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Fall/Winter Courses 2009-2010

The Department offers 100-level, 200-level, 300-level, and 400-level History (HIS) courses.

PLEASE NOTE

• Course descriptions are not final and may be changed at or before the first class.
• For enrolment instructions, students should consult the Faculty of Arts and Science 2009-2010 Fall/Winter Timetable.
• Prerequisites will be enforced rigorously. Students who do not have the relevant prerequisite(s) may be removed from the course after classes begin. Specific questions regarding prerequisites for a course can be answered by the course instructor. Where there are two instructors of a course, an asterisk (*) indicates the Course Coordinator.

This page will be updated regularly. Please check here for curriculum changes.

December 2009 Exam Schedule

2009-10 Room Location Schedule

Course Timetable

Course numbers are links to course descriptions. The following courses are in numerical order. The descriptions are fuller than those in the Arts and Science Calendar.

Course Nomenclature

• Y1-Y is a full course, both terms
• Y1-F is a full course, first term (fall session)
• Y1-S is a full course, second term (winter session)
• H1-F is a half course, first term (fall session)
• H1-S is a half course, second term (winter session)

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100 Level Courses

100-level HIS courses are designed for students entering university. They take a broad sweep of material, and introduce students to the methods and techniques of university study. Each week, students will attend two lectures given by the course professor, and participate in one tutorial led by a teaching assistant. First year courses are not considered to be in an 'area' for program requirements.

No student may take more than one 100-level HIS course, but ALL students enrolled in a History Specialist, Joint Specialist, Major, or Minor program must take ONE 100-level HIS course.

The Department also offers at least two HUM 199Y seminar courses each year (see listings below). These are limited to twenty students each. Some previous courses offered by the History Department include 'Film on History - History on Film', 'Comparative First-Wave Feminism', 'African Roots: The African Slave Trade in the Diaspora'. You will work more closely with the professor and other students, and gain a more intense training in historical methods. Normally, the HUM 199Y courses cannot be used to fulfill program requirements, but they can be used as breadth requirements. For more information, consult The First Year Seminar Booklet, which will be available during registration.

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200 Level Courses

200-level HIS courses are surveys that introduce in broad outlines the history of a particular country, region, continent, or theme. Most are essential background for further upper-level study in the area. Students will generally attend two lectures and participate in one tutorial each week. The 200-level courses are open to first year students as well as those in higher years.

The Department regularly offers a number of HIS 299Y Research Opportunity Programs, which are open only to students in their second year. In this course, you work as a Research Assistant to a professor on a particular subject. In past years, students in HIS 299Y courses have done oral history interviews, sought out manuscripts in provincial archives, and gathered primary source documents in the university libraries. Students in their first year should check with the Faculty Registrar in February for the list of ROPs that will be offered in the following academic year.

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300 Level Courses

300-level HIS courses are more specialized and intensive. They deal with more closely defined periods or themes. They vary in format, with some being based around lectures, and others involving tutorial or discussion groups. Most 300-level courses have prerequisites, which are strictly enforced. First year students are not permitted to enrol in 300 or 400-level HIS courses. Although some upper level courses do not have specific pre-requisites, courses at the 300- and 400-level are demanding and require a good comprehension of history.

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400 Level Courses

400-level HIS courses are two-hour seminars that deal with very specialized subjects and are often closely connected to a professor's research. Most have specific course pre-requisites and require extensive reading, research, writing, and seminar discussion, and in most you will have the opportunity to do a major research paper. All 400-level HIS courses have enrolment restrictions during the FIRST ROUND (must have completed 14 or more full courses, be enrolled in a HIS Major, Specialist or Joint Specialist program and have the appropriate prerequisite). During the SECOND ROUND of enrolment, access to 400-level seminars is open to all 3rd and 4th year students with the appropriate prerequisite. IMPORTANT: Due to significant enrolment pressure on 4th year seminars, during the first round of enrolment, the Department of History reserves the right to REMOVE STUDENTS who enrol in more than the required number for program completion (Specialists – 2; Majors, Joint Specialists – 1) without consultation.

Students in 400-level seminars MUST ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS, or contact the professor to explain their absence. Failure to do so may result in the Department withdrawing the student from the seminar in order to "free up" space for other interested students. Additional 400-level seminars for the 2009-2010 Fall/Winter Session may be added at a later date. Please check back frequently for current information. To fulfill History program requirements, students may also use 400- level courses offered by other Departments at the U of T that are designated as ‘History Substitutes’. Following is a list of these 4th year courses.

The Department also offers a few joint undergraduate-graduate seminars. These are indicated in the course description. Undergraduate enrolment in joint seminars is restricted, and the expected level of performance is high.

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Pre-Modern Courses

The following History courses, taught in the 2009-2010 Fall/Winter Session, have half or full Pre-Modern (prior to 1815) status, to fulfill program requirements.

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