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.
Academic Advisor
Todd Webb
Telephone: (705) 675-1151 ext. 6722
Email: twebb@laurentian.ca
Office: Arts Building
Administrative Assistant:
Emily Macdonald
(705) 675-1151 ext. 5117
emacdonald2@laurentian.ca
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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
Canadian Applicants
If you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, you must complete your application through the Ontario Universities Application Center (OUAC).
For detailed instructions on the application process, see the How to Apply: Canadian Undergraduate Applicants page.
Apply Now as a Domestic Applicant
International Applicants
If you’re an international applicant, you must fill out the International Application Form.
For detailed instructions on the application process, see the How to Apply: International Students page.
Apply Now as an International Applicant
The degree options listed below are for the upcoming academic year, not the current academic year. If you are a current student looking for which courses to take in order to complete your degree options from a previous academic year's curriculum, please consult with an academic advisor.
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.
List of Faculty Members
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