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 First-Year History1.0 History credit at the 1000-level is required for the B.A. program in History. Students who take more than one 1000-level History course are reminded that there is a maximum number of History courses allowable in the degree. Please consult the Academic Calendar for more information. The First-Year CoursesPETERBOROUGH HIST 1500Y – Ten days that shook the world OSHAWA HIST – CAST 1020Y – Modern Canada: Nation and citizenship HIST 1500Y – Ten days that shook the worldTerror. An examination of ten events, both “big” and “small,” and how they can be linked to larger social, cultural, political, and economic transformations. Not a chronological survey, the course explores the nature of historical change through a series of case studies while introducing students to the basic methods of historical analysis. The collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001, also brought down the widespread assumption that North America was immune from deliberate violence and terror designed to accomplish political, social, and ideological ends. Such complacency was unfounded. Living with a consciousness that terror can impact directly on our own lives now unites us not only with people in other parts of the globe and victimized groups within our own society, but also with people in earlier times who felt threatened by severe crises beyond their control. Terror and terrorism are nothing new. History 1500Y is not intended to be a complete survey of the major instances of terror in the past. Rather, by focusing on ten case studies of terror, stretching from the Roman Empire to the Cold War, it attempts to provide an introduction to the basic methods of historical analysis. As a first year history course, HIST 1500Y is intended to introduce students to the study of history. Through seminar discussions and writing projects, students will be encouraged to interpret historical information, to examine the relative merits of different methodologies, interpretations, and approaches, to conduct research, and to hone their speaking and writing skills and ability to formulate a logical argument. On completing the course successfully, students should understand the basic conventions of historical writing, the rules of academic integrity and professionalism, the importance of personal initiative and accountability, and the evolving nature of historical knowledge. COURSE FORMAT HIST 1500Y involves two lectures and one tutorial weekly. In tutorials, students will discuss assigned readings from the course pack – readings that are normally about 30 to 40 pages in length each week. Please note that tutorials are an integral part of HIST 1500Y and of the History curriculum at Trent University as a whole. Lectures and tutorials are designed to complement each other and thus tutorial preparation, attendance and participation are mandatory. COURSE TEXT Canadian Scholars’ Press, Reprotext – Ten Days that Shook the World: Terror in History. Available at the Trent University Bookstore. HIST 1700Y – Apocalypse: Conquest, revolution, war and genocide in the modern worldThis course focuses on the political, military and economic expansion of European power after 1500, and the responses by people in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East to these challenges, particularly in the 20th century. Excludes HIST 1701H, 1702H. In 1910 those fortunate citizens of a handful of industrialized countries in western Europe and North America viewed the future with optimism and believed history was a story of progress: the triumph of Christianity over idolatry, civilization over barbarism and enlightenment over ignorance and superstition. Their political and economic domination over most of the rest of the planet seemed a vindication of that optimism. Over the next century these empires disintegrated and so did the world view that had prevailed. The globe was engulfed by wars on an unprecedented scale, economic upheaval, revolutions and ruthless, genocidal regimes. Hopes for more just, independent and stable societies and a peaceful world after the Second World War and again in the 1990s were repeatedly undermined. The generation of 2010 looks with uncertainty toward a future shaped by climate change, seemingly irreconcilable religious and cultural conflicts, and the prospects of brutal competition for shrinking resources. Our perceptions of history today reflect the catastrophes of the 20th century as well as the dangers of the present – not simply in terms of the immediate past, but stretching back over centuries when “western civilization” was in ascendency. This course provides a perspective on the legacies of a hard and bitter history. COURSE FORMAT History 1700Y involves weekly lectures and tutorials. In addition to discussions of the readings, seminars will be used for discussing techniques for researching and writing history papers. COURSE TEXT HIST 1700Y 2011-2012 Coursepack, available at the Trent University Bookstore. HIST – CAST 1020Y – Modern Canada: Nation and citizenship*Offered only in Oshawa* This course will explore the diverse and competing ideas of nation and citizenship since the colonial period. Topics include political citizenship, ideas of nation within Quebec, interpreting Canadian culture, language and identity, immigration and multiculturalism, Canada within a global economy, youth culture, the welfare state, and the national security state. Excludes HIST 1000Y, 1001H, 1002H. This course will explore the diverse and competing ideas of nation and citizenship that have accompanied the expansion of political, social, and economic rights and cultural identities in Canada. Topics include political citizenship, ideas of nation within Québec, interpreting Canadian culture, language and identity, immigration and multiculturalism, Canada within a global economy, youth culture, the emergence and retreat of the welfare state, and the evolution of the national security state. The course will not be a survey of Canadian history. Rather, using a thematic approach, it will examine in roughly chronological order selected topics which allow students to understand the differing ways in which the Canadian nation has been and is being interpreted. COURSE FORMAT Weekly lectures and tutorials. Lectures are intended to provide students with a general overview of issues in Canadian history and society; the purpose of the tutorials, by contrast, is to examine specific issues within this broader context. HIST 1201H – Western civilization from the Middle Ages to 1789*Offered only in Oshawa* Subjects covered include the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Protestant reformation, and the Enlightenment, among many other subjects. Excludes HIST 1200Y. This course is a broad overview of the political, intellectual, social, and cultural history of western Europe from the high middle ages to the end of the 18th century. It is designed to give the student a better understanding of the roots and origins of the present-day West that have shaped today’s current Western world. In addition to becoming familiar with the general tools for the study of history, students will develop the basic skills of historical writing and research. Through the analysis of historical documents, students will be introduced to different methodologies, interpretations, and approaches to history. Seminar discussions are designed to build speaking and presentation skills and help the student to formulate a logical argument. COURSE TEXT John Merriman, A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Age of Napoleon, Volume 1, Third ed. (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009). HIST 1202H – Western civilization from 1789 to the present*Offered only in Oshawa* Subjects covered include the French Revolution, industrial revolution, the 19th-century women’s movement, the Russian Revolution, the world wars, Nazism, the Holocaust, and the cold war, among many other subjects. Excludes HIST 1200Y. HIST 1701H – World history to 1800*Offered only in Oshawa* Course will examine themes in world history before 1800, paying special attention to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Excludes HIST 1700Y. This course introduces students to major developments in world history and methods used by historians to explore the past. Our exploration traverses the globe to examine and compare inter-regional relationships and the socio-cultural origins of diverse peoples. We examine selected topics in four thematic areas: World Trade, Disease and Health, Migration and Demographic Change, and Revolutions and Social Change. Lectures include historical content and instructions on skills used by historians. Students are required to read primary and secondary sources each week and participate in scholarly discussions on those material during the seminars. Reading materials are selected to supplement (not supplant) the lectures and stimulate discussion. The participation grading rubric outlines the importance of quality and thoughtful contributions (not quantity), and academic interaction with your peers. By the end of this course, students should be able to define, describe, and analyse important themes in world history and understand the basic conventions of historical knowledge, analysis, writing, academic integrity, and professionalism. COURSE TEXT Howard Spodek, The World’s History. Volume Two: Since 1300. Fourth Edition. Prentice Hall, 2010. HIST 1702H – World history from 1800 to the present*Offered only in Oshawa* Course will examine themes in world history since 1800, paying special attention to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Explores the creation of a global division between rich and poor nations. Excludes HIST 1700Y. This course covers global events, global themes, and global linkages. Many of these events may have been local, but they have had global causes and effects. We will explore the idea that countries are not isolated, but are a part of an interconnected world order. Themes include colonialism, post-colonialism and neo-colonialism; imperialism and dependency theory; war and society; capitalism and communism; hegemony and resistance; race, gender, and global feminism; cultural and religious encounters; the nation state, empire, and global village; the superpowers and the non-aligned world; and globalization, and the new war on terror. For More InformationFirst-year History courses typically involve two lectures and one tutorial weekly. Tutorials, in which students will discuss assigned readings, are an integral part of the History curriculum at Trent University as a whole. Lectures and tutorials are designed to complement each other and thus tutorial preparation, attendance and participation are mandatory. |
