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History and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Joint Major

Bachelor of Arts

This inter-department program explores the relationship between history and gender, sexuality, and women’s studies. Interested students must plan their program in consultation with the advisors in each department.

Program Requirements

Students complete 120 units, as specified below.

Lower Division History Requirements

Students complete 18 units in 100 and 200 division history courses, including at least six units in 100 division history courses.

Lower Division Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Requirements

Students complete 15 lower division units in gender, sexuality and women’s studies courses including two of

GSWS 100 - Sex Talk: Introduction to Contemporary Issues in Sexuality Studies (3)

An introduction to issues in the study of sex, sexual identity, and sexual culture. Focused on contemporary theories of sexuality as well as representations in fiction, film and popular media from diverse cultural contexts. Students who have completed GDST 200 may not complete this course for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.

GSWS 101 - Gender Talk (3)

An interdisciplinary study of the social and cultural construction of gender, and how ideas about masculinity and feminity shape current issues, knowledge, popular culture, and social policy. Students who have completed GSWS 100 or WS 100 may not take GSWS 101 or WS 101 for further credit. Breadth-Social Sciences.

GSWS 102 - Feminist Action (3)

An historical and comparative survey of feminisms and feminist activism in Western European, North American, and Global communities. Students who have completed WS 100 may not take GSWS 102 (or WS 102) for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.

GSWS 201 - Colonizing Women: Canadian Women in Historical Perspective, 1600-1870s (3)

Examines the lives of Canadian women in the colonial context, including the role of women in European-Aboriginal relations, the founding of New France, and settlement in British North America. Themes such as sexuality, race, work, religion and politics will be explored through the study of primary documents and historical literature. Students who have taken WS 201 under the title Women in Canada, 1600-1920 may not take this course for further credit.

Upper Division History Requirements

Students complete 24 units of 300 and 400 division history courses, of which 12 units must be in 400 division courses. Students complete at least one from each group (see below).

Group 1 – Europe

HIST 307 - Selected Topics in Hellenic Studies (4)

Selected Topics. Prerequisite: 45 units including 9 units of lower division History.

HIST 308 - Byzantium from Constantine to the end of the Dark Ages: 4th to the 9th Centuries (4)

Examines the first 5 centuries of the Byzantine history, focusing on the state that survived, by twelve hundred years, the collapse of the Western roman empire in the fifth century AD, and follows the evolution of its culture, language, political traditions and religion. Prerequisite: 45 units including 9 units of lower division history.

HIST 315 - Politics and Society in England, 1500-1707 (4)

This course provides a general overview of the social and political history of Tudor and Stuart England. Prerequisite: 45 units including 9 units of lower division history.

HIST 316 - English Society since the Mid 18th Century (4)

A study of English society, culture and politics from the accession of George III to the present. Prerequisite: 45 units including 9 units of lower division history.

HIST 319 - The Modern French Nation (4)

An examination of the history of modern France from 1789 to the present with a focus on the social, political, and cultural divisions within the French nation resulting from the Revolutionary era, industrialization, the expansion and eventual decolonization of France's colonial empire, and the World Wars and their consequences. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 320 - European Reformation (4)

An advanced examination of the complex history and patterns of the Religious Reformation in sixteenth century Europe. Emphasis will be placed on the religious thought of the period, and on its social and political context. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Strongly recommended: HIST 220 or 223. Students with credit for HIST 403-4 prior to 2005-3 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 321 - State and Society in Early Modern Europe (4)

Examines major themes and developments in the political and social history of early modern Europe (1500-1789). Will consider various forces (e.g. religious, cultural, economic, military) that contributed to or challenged the strengthening of state power. While the focus of the course will usually be comparative in nature, it may on occasion also emphasize one particular state. Prerequisite: 45 units, including nine units of lower division History. Students with credit for HIST 318 or HIST 331 prior to 2005-3 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 332 - Politics and Culture in Modern Germany (4)

An examination of major themes in German history from the establishment of a united German Empire in 1871 to the reunification of Germany in 1990. Emphasis will be placed on issues related to the formation of German national identity and the problems associated with modernization and militarism. Attention will be given to the difficulties of Weimar democracy, the nature of the Third Reich, and contrasting developments in East and West Germany after 1949. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 334 - The Making of Imperial Russia (4)

An examination of major themes in Russian history up to the Revolution of 1917, including the emergence of the modern Russian state; the organization of the empire at the center and the periphery; the contest between imperial, national, and religious identities; social, economic, and cultural transformations; and the Russian Empire's involvement in world politics. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 105 and 106.

HIST 335 - The Soviet Project (4)

An examination of the history of the Soviet Union from its creation to its collapse, emphasizing its ideology, culture, role in global politics, and social and economic transformations. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 336 - Ideas and Society in Early Modern Europe (4)

An examination of intellectual developments of early modern Europe (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries) in their broader social, cultural, political or economic contexts. The course will focus on a particular subject e.g. Northern humanism, debates about the nature and social role of women (the querelle de femmes), the Enlightenment. Students will read excerpts from important contemporary sources. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 223 or 224.

HIST 337 - The Balance of Power in Europe (4)

An examination of the shift of power among competing European states from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century. Attention will be given to the origins and consequences of the two great European wars and to the policies of Britain, France, Germany, and Russia which brought about the significant changes in the balances of power. Study will be based primarily upon documents from the Chanceries. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history credit. Recommended: HIST 225.

HIST 338 - World War II (4)

An introduction to the history of the origins and course of the second world war. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 225.

HIST 339 - The British Empire and Commonwealth (4)

This course provides an outline history of the British Empire, its rise and decline, and discusses the origin and significance of the Commonwealth. In addition there is a detailed account of the 'Westminster Model' of parliamentary democracy, on which the political institutions of many Commonwealth nations are based. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 345W - Selected Topics in European History (4)

A writing-intensive examination of selected topics in European history. The content will vary from offering to offering. See department for further information. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students may not take selected topics with HIST 345 for further credit if duplicating content of another history course and vice versa. Writing.

HIST 360 - History of Science: Greeks to Newton (4)

Traces the transformation of the study of the natural world from the Greek natural philosophers to the time of Isaac Newton. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 110.

HIST 361 - The History of Science: The Eighteenth Century to the Present (4)

Topics in the history of science and technology to be selected from the 18th/19th century chemistry, the history of the idea of evolution and of Darwinian science, physics to 1914, or 19th century industrial science. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history or science.

HIST 362 - Ireland from the Penal Era to Partition (4)

Examines key social, economic, political, and intellectual developments in Ireland from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries. It will also explore shifting understandings of the 'Irish nation' and consider how communal historical memory can be appropriated to serve different political agendas. Prerequisite: 45 units, including nine units of lower division history. Students with credit for HIST 390 D200 in spring term 2006 (1061) may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 401 - Problems in Modern German History (4)

An examination of major debates concerning the history of late-nineteenth and twentieth century Germany. Themes may include the nature of German modernity, interpretations of the Third Reich, or German memory after the Second World War. Prerequisite: 45 units, including 9 units of lower division History credit and one of HIST 224, 225, 332 or permission of the department. Students who have taken HIST 486 in 2002-3 or 2003-3 may not take HIST 401 for further credit.

HIST 402 - Renaissance Italy (4)

An exploration of the history and historiography of the Renaissance Italy. Emphasis will be given to politics, religion, culture and the economy, and to a balanced study of the Italian peninsula, including Florence, Venice, Rome, Naples, the countryside and smaller urban centres. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history and one of HIST 220, 223, HUM 219, 305, 311, 312 or permission of the department.

HIST 404 - Protestants, Papists and Puritans: Culture and Belief in Early Modern England, 1500-1640 (4)

From the world of late-medieval piety to the outbreak of the English Civil War, this research seminar examines the changing nature of religious belief in early modern England with a particular focus on the origins, development and impact of Protestantism. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history and one of HIST 223, 315, 320, 405, 439 or permission of the department.

HIST 407 - Popular Culture in Great Britain and Europe (4)

This course will study culture in Great Britain and Europe since 1500. Themes may include the sixteenth century separation between popular and elite culture, Carnival, the witch craze, popular ballads, the institution of 'rational recreation' during the Industrial Revolution, the late Victorian Music Hall, the cultural emancipation of women, and the effects on working class culture of economic depression and world war. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 105 or 106.

HIST 412 - Marxism and the Writing of History (4)

This course aims to provide a basic understanding of Marx's theory of history and to introduce students to some of the important ideas used by Marxists in the writing of history. Readings for the course will include some of Marx' original work, the writings of historians who have been influenced by Marx as well as selected writings from some of Marx's critics. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 413 - Britain and Europe in the Twentieth Century (4)

An examination, by means of a series of case studies, of the ways in which Britain's ambiguous relationships with Europe, the Empire/Commonwealth and the United States have shaped its identity in the twentieth century. Prerequisite: HIST 225 plus 45 units including nine units of lower division History. Recommended: HIST 337.

HIST 415 - Victorian Britain (4)

A study of major developments and controversies -- social, cultural, political, religious, economic -- during the period of the rise of industrial and class society. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: one or more of HIST 224, 315, 316.

HIST 416 - The French Revolution (4)

An analysis of the origins of the Revolution, of its changing nature, and of its impact on society. The Revolution will be examined in its European context. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 223, 224.

HIST 417 - Problems in Modern French History (4)

An examination of a principal aspect of, or period in, the history of French society since the Revolution. For example, attention may be given to the 19th century French revolutionary tradition, or to society and culture in the Third, Fourth and Fifth Republics, or to colonialism and decolonisation. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 224 or 225.

HIST 419 - Problems in Modern Russian History (4)

Advanced analysis of specific problems in social, intellectual, and political history of modern Russia. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 224 or 225.

HIST 420 - Russia as a Multiethnic Empire (4)

An examination of how the Russian Empire grew, was maintained, and came to an end, if it did end, through a study of imperial and colonial policies and practices and the responses to these by the area's diverse peoples. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 421 - Modern Greece, 1864-1925 (4)

Greece and Greek society will serve as a case study of a Balkan country that underwent several political and social transformations. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 422 - Greece, 1935-1944: Occupation and Resistance (4)

Examines the cycle of violence that followed the Axis occupation of Greece and created a political schism that lasted until the 1980s. The course will focus on Greek resistance, foreign relations and relations with the British intelligence services. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 439 - Catholicism in Early Modern Europe (4)

An examination of the complex history of Catholicism in Europe in the period 1500-1789. By elucidating the diversity within and among institutions and religious experiences, it will challenge the traditional assumption that Catholicism constituted a religious monolith impervious to historical change. Subjects for particular focus may include historiographical approaches to Catholicism, the papacy, the Society of Jesus, popular religion, the role of art. Prerequisite: 45 units, including nine units of lower division history and one of HIST 220, 223 or 320. Prerequisite: REQ-45 units, including nine units of lower division history and one of HIST 220, 223 or 320.

HIST 462 - Religion, Ethnicity, and Politics in Twentieth Century Northern Ireland (4)

Explores the creation of Northern Ireland and the conflicting understandings of the past that led to discrimination and sectarian violence in the Twentieth Century. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 362.

Group 2 – The Americas

HIST 322 - Atlantic and Pacific Migration (4)

Topics in the history of Atlantic and Pacific migrations to the Americas with attention given to the contexts from which the migrants came, why they migrated, and how they adjusted. Examples may be taken from the United States, Canada and Latin America. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 325 - History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850 (4) *

Examines selected themes in the history of Aboriginal peoples of North America from first contact with Europeans to the mid-nineteenth century. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students with credit for FNST 325 may not take this course for further credit.

or FNST 325 - History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850 (4) *

Examines selected themes in the history of Aboriginal peoples of North America from first contact with Europeans to the mid-nineteenth century. Prerequisite: 45 units including FNST 101 or 201. Students with credit for HIST 325 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 326 - History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America Since 1850 (4) **

Examines selected themes in the history of Aboriginal peoples of North America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students with credit for FNST 326 may not take this course for further credit.

or FNST 326 - History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America Since 1850 (4) **

Examines selected themes in the history of Aboriginal peoples of North America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prerequisite: 45 units including FNST 101 or 201. Students with credit for HIST 326 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 327 - Canadian Labor and Working Class History (4)

An examination of the history of labor, primarily in English Canada, during the 19th and 20th centuries. The evolution of trade unions and labor-political movements will be examined together with the impact of industrialization, the rise of mass production, changing patterns of immigration and other contexts of working-class culture and material life. Special attention will be paid to British Columbia as a case study. Historically the course examines 'working class history' as a particular way of studying the past. What is the concept of 'the working class'? Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 101, 102 and 204.

HIST 373 - Conquest in North America, 1500-1900 (4)

A broad examination of attempts by aboriginal, imperial, and mercantile forces to claim and control the North American continent from the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in the early 1500s to the surrender of Geronimo in 1886. Explores the processes of colonization from many perspectives, including Aboriginal, American, English, French, Russian, and Spanish ambitions and activities. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division History and one of HIST 101 or 212, or permission of the department. Breadth-Humanities.

HIST 374W - Selected Topics in the History of the Americas (4)

A writing-intensive examination of selected topics in the history of the Americas. The content will vary from offering to offering. See department for further information. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students may not take selected topics within HIST 374 for further credit if duplicating content of another history course and vice versa. Writing.

HIST 376 - North American West (4)

Examines themes in the development of the western portions of North America, their incorporation into nation states, and the tensions between local, regional, and national systems during the last two centuries. Themes will include race, ethnicity, class labor, capital, and environment. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students with credit for HIST 391 in Fall 2005 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 377 - Environmental History (4)

Examines the reciprocal influences between humans and nature through time. Topics may include settlement, agriculture, technology, politics, urbanization, science, and conservation. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division History. Students with credit for GEOG 377 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 424 - Problems in the Cultural History of Canada (4)

Selected problems in Canadian ideas and attitudes on such topics as the arts, religion, education, minority and native cultures, nationalism, and Canadian historiography. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 101, 102.

HIST 425 - Gender and History (4)

Explores historical changes in masculinity and femininity. Using a thematic and transnational/comparative approach, it will examine how gender identities are formed and refashioned within different historical contexts. It will also explore the interaction between gender and other systems of power such as race, class, and ethnicity. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 427 - Problems in the History of Aboriginal Peoples (4)

Examination of selected themes in the history of Aboriginal peoples. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 428 - Problems in the Social and Economic History of Canada (4)

Selected problems in the history of Canadian agriculture and industrial development, migration and settlement, labor, native policy and class structure. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 101, 102.

HIST 430 - New France (4)

Social, cultural, intellectual, economic, military, and administrative aspects of New France. Prerequisite: HIST 101 plus 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 102. Prerequisite: REQ-45 units including 9 units of lower division History credit and HIST 101. HIST 102 recommended.

HIST 432 - Problems in Environmental History (4)

An investigation into the major themes and arguments in the environmental histories of North America, emphasizing how different individuals and groups have used, perceived, and managed their environments over time. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students with credit for GEOG 432 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 436 - British Columbia (4)

Selected problems in the social, cultural, economic and political development of British Columbia. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 101 and 102.

HIST 442 - America's Empires (4)

Explores the various empires (Indigenous, Spanish, French, Dutch, British) that sought dominance in North America after 1500, and discusses the usefulness of 'empire' as a way of thinking about history and power. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: at least one of HIST 208, 209, 212, 213, and 223. Students with credit for HIST 487 in Fall 2004 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 443 - Aboriginal Peoples, History and the Law (4) ***

Traces the development of legal doctrine pertaining to Aboriginal peoples in Canada and the United States, including its shared roots in British colonial law and policy. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students with credit for FNST 443, or HIST 485 or 486 under this topic may not take this course for further credit.

or FNST 443 - Aboriginal Peoples, History and the Law (4) ***

Traces the development of legal doctrine pertaining to Aboriginal peoples in Canada and the United States, including its shared roots in British colonial law and policy. Prerequisite: 45 units including FNST 101, 201 and one other FNST course; or permission of the instructor. Students with credit for HIST 443, or HIST 485 or 486 under this topic may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 444 - Conceptualizing Atlantic Canada (4)

Explores the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual environments in which the region of Atlantic Canada has been created and re-imagined over time. Prerequisite: 45 units, including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 101 or 102. Students with credit for HIST 485 D100 in fall term 2006 (1067) may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 454 - The History of Sexuality (4)

Explores how ideas, practices and identities have changed over time in response to social, political and economic pressures. Emphasis on postmodern approaches to understanding sexuality, and the international historical scholarship it has generated. Chronological and geographical focus of this course may vary. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 455 - Race in the Americas (4)

An examination of the role of racial thinking in the history of the Americas, from the era of the Conquest to the present day. Topics may include African and Indigenous slavery, the development of scientific racism in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the persistence of racism in the present day. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 458 - Problems in Latin American Regional History (4)

Advanced concepts and methodology applied to the study of one or more Latin American regions. Examples are: pre-Columbian and colonial Middle America; revolutionary Mexico 1910-1970, Brazil from Slavery to Militarism, frontier society to hyper-urbanism in the La Plata countries. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 104, 208, 209, LAS 200.

HIST 459 - Problems in the Political and Social History Latin America (4)

Advanced concepts and methodology applied to the study of traditional and contemporary institutions (the church, the great estate, the peasantry, elite structures) and/or political movements (agrarian revolution, populism, the modernizing military). Emphasis placed on changing historiographical interpretations. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 104, 208, 209, LAS 200.

Group 3 – Africa, Middle East, Asia

HIST 348 - A History of Twentieth Century South Africa (4)

An examination of the economic, social and political history of 20th century South Africa. Particular attention will be paid to the factors which led to the rise of apartheid. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: at least one of HIST 146, 231.

HIST 350 - The Ottoman Empire and Turkey (4)

A study of Ottoman society and the impact of Ottoman rule in the Middle East from the conquest of Constantinople to the death of Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. Emphasis will be on the conflict between preservation and reform in the nineteenth century and on the significance of the Ottoman legacy for twentieth century Turkey and the Arab world. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 151, 249, 251.

HIST 352 - Religion and Politics in Modern Iran (4)

The intellectual and social history of greater Iran from the Safavids to the twentieth century. Emphasis will be on the relationship between religion and politics. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 151, 249, 251.

HIST 354 - Imperialism and Modernity in the Middle East (4)

This course examines the role of imperialism in the transformation of societies in the Middle East and North Africa over the last two centuries. Focusing mainly on the cases of Ottoman, British and French empire building, the course discusses the socio-economic, cultural and political changes brought about by the interaction of various segments of local societies with these imperial powers. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 151, 249, 251.

HIST 355 - The Arab Middle East in the Twentieth Century (4)

An examination of this century's major themes in the history of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as well as other states of the Arabian peninsula. Topics to be investigated include the origins of Arab nationalism and Islamic reformism; the origins and development of the Lebanese question; the emergence of the politics of the military in Iraq and Syria, and the special role of the Jordanian and Arabian monarchies. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history credit. Recommended: one of HIST 151, 249, 251.

HIST 366 - Social History of China since 1800 (4)

A survey of Chinese society from circa 1800 to the early twentieth century. The course begins with an introduction to Chinese society in the mid-Qing period and then moves on to discuss intellectual, social, cultural, and political changes that are often associated with the 'impact of the West.' Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history including HIST 255. Prerequisite: REQ-45 units including nine units of lower division history including HIST 255.

HIST 368W - Selected Topics in the History of the Wider World (4)

A writing-intensive examination of selected topics in the history of Asia, Africa and/or the Middle East. The content will vary from offering to offering. See department for further information. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students may not take selected topics within HIST 368 for further credit if duplicating content of another history course and vice versa. Writing.

HIST 371 - The Asia-Pacific War in Modern Japanese History (4)

Covers the period in Japan from the 1930s to the 1950s and will introduce students to topics such as wartime atrocities, the dropping of the atomic bombs and the prosecution of war criminals. It will also attempt to explain why so much controversy surrounds interpretations of events arising from Japan's last war, the Asia-Pacific War. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: at least one course on modern Japan.

HIST 388 - Christianity and Globalization (4)

An examination of select topics in Christianity and globalization, with an emphasis on the early-modern period. Students will explore the connections between regions rather than individual regional histories. Prerequisite: 45 units, including nine units of lower division history credit.

HIST 456 - The Late Ottoman Empire: State, Culture and Social Transformation, 1750-1923 (4)

Focuses on major issues and trends in the history of the Ottoman Empire from the mid-eighteenth century to its demise in the aftermath of World War I. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 151 and 249. Students with credit for HIST 486 D200 in Spring 2006 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 457 - The Turkish Republic: Politics, Society, and Culture, 1918-Present (4)

Examines the political, social, and cultural transformation in Turkey from the end of World War I to the present. Topics may include the Ottoman legacy in the Turkish Republic, issues of nation building, national identity and ethnicity, the role of the military in Turkish politics, changing concepts of gender, the role of political Islam, and Turkish diasporas. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 151 and 249. Students with credit in HIST 486 D100 in Fall 2005 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 465 - The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (4)

A discussion of the modern history of nation-building in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The topics discussed include Zionism, the British Mandate in Palestine, the creation of the state of Israel, the rise of modern Palestinian nationalism, and the role of the Palestinian-Israeli dispute in regional and international affairs. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history and one of HIST 151, 249, 251, 350, 354, 355 or permission of the department.

HIST 467 - Modern Egypt (4)

An interpretive discussion of the course of modern Egyptian history. This may range from the advent to power of Muhammed Ali Pasha until recent times, or may focus on specific periods of revolutionary change. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history and one of HIST 151, 249, 251, 350, 354, 355 or permission of the department.

HIST 468 - Problems in the History of Religion (4)

An advanced examination into the concepts and methodology of the history of religion. Prerequisite: 45 units, including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 469 - Islamic Social and Intellectual History (4)

Advanced analysis of specific problems in Islamic social and intellectual history, with an emphasis on traditional patterns and on their transformation in the modern world. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 249 or 352.

HIST 472 - Problems in World History (4)

An advanced examination into the concepts and methodology of world history. Selected themes may include globalization, modernization, migration, religious expansion, colonialism, imperialism, and the teaching of world history. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 473 - The Making of South African Society (4)

An examination of the way in which South African society evolved in the 19th and 20th centuries. Particular attention will be paid to the problem of race relations. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 231, 348.

HIST 479 - Change, Conflict and Resistance in Twentieth-Century China (4)

Focuses on underprivileged and disenfranchised groups -- farmers, workers, women, ethnic minorities, etc. -- and on the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion that structure modern Chinese society. Note that the seminar covers mainly continental China. Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese diaspora will be discussed only in passing. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history, including HIST 255 or 365, or permission of the department.

Group 4 – Global/Comparative

HIST 300 - Approaches to History (4)

An examination of the conceptual problems involved in the historian's attempt to apprehend the past and its relationship to the present and future. Particular attention will be paid to the nature of historical knowledge and explanation, and to the broad systems and patterns in which history has been conceived. Prerequisite: 45 units including 9 units of lower division history. Prerequisite: REQ-45 units including nine units of lower division history. Equivalent Courses: HIST190.

HIST 322 - Atlantic and Pacific Migration (4)

Topics in the history of Atlantic and Pacific migrations to the Americas with attention given to the contexts from which the migrants came, why they migrated, and how they adjusted. Examples may be taken from the United States, Canada and Latin America. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 334 - The Making of Imperial Russia (4)

An examination of major themes in Russian history up to the Revolution of 1917, including the emergence of the modern Russian state; the organization of the empire at the center and the periphery; the contest between imperial, national, and religious identities; social, economic, and cultural transformations; and the Russian Empire's involvement in world politics. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 105 and 106.

HIST 335 - The Soviet Project (4)

An examination of the history of the Soviet Union from its creation to its collapse, emphasizing its ideology, culture, role in global politics, and social and economic transformations. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 373 - Conquest in North America, 1500-1900 (4)

A broad examination of attempts by aboriginal, imperial, and mercantile forces to claim and control the North American continent from the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in the early 1500s to the surrender of Geronimo in 1886. Explores the processes of colonization from many perspectives, including Aboriginal, American, English, French, Russian, and Spanish ambitions and activities. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division History and one of HIST 101 or 212, or permission of the department. Breadth-Humanities.

HIST 376 - North American West (4)

Examines themes in the development of the western portions of North America, their incorporation into nation states, and the tensions between local, regional, and national systems during the last two centuries. Themes will include race, ethnicity, class labor, capital, and environment. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students with credit for HIST 391 in Fall 2005 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 388 - Christianity and Globalization (4)

An examination of select topics in Christianity and globalization, with an emphasis on the early-modern period. Students will explore the connections between regions rather than individual regional histories. Prerequisite: 45 units, including nine units of lower division history credit.

HIST 412 - Marxism and the Writing of History (4)

This course aims to provide a basic understanding of Marx's theory of history and to introduce students to some of the important ideas used by Marxists in the writing of history. Readings for the course will include some of Marx' original work, the writings of historians who have been influenced by Marx as well as selected writings from some of Marx's critics. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 420 - Russia as a Multiethnic Empire (4)

An examination of how the Russian Empire grew, was maintained, and came to an end, if it did end, through a study of imperial and colonial policies and practices and the responses to these by the area's diverse peoples. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 425 - Gender and History (4)

Explores historical changes in masculinity and femininity. Using a thematic and transnational/comparative approach, it will examine how gender identities are formed and refashioned within different historical contexts. It will also explore the interaction between gender and other systems of power such as race, class, and ethnicity. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 442 - America's Empires (4)

Explores the various empires (Indigenous, Spanish, French, Dutch, British) that sought dominance in North America after 1500, and discusses the usefulness of 'empire' as a way of thinking about history and power. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: at least one of HIST 208, 209, 212, 213, and 223. Students with credit for HIST 487 in Fall 2004 may not take this course for further credit.

HIST 454 - The History of Sexuality (4)

Explores how ideas, practices and identities have changed over time in response to social, political and economic pressures. Emphasis on postmodern approaches to understanding sexuality, and the international historical scholarship it has generated. Chronological and geographical focus of this course may vary. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

HIST 469 - Islamic Social and Intellectual History (4)

Advanced analysis of specific problems in Islamic social and intellectual history, with an emphasis on traditional patterns and on their transformation in the modern world. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 249 or 352.

HIST 472 - Problems in World History (4)

An advanced examination into the concepts and methodology of world history. Selected themes may include globalization, modernization, migration, religious expansion, colonialism, imperialism, and the teaching of world history. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.

* only one of FNST 325 and HIST 325 can be completed for credit

** only one of FNST 326 and HIST 326 can be completed for credit

*** only one of FNST 443 and HIST 443 can be completed for credit

Upper Division Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Requirements

Students complete 20 upper division GSWS units.

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to 間眅埶AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements

A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit

Requirement

Units

Notes
W - Writing

6

Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 間眅埶AV within the student’s major subject
Q - Quantitative

6

Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth

18

Designated Breadth Must be outside the student’s major subject, and may be lower or upper division
6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc
6 units Humanities: B-Hum
6 units Sciences: B-Sci

6

Additional Breadth 6 units outside the student’s major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements)

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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Major Requirements

For all bachelor of arts (BA) programs (except the honours program), students complete 120 units, which includes

  • at least 60 units that must be completed at 間眅埶AV
  • at least 45 upper division units, of which at least 30 upper division units must be completed at 間眅埶AV
  • at least 65 units (including 21 upper division units) in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
  • satisfaction of the writing, quantitative, and breadth requirements
  • an overall cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division CGPA of at least 2.0, and a program (major, joint major, extended minor, minor) CGPA and upper division CGPA of at least 2.0

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University’s residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

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