences of the American Revolution; British settlement; Confederation and the constitution; changing patterns of immigration; the impact of two world wars; the Great Depression of the 1930s; Americanization and regionalism; roots of the current crisis in relations between English-speaking and French-speaking Canada.
Exclusion: HIS260, 261, 262, 263
Canadian Area
A chronological survey of economic, political, religious, and social developments in Western Europe (including Britain) from the late Roman period to the fifteenth century.
The object of this course is to familiarize students
with the foundations of Western society as they evolved in conjunction
with the early settlement, colonization, and subsequent expansion
of Europe. Particular attention is paid: (i) to the peculiar circumstances
which determined national boundaries and which led to the divisions
and conflicts of the modern world, and (ii) to the origin and
development of our own religious, legal, educational and political
institutions.
Exclusion: HIS220
Pre-1815 credit
Medieval Area
M. Gervers
The Russian people, state, and culture, with emphasis on the major social, institutional, and ideological changes from the rise of Moscow to the present.
Wherever possible readings have been selected from
primary source materials so that students will become acquainted
not only with the facts but the flavour of Russian history. Lectures
and discussion.
Exclusion: HIS250
0.5 Pre-1815 credit
European Area
T.B.A.
The history of Europe from the Renaissance to the Age of Revolution.
This course covers a tumultuous three centuries,
marked by endemic violence. While the political structures that
existed by 1500 remained little changed through most of this period,
intellectual, religious and social upheavals were constant. We
will examine economic life, social structures and institutions
of government. The renaissance, reformation, witchcraft crisis,
scientific revolution and the Enlightenment will be discussed.
One two-hour lecture plus tutorial each week.
Exclusion: (HISA01) HIS243H; HIS244H
Pre-1815 credit
European Area
J. Pearl
A survey of European developments, social, cultural, economic and political since the French Revolution.
Major themes will include: revolution, industrialization, nationalism, imperialism, war, science, technology, art and literature.
Exclusion: (HISA01), HIS241, 242
European Area
The development of French politics and society from the wars of religion to the reign of Louis XVI.
This period is characterized by rapid, often traumatic change in which France forcefully asserted itself as the principal power on the European continent. Special consideration will be given to the relations between political developments and social, religious and intellectual phenomena. One two-hour lecture and one tutorial session per week.
Exclusion: (HISB11) HIS349
Prerequisite: (HISA01) HISA03 or a B-level course in European history.
Pre-1815 credit
European Area
How and why does a culture rework its world view? What happens when it does?
In the early sixteenth century most west Europeans were Catholics; by the end of the century Catholicism had changed greatly and substantial minorities had replaced it with other forms of Christianity (e.g. Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anglicanism, "anabaptism"). The course explores the breakup of the medieval church, the creation of the modern forms of Western Christianity, and the connections between ideas and social change.
Exclusion: HISB08H (HISB13) (HISC83Y)
Prerequisite: HISA01Y or a B-level course in European history
0.5 Pre-1815 credit
European Area
England from the end of the Wars of the Roses to the Glorious Revolution, 1485-1688.
The course gives an overview of political, economic,
social, and cultural patterns. Special attention will be given
to four themes: the powers and personalities of the rulers; Parliament
and the rule of law; the great religious crisis and its spillover
into civil war; the cultural heritage.
Two lecture hours and one tutorial per week.
Exclusion: (HISB23) HIS238
Prerequisite: Any B-level full-course equivalent
Pre-1815 credit
European Area
T.B.A.
A seminar investigating the origins, cause and effect of the American Revolution.
Attention will be paid to the social and political
organization of America, the political ideas of the Revolution,
revolutionary changes in the new states, the significance of the
Constitution, and the effect of the revolution on Canada and Britain.
Exclusion: (HISD34) HISC32Y, HISD32Y
Prerequisite: Any one of HISB02 or HISB03 or HISB04
0.5 Pre-1815 credit
American Area
A.N. Sheps
A topical study of the United States since the turn of the century.
A traditionally rural culture of individual opportunity
and national isolationism faces the problems created by urbanization,
ethnicity, industrialization, and world power. The tensions created
by the appearance of large-scale organization, by the expansion
of governmental power, by demands for social justice, and by the
changing role of the U.S. in world affairs are the themes of this
course.
Exclusion: (HISB35) HIS372
Prerequisite: HISB03
American Area
T.B.A
The history of immigrants, immigration policy, and race relations in Canada from the European-Native contact period to the post-World War II era.
Organized partly chronologically and partly by theme, the lectures and reading material will introduce students both to the perspectives and methodologies of the field and to the diversity of the ethnic/racial experience in Canada. Immigrants' lives as pioneer farmers, male sojourners, industrial workers, domestics, entrepreneurs, radicals, and as members of families are considered. The course highlights the experience of such groups as Canada's first peoples, the famine Irish, West Coast Asians, continental Europeans, and American and West Indian Blacks.
Canadian Area
Prerequisite: Any four (4) F.C.E.'s
T.B.A.
An investigation of farmer, labour, and socialist movements since Confederation, their roots in the changing social structure, and their political manifestations.
The emphasis will be on the twentieth century, and attempts will be made to assess the significance of the international affiliations and/or origins of the various movements, and to account for the unique character of the Canadian Left. In broad terms, the course objectives are (i) to encourage the study of social classes who have been excluded from the exercise of power in Canada, and to examine the ways in which they have organized to protect their interests; and (ii) to explore the relationship between social change and popular, reform, radical, and socialist movements.
One two-hour lecture and tutorials. Written work will include two research papers.
Exclusion: (HISB47Y)
Prerequisite: HISB04Y
A thematic treatment of German history from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the present.
The course will concentrate on social, economic, and cultural interpretations of Germany's political experience.
A set of readings from primary and secondary sources
will be assigned, but extensive further reading is essential.
Exclusion: (HISB17) HIS317
Prerequisite: (HISA01) HISA03 or HISB09Y
European Area
M. Eksteins
A consideration of themes in the economic, social, and political history of modern Africa, from the era of the slave trade to the era of structural adjustment.
The course will emphasize Sub-Saharan Africa, although some time will be given to North Africa. It will also consider contact with other parts of the world, including the Indian Ocean and Europe. Throughout the course, the capacity of Africans to overcome major problems will be stressed. Important themes include slavery and the slave trade; pre-colonial states and societies; pre-colonial economic and labour systems; religious change; colonial conquest and resistance; colonial economies; gender and ethnicity; political movements and decolonization; and development and underdevelopment.
Exclusion: HISB05Y, HISB10H & HIS396Y
Prerequisites: [HISA03Y] or [any F.C.E. in modern history]
African, Asian, and Latin American Area
A topical study of the cultures, peoples and states of South and Southeast Asia.
Modern India: Topics may include India in the eighteenth century, establishment of East India Company rule, Official and Missionary Orientalism, emergence and development of Indian nationalism, formation of ethnic and gender identities, Muslim revival and separatism, partition and post-partition politics and society.
Exclusion: HIS364H
Prerequisite: One F.C.E. in History
African, Asian, and Latin American Area
A seminar investigating concepts of law, court systems, and penalties in Early Modern Europe.
The course will examine how legal systems reflected their societies. Lay courts and ecclesiastical courts (inquisitions) will be studied. The use of torture, corporal, and capital punishment will be examined in the context of societies and their values.
Limited enrolment: 20.
Prerequisite: (HISA01) HISA03 and one B- or C-level course in history; or two B- or C-level courses in European history or permission of the instructor
0.5 Pre-1815 credit
European Area
An examination of the social and political foundations of "modernism," using the cultural ferment of Germany between 1918 and 1933 as model.
Individual artists and thinkers will be considered, but the emphasis will nevertheless be on culture as a social manifestation. Seminar.
Limited enrolment: 15
Exclusion: (HISC19H)
Prerequisite: (HISA01) HISA03 and one B-level course in History.
European Area
A seminar investigating reform movements and forces in the United States throughout the 19th century.
Topics will include the effects of social and economic
growth and change, immigration, urbanization, racism and race
relations, free blacks, gender and women's movements, anti-slavery,
temperance, peace and other reform campaigns, religious revivalism,
American utopianism and communal experiments, workers' movements,
the major political reform movements, territorial expansion, and
frontier society.
Limited Enrolment: 15.
Prerequisite: Any B-level history course or equivalent
American Area
A.N. Sheps
An examination of the two cities that arguably define nineteenth and twentieth century American urban culture and urban form: New York and Los Angeles.
The course is organized chronologically and thematically, examining topics such as the migrations of different racial and ethnic groups into New York and L.A., various types of public space in the two cities, and their contrasting urban landscapes. The course compares these two cities to each other with particular emphasis on New York and L.A.'s relative powers to represent "America" during the last century. By means of the course readings, movie viewings, class presentations and discussions, we will thus address the differences between a 19th century and 20th century American city as we live through our own "turn ofthe century" urban experience.
Limited enrolment: 20
Prerequisite: At least two F.C.E. history courses at the B- or C-level; or permission of the instructor.
T.B.A.
A seminar investigating the role, lives, and struggles of women in Canada from the time of initial European contacts with the First Peoples to the post-World War Two era.
The course will highlight the changing position of women in Canadian society, the relations between men and women and among women from different class, ethnic/racial, and political backgrounds, and the impact of state policies on women and gender relations. Topics could include native women in fur trade society, rural women, women and the law, sexuality and crime, middle-class women's roles in religion, reform, and politics, working class and radical women, and immigrant and minority women.
Limited enrolment: 15
Prerequisites: Any course in Canadian history or HISC10Y or HISD10H
Canadian Area
T.B.A.
An intensive study of the prominent secondary interpretations of the Crusades.
The Crusades will be investigated in the broad context
of Western expansion into (i), the Middle East during the course
of the First through Fourth Crusades (1099-1204), (ii), Spain
and southern Europe, and (iii), North-Eastern Europe. Consideration
will also be given to the Western confrontation with the Mongols,
to the role played by the Christian Military Orders and to political
crusades in Europe itself.
Limited Enrolment: 15.
0.5 pre-1815 credit
Medieval Area
Prerequisite: HISB06Y
Exclusion: (HISC62) HISD62Y
M. Gervers
An intensive study of the primary sources of the First through Fourth Crusades.
A variety of primary sources from a number of points
of view will be considered, including works written by Eastern
and Western Christian, Arab and Jewish authors. The crusading
period will be considered in its broader context of Western Christian
expansion in the Middle East, Spain and Northern Europe in the
11th through 13th centuries.
Limited Enrolment: 15
Exclusion: (HISC62) HISD62
Prerequisite: HISB06
0.5 Pre-1815 credit
Medieval Area
M. Gervers
History courses in Classical Studies (see Classical
Studies for full descriptions of courses offered in 2000/2001);
all of the following CLA history courses are Pre-1815 credits
and can be used to fulfill History Programme requirements.
HISB10H3 Africa in the Twentieth Century
Exclusion: HISB05Y, HISB05H, HIS395
HISB11H3 Topics in Caribbean History
HISC10Y3 The Sexes Since 1350
Exclusion: (HISB10) HIS308
Prerequisite: One of (HISA01) HISA03, HISB02, HISB03, HISB04, HISB08Y, HISB09Y, or WSTA01 (JHSA01)
HISC16H3 Modern France 1750 to the Present
Exclusion: HISB16Y
Prerequisite: (HISA01) HISA03 or a B-level course in history or permission of the instructor
Exclusion: (HISB18) HIS244
Prerequisite: (HISA01) HISA03 or a B-level course in European history
HISC31H3 Slavery and the American South
Exclusion: (HISB31)
Pre- or Corequisite: HISB03
HISC37H3 The Black Experience in the United States Since the Civil War
Exclusion: HIS370
Prerequisites: HISA03 or HISB03
HISC44H3 Quebec Since 1759
Exclusion: HIS314Y & HIS413H
Prerequisite: HISB04Y
HISC46Y3 Atlantic Canada
Exclusion: (HISB46) HIS468
Prerequisite: HISB04
HISC48H3 Black Canadian History, 1606-1919
Prerequisite: HISB04Y
HISC49H3 Canada Between the World Wars
Prerequisite: HISB04
HISC50H3 The Borders of Europe in the Middle Ages
Prerequisite: HISB06
Prerequisite: Any B-level history course or higher which considers Europe, Africa or Asia before the 20th century. HISB06Y is highly recommended or HISC90Y.
HISC84H3 Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe
Prerequisite: (HISA01) or a B-level course in History
HISD15Y3 The Making of Modern Society
Prerequisite: (HISA01) HISA03Y and two other courses in post-1815 history, either European or North American
HISD17Y3 European Society and Culture in the Twentieth Century
Exclusion: (HISC17) HIS318, HIS412
Prerequisite: (HISA01) HISA03 and one B- or C-level course in History
Exclusion: (HISC86)
Prerequisite: HISA01Y or any B-level course in European history
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