Current Undergraduate Courses Offered

HIST*3470/3970
Independent Reading Course: Irish Immigration to Canada
This reading course provides a detailed examination of Irish immigration to Canada in the 19th century. Special emphasis is placed upon the reasons for immigration, on settlement patterns in Canada, and on cultural and economic adaptation. Some of the literature will discuss cultural stereotypes and popular perceptions of the Irish. Other works are important for their revisionism and their extensive use of unusual sources such as immigrant letters, genealogy, housing designs, and folk songs.

HIST*3660
Canadian Social History Since Confederation
An examination of selected themes in the development of modern Canadian society such as the role of class, the social consequences of industrialization and urbanization, immigration, ethnicity and religion, education and culture.
Prerequisite: HIST*2601/2

HIST*4620
Seminar in North American Rural History
This course examines selected topics in the social and economic transformation of rural North America.
Prerequisite: 1 of HIST*2110, HIST*2601/2, HIST*2650
Restriction: 70% average in all History course attempts