History
Interpret historical data and study how the past can affect the present.
Students can complete their studies online in the following: Concentration, and Minor.
Courses on a wide variety of topics and themes, including women’s history, the history of education, intellectual history, the history of social movements, environmental history, the history of Northern Ontario, and medieval history.
Students in the fourth year of their program may undertake a major research project (HIST 4055) under a professor’s personal supervision; this may involve travel to archives in other cities to consult primary sources.
Conseiller ou conseillère aux études
Janice Liedl
Téléphone : 705.675.1151 ext 4200
Courriel : jliedl@laurentian.ca
Bureau : Administrative assistant - Huguette Beaulne ext. 4336
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Prizes are awarded for academic excellence, including the Prix Gaétan-Gervais (for the best essay in a French-language HIST course).
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Bursaries are available for History students who are residents of Ontario, including the Père Lorenzo Cadieux Memorial Bursary.
Ontario High School Applicants
Program Prerequisites:
- 1 grade 12 English U/M course; 5 other grade 12 U/M courses
- A minimum overall average of 70% in the 6 best grade 12 U/M courses
Additional information for applicants who have completed Advanced Placement courses.
Additional information for applicants who have completed the International Baccalaureate.
Applicants from outside an Ontario High School
Canadian High School Applicants from outside Ontario
Les options de grade ci-dessous seront offertes lors de la prochaine année universitaire et ne le sont pas cette année. Si vous cherchez les cours à suivre afin de compléter les options d'un programme d'une année universitaire antérieure, svp consultez avec un conseiller académique.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History
Total 120 credits
Students must follow these regulations in order to meet graduation requirements for the BA or B.Sc.
Specialization in History
All students entering a BA program as of September 2017 are required to take 6 credits each of linguistic awareness, scientific literacy and indigenous content as per the regulations.
Although the requirements have been slotted in first year in the description below, students may fulfill them at any time during their studies.
Eligible courses are available at the 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 levels and students should take them at the appropriate time in their studies.
Courses fulfilling these requirements may be taken as electives or as part of a minor, concentration, major or specialization.
First Year
6 credits of HIST at the 1000 level
6 elective credits of linguistic awareness (see regulations)
6 elective credits in the Sciences
6 elective credits in Indigenous content (starting 2017)
6 elective credits
Upper Years
HIST 2026E Historical Methods (minimum grade of C required)
3 credits from the following: (minimum grade of C required)
HIST 3006E Approaches to Canadian History
HIST 3007E Approaches to European History
HIST 3096E History and Historians: Ideas and Method
9 HIST credits at the 2000 or 3000 level from Group A (European)
9 HIST credits at the 2000 or 3000 level from Group B (North American)
18 HIST credits at the 2000 or 3000 level
6 HIST credits at the 4000 level
6 credits of Arts at the 4000 level
36 elective credits
Note:
- Students may not exceed 42 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level in their degree program.
- Student may not exceed 78 credits of HIST courses
Major in History (ALSO OFFERED ONLINE)
6 HIST credits at the 1000 level
6 credits from the following: (minimum grade of C required)
HIST 2026E Historical Methods
HIST 3006E Approaches to Canadian History
HIST 3007E Approaches to European History
HIST 3096E History and Historians: Ideas and Method
6 HIST credits at the 2000 or 3000 level from Group A (European)
6 HIST credits at the 2000 or 3000 level from Group B (North American)
12 HIST credits at the 2000 or 3000 level
6 HIST credits at the 4000 level
78 elective credits#
Note:
- Students may not exceed 42 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level in their degree program.
- Student may not exceed 78 credits of HIST courses
- Students must include 6 credits in linguistic awareness, 6 credits of Indigenous content, and 6 credits in the Sciences if not part of the other minor or second major. Eligible courses are available at the 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 levels and students should take them at the appropriate time in their studies.
- Students must complete the minimum of a minor (24 credits) or a second major (42 credits) from among their elective credits
Bachelor of Arts (General) in History
Total 90 credits
Students must follow these regulations in order to meet graduation requirements for the BA or B.Sc.
Concentration in History (ALSO OFFERED ONLINE)
All students entering a BA program as of September 2017 are required to take 6 credits each of linguistic awareness, scientific literacy and indigenous content as per the regulations.
Although the requirements have been slotted in first year in the description below, students may fulfill them at any time during their studies.
Eligible courses are available at the 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 levels and students should take them at the appropriate time in their studies.
Courses fulfilling these requirements may be taken as electives or as part of a minor, concentration, major or specialization.
First Year
6 credits of HIST at the 1000 level
6 elective credits of linguistic awareness (see regulations)
6 elective credits in the Sciences
6 elective credits in Indigenous content (starting 2017)
6 elective credits
Upper Years
HIST 2026E Historical Methods (minimum grade of C required)
3 credits from the following: (minimum grade of C required)
HIST 3006E Approaches to Canadian History
HIST 3007E Approaches to European History
HIST 3096E History and Historians: Ideas and Method
6 HIST credits at the 2000 level*
6 HIST credits at the 3000 level*
12 additional HIST credits at the 2000 or 3000 level*
30 elective credits
* Students must take at least 6 credits from European History and 6 credits from North American History in their degree program.
Note:
- Students may not exceed 42 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level in their degree program.
- Student may not exceed 48 credits of HIST courses
Minor in History (ALSO OFFERED ONLINE)
6 credits of HIST at the 1000 level
18 HIST credits at the 2000 or 3000 level*
* Students must take at least 6 credits from European History and 6 credits from North American History in their degree program.
History Electives
The following list identifies courses as belonging to the North American stream or European stream.
Liste des membres du corps professoral
Sessionals
- Commito, Micheal
- Dupuis, Serge
- Hall, Kristin
- Humfrey, Paula
- Laverdure, Paul
- Lord, Kathleen
- Morse, Luke
- Newbigging, William
- Ribordy, Geneviève
- Rudachuk, Bradley
- Shaule, Daniel
- St. Pierre, Stéphanie
- Stos, William
- Travers, Daniel
- Walker, Katherine Anne
- White, Daryl
- Woods, Marty