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History

Faculté des arts

Interpret historical data and study how the past can affect the present.

Survol du programme

Gain critical thinking skills as you interpret, assess, and use data to study social movements, environmental changes, and political issues

Study History at Laurentian to learn more about the past and acquire skills that are useful in a variety of occupations.

What is history?

History is the study of the past, which informs both our present and our future. Historians collect and study historical materials (including documents, testimonies, artifacts, and memories). They interpret the contents of these materials and assess their value as sources of information, and then use the most reliable and pertinent of these materials to describe and explain what happened in the past.

What you'll learn

In the classroom, you will not only learn what historians have already discovered: you will learn to think like a historian yourself. You will practice the historical method and develop your own skills as a historical researcher, enabling you to think critically about the past and its influence on the present. You will build insights that you can share with others, bringing history alive for new generations.

Choose your focus

The program has two streams: North American history (including the history of Canada) and European history, while still offering courses focused on other regions and topical themes.

Choose from a wide selection of on-campus, online, and hybrid courses.

Your academic excellence qualifies you for history-specific scholarships and prizes.

The optional Honours Thesis is excellent preparation for graduate studies.

Perspectives de carrière

Business, entrepreneurship, government, graduate studies, journalism, law, politics, teaching at primary or secondary schools or in college and universities, archivist, curator in museums and art galleries, librarian, community development worker, costumer and teacher of the history of clothing and textiles, financial planner, civil service, historical interpreter, counsellor, researcher, member of a historical board.

Brianna Kobylka smiling while on campus

In attending Laurentian University's Bachelor of History program, I have been fortunate enough to pursue a subject that I have loved for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I'd ask my parents questions about Titanic with Leonardo Dicaprio or Anastasia, which would lead me to Googling and research at the library. I would fall in love with the stories of men and women who lived in a time which I would never be familiar with. Studying History at Laurentian University has given me the ability to find the truth in the lives of people who existed, the challenges they faced in politics, religion, and classes. In order to do all of this as an actual adult now, I've had awesome professors who've not only made my life as a student easier but more interesting and engaging than I ever remember school being. So if you're like me and you've been the history nerd in your friend group, study at Laurentian University! The smaller classes mean that you engage more with the (fabulous) professors and the course content is interesting and specific. The textbooks are also (cheap) very readable and sometimes even fiction, to get a better sense of the culture and not just a collection of factoids from the time period. All in all, Laurentian has a great History program!

Brianna Kobylka

Détails du programme

Langue du programme:

Anglais

Mode de présentation:

Sur campus et en ligne

Coordonnées

Todd Webb
(705) 675-1151 ext. 6722
A-260
history@laurentian.ca

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En savoir plus sur le programme

Courses cover a wide array of topics and themes, including women’s history, the history of education, intellectual history, the history of social movements, Indigenous history, environmental history, religious history, military 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. 

Vous pouvez compléter une mineure en histoire avec des cours suivis entièrement en français.

Prizes awarded for academic excellence include the Professors of the Past Scholarship and the Angus Gilbert Memorial Scholarship.

Exigences d’admission

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 

International Students

Canadian High School Applicants from outside Ontario

Applicants from Colleges

Applicants from other Universities

Mature Students

Comment déposer une demande

Candidats canadiens

Si vous êtes citoyen canadien ou résident permanent, vous devez déposer votre candidature auprès du Centre de demande d'admission aux universités de l'Ontario (CDAUO).

Pour obtenir des instructions détaillées sur le processus de demande d'admission, veuillez consulter la page Comment déposer une demande: Candidats canadiens de premier cycle.

Déposer une demande en tant que candidat national

 

Candidats internationaux

Si vous êtes un candidat international, vous devez remplir le formulaire de candidature international.

Pour obtenir des instructions détaillées sur le processus de demande d'admission, veuillez consulter la page Comment déposer une demande: Candidats internationaux de premier cycle.

Déposer une demande en tant que candidat international

Options de diplôme

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.

 

Exemples de cours

A maximum of two HIST 1000 level courses (6 credits in total) may apply to any history program (specialization, major, concentration, or minor).

Membres du corps professoral

Daniel Byers
Professeur(e) agrégé(e), École des arts libéraux
École des arts libéraux
Patrick Cavaliere
Professeur(e) agrégé(e), École des arts libéraux
École des arts libéraux
Mark Kuhlberg
Professeur(e) titulaire, École des arts libéraux
École des arts libéraux
David Leeson
Professeur(e) titulaire, École des arts libéraux
École des arts libéraux
Janice Liedl
Professeur(e) titulaire, École des arts libéraux
École des arts libéraux
Richard Webb
Professeur(e) agrégé(e), École des arts libéraux
École des arts libéraux
Sara MacDonald
Professeur(e) titulaire, École des arts libéraux
École des arts libéraux

Sessional Faculty:

  • Kristin Hall
  • Paula Humfrey
  • Victoria Kannen
  • Luke Morse
  • William Newbigging
  • Rosanne Parent 
  • Alain Plamondon
  • Iurie Stamati
  • Daryl White

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