Program Highlights

• Many classes, including first-year courses, have small weekly tutorials.
• There are no required courses in the program; you can work in the areas of history that interest you most.
• Study abroad as part of your coursework by taking travel courses, such as the War and Memory summer course, where you'll visit memorials and battlefields across Europe.
• Our program is divided into thematic "Tracks": Social Issues and Globalization; Politics, Power and Law; Culture; The Arts and Society; and Peace and War Studies.
• We're home of the Faculty of Arts’ Applied Digital Option, in which you'll learn to use programs and apps to carry out research, create and edit documentary films, publish open source texts, and build websites.

Sample Courses

• The History of Alcohol
• Indigenous Peoples and Empires
• Pirates! A World History
• Great Battles in History
• Ancient Heroes
• The History of International Relations
• The History of American Protest Music
• Vikings!
• Canada in the World: From Laurier to the 21st Century
• War in Asia
• Golden Age Spain
• Global Human Rights

Requirements

• Minimum admission range of low 70s.
• Competitive admission range of low 80s.
• English at 60%.

International Baccalaureate Requirements

• HL or SL English at 3.
• IB Minimum Score: 26.

Find equivalent requirements for additional curriculums in the admissions toolkits.

Design Your Degree

These are a few popular academic opportunities that allow you to dive deeper into your major area of study or broaden your knowledge:

• Research Specialization
• Applied Digital Option
• Music and Cultural History Option
• Legal Studies Option
• Management Option

Check out other options to enhance your degree.