Our History program features a study of Canadian history and extends into European history.
Program Courses
COURSE CODECOURSE NAMECREDITS
HIST 101 Canada to Confederation (3)
Description:
A study of Canadian history from the period of earliest human occupation to Confederation in 1867, this course examines major themes in Canada's past, including: early First Nations cultures; contact and interaction between aboriginal societies and European cultures; social, economic, and political developments in New France and early British North America; struggles for control over the North American continent in the eighteenth century; immigration, industrialization, and social and political reform in the nineteenth century; the confederation question; and the emergence of Canada as a separate North American nation-state.
Transfers to: SFU HIST 101, UNBC HIST 210, and UVic HIST 131.
ALEX HIST 101 & ALEX HIST 102 = UBC HIST 235 (6).
HIST 102 Canada since Confederation (3)
Description:
Was Confederation a noble experiment in nationalism and self-determination? Or was it a cynical tactic by a small group of powerful men? Who benefited? And who paid the price? What have parliamentary democracy and free enterprise meant to regions, natives, women, workers, and elites? Is the history of Canada a story of adventure, patriotism, and courage, or is it a story of avarice, plunder, and pillage? Is it a history of peaceful conformity or confrontation and rebellion? This course introduces students to fundamental skills and ideas involved in studying and writing history, including critical thinking, evaluating sources, and writing.
Transfers to: SFU HIST 102, UNBC HIST 211, and UVic HIST 132.
ALEX HIST 101 & ALEX HIST 102 = UBC HIST 235 (6).
HIST 201 India under British Rule (3)
Description:
This course examines the history of India from the late Mughal period and the arrival of the British to the Freedom Movement and the emergence in 1947 of the independent states of India and Pakistan.
Transfers to: SFU HIST 102, UNBC HIST 211, and UVic HIST 132.
ALEX HIST 101 & ALEX HIST 102 = UBC HIST 235 (6).
HIST 223 Early Modern Europe, 1500-1789 (3)
Description:
A survey of early modern European history which examines the wars of religion, the 17th century revolutions, 16th and 17th century economic development, the scientific revolution, the enlightenment, and the political and social character of the old regime.
Transfers to: SFU HIST 223, UNBC HIST 200 level, and UVic HIST 240 (P).
ALEX HIST 223 & HIST 224 = = UBC HIST 220 (6).
HIST 224 Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War (3)
Description:
A survey of European history emphasizing the French Revolution, and Napoleonic Europe and first Industrial Revolution, liberalism and its opponents, agrarian conservatism, liberalism and conservatism, the Revolution of 1848, the struggles for political unification, the second Industrial Revolution, and the origins of the First World War.
Transfers to: SFU HIST 224, UNBC HIST 200 level, and UVic HIST 240 (P).
ALEX HIST 223 & HIST 224 = = UBC HIST 220 (6).