History
B.A. Honours (20.0 credits)
The requirements for this program are modified when the
Honours Research Essay is included.
1. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (10.0 credits):
Normal Pattern
1. 7.0 credits in history including 0.5 credit in each of four of the five history fields below the 4000-level and satisfying:
1. 1.0 credit at the 1000-level;
2. 3.0 credits at the 2000-level;
3. 3.0 credits at the 3000-level;
2. 0.5 credit in HIST 3810;
3. 0.5 credit from HIST 2809, HIST 3809, or HIST 3811;
4. 2.0 credits in 4000-level history seminars.
Honours Research Essay Pattern
1. 5.0 credits in history including 0.5 credit in each of four of the five history fields below the 4000-level and satisfying:
1. 1.0 credit at the 1000-level;
2. 2.0 credits at the 2000-level;
3. 1.0 credit at the 3000-level;
4. 1.0 credit at the 2000- or 3000-level;
2. 0.5 credit in HIST 3810;
3. 0.5 credit from HIST 2809, HIST 3809, or HIST 3811;
4. 2.0 credits in 4000-level history seminars;
5. 2.0 credits in HIST 4909 [2.0];
2. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (10.0 credits):
6. 8.0 credits in electives not in HIST;
7. 2.0 credits in free electives (may be HIST).
Notes:
1. One of the history seminar credits in Item 4 above may, with departmental approval, be replaced with a credit in a discipline other than history. The replacement credit will count as part of the Major CGPA.
2. Students should endeavour to have one course at the 2000-or 3000-level in the area of each fourth-year seminar.
3. Students electing to follow the Honours Research Essay Pattern should consult with the Department. The decision to commit to this pattern should be made at the beginning of third year.
Students in the B.A. (Honours) or B.A. program in history may qualify for the notation
Mention : Français by fulfilling the requirements outlined below. Those wishing to pursue this path should consult with the Department's Mention : Français adviser. Approval of this adviser is required for all courses under Mention : Français.
History courses presented in fulfilment of Mention : Français requirement can double as courses to satisfy History B.A. (Honours) or B.A. requirements.
Students enrolling in courses at the University of Ottawa will do so through the University of Ottawa Exchange Program. To enrol in courses in French at another university, students must first obtain a Letter of Permission from the Registrar's Office.
To graduate with the notation Mention : Français B.A. Honours History students must include in their program the following:
1. 1.0 credit in advanced study of the French language (FREN 2100);
2. 1.0 credit in French-Canadian culture and literature (FREN 2300);
3. 1.0 credit in history taught in French at the 3000-level, chosen from HIST 3900 [1.0] and HIST 3901, if available, or an equivalent course at the University of Ottawa or another university;
4. Either HIST 4908 [1.0], or a 1.0 credit history seminar at the 4000-level taught in French at the University of Ottawa or another university. All written work must be submitted in French;
5. Combined Honours students must meet the Mention : Français requirements of both Honours disciplines.
- HIST 1001 - Western Civilization
- HIST 1002 - Europe in the 20th Century
- HIST 1009 - Turning Points in History
- HIST 1010 - History of Northern Canada
- HIST 1300 - Introduction to Canadian History
- HIST 1705 - The Atlantic World
- HIST 2001 - Early Medieval Europe
- HIST 2002 - Late Medieval Europe
- HIST 2005 - England During the Middle Ages
- HIST 2100 - Introduction to the History of Ideas
- HIST 2202 - The Industrial Revolution
- HIST 2204 - The Social History of Early Modern Europe
- HIST 2205 - Europe 1815-1914
- HIST 2206 - The Cultural History of Early Modern Europe
- HIST 2303 - Canadian Political History
- HIST 2304 - Canadian Social History
- HIST 2306 - Environmental History
- HIST 2308 - Colonial Latin America
- HIST 2309 - Modern Latin America
- HIST 2400 - History of the United States
- HIST 2501 - Early Modern Britain
- HIST 2502 - Modern Britain
- HIST 2504 - Introduction to Women's History
- HIST 2505 - History of France
- HIST 2509 - History of Germany
- HIST 2600 - History of Russia
- HIST 2700 - History of the Middle East
- HIST 2704 - Introduction to Caribbean History
- HIST 2705 - History of Africa
- HIST 2708 - The Middle East since 1798
- HIST 2801 - War & Society in Modern Europe
- HIST 2805 - History of China
- HIST 2806 - History of Japan
- HIST 2809 - The Historian's Craft
- HIST 2900 - History of Ancient Greece
- HIST 2901 - History of Ancient Rome
- HIST 2909 - Special Subject in History
- HIST 3001 - History at the Movies
- HIST 3002 - The Later Roman Empire
- HIST 3004 - Medieval Monasticism
- HIST 3005 - Medieval Heroic Culture
- HIST 3006 - Early Medieval Thought
- HIST 3007 - Later Medieval Thought
- HIST 3009 - Studies in Greek History
- HIST 3100 - Modern Intellectual History
- HIST 3101 - Studies in Roman History
- HIST 3105 - Renaissance Europe
- HIST 3106 - Social History of Sexuality
- HIST 3107 - History of the Family in Europe
- HIST 3108 - The French Revolution
- HIST 3109 - Social History of Alcohol
- HIST 3110 - The Cultural History of Food
- HIST 3111 - History of Humanitarian Aid
- HIST 3112 - The Body in Early Modern Europe
- HIST 3115 - Youth and History
- HIST 3119 - France in the Twentieth Century
- HIST 3200 - The Reshaping of Europe, 1848-1871
- HIST 3201 - The Enlightenment
- HIST 3202 - Capital Cities in History
- HIST 3203 - Canadian Economic History to 1914
- HIST 3204 - Canadian Economic History since 1914
- HIST 3205 - Canadian Business History
- HIST 3206 - Canadian Regional History
- HIST 3208 - Eastern Ontario Communities
- HIST 3209 - Canadian Urban History
- HIST 3210 - History of Science
- HIST 3301 - Quebec Since the 1860s
- HIST 3304 - Canada-United States Relations
- HIST 3305 - Crime and State in History
- HIST 3306 - Canada's International Policies
- HIST 3308 - Environmental History in the Americas
- HIST 3400 - U.S. Foreign Policy since 1941
- HIST 3402 - 19th-Century United States
- HIST 3403 - Comparative Slavery and Emancipation in the Atlantic World
- HIST 3404 - 20th-Century United States
- HIST 3405 - U.S. Foreign Policy 1865-1941
- HIST 3406 - African-American Women
- HIST 3407 - Blacks in the United States
- HIST 3408 - American Intellectual History
- HIST 3500 - Canadian Immigration 1760-1875
- HIST 3503 - Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
- HIST 3504 - Women in North America
- HIST 3506 - Welfare & Poverty in Canada
- HIST 3507 - Canadian Immigration from 1875
- HIST 3508 - English Society 1500-1914
- HIST 3600 - History of the U.S.S.R.
- HIST 3602 - The Modern Canadian Family
- HIST 3603 - European Women's History
- HIST 3605 - The U.S.S.R. in Int'l. Affairs
- HIST 3700 - The International Oil Industry
- HIST 3701 - Port Cities in the Atlantic World
- HIST 3702 - The Scramble for Africa, 1876-1918
- HIST 3703 - Oil and International Politics
- HIST 3704 - Aztecs
- HIST 3705 - Latin American Women to 1825
- HIST 3707 - Latin American Women from 1825
- HIST 3708 - Reformation Europe
- HIST 3710 - The Caribbean in the Era of Slavery
- HIST 3711 - African Women and Colonialism
- HIST 3712 - Social History of Mexico
- HIST 3800 - International History 1914-41
- HIST 3801 - International History 1941-90
- HIST 3802 - Britain & the Great War
- HIST 3803 - The Pursuit of Peace
- HIST 3804 - History of Modern Korea
- HIST 3805 - Twentieth-Century China
- HIST 3806 - Japan Since 1945
- HIST 3807 - Practicum in History
- HIST 3809 - Historical Representations
- HIST 3810 - Historical Theory
- HIST 3811 - History of Historical Thought
- HIST 3900 - Études Dirigées
- HIST 3901 - Études Dirigées
- HIST 3902 - Topics in European History
- HIST 3903 - Topics in Canadian History
- HIST 3904 - Topics in American History
- HIST 3905 - Topics in International History
- HIST 3906 - Topics in World History
- HIST 4006 - Seminar in Medieval History
- HIST 4100 - Seminar in Early Modern European History
- HIST 4200 - Seminar in European History
- HIST 4209 - Topics in Ancient History
- HIST 4302 - Canada: Ideas & Culture
- HIST 4304 - Canada: Politics & Society
- HIST 4306 - Canada: Ethnicity & Community
- HIST 4308 - History of Popular Culture
- HIST 4400 - Seminar in American History
- HIST 4500 - Seminar in British History
- HIST 4505 - Seminar in Women's & Gender History
- HIST 4600 - Seminar in Russian History
- HIST 4602 - Canadian-Soviet Relations
- HIST 4603 - Imperial and Soviet Russia
- HIST 4604 - Central Europe, Past and Present
- HIST 4700 - Seminar in World History
- HIST 4802 - Seminar in International History
- HIST 4805 - Seminar on a Transnational or Thematic Topic
- HIST 4908 - Mémoire de recherche
- HIST 4909 - Honours Research Essay
