Overview of History History has traditionally focused on the study of government and international relations. These areas remain important, but our courses focus as well on social history and the experiences and contributions of ordinary men and women. Our curriculum spans the history of nations in all parts of the world and covers a broad range of topics, such as: religion, folklore, and witchcraft; crime and punishment; the growth of colonial self-government; the relations between the sexes; the history of work; the effects of urbanization; the study of immigrants and race relations. Whatever the area, the study of History enhances our understanding of the present by examining the experiences of people and societies in the past. Findings in history depend upon the precise evaluation of specific evidence. History's concerns and goals are humanistic; its methods draw from all forms of scholarly endeavour. History courses, therefore, can play a part in a number of interdisciplinary programmes and can serve as an adjunct to courses in Politics, Philosophy, Literature, Economics, Sociology, and Anthropology. History can also be usefully combined with language study. The History curriculum combines a variety of approaches and teaching in order to satisfy a number of purposes. HISA01 and A02 provide both a general introduction to the study of history at the university level, and the preparation for further studies in World history. Our survey courses (HISB01-99) provide a comprehensive foundation of knowledge in their particular areas. In upper-level (C and D) courses students investigate more specific areas, periods, or problems. D-level courses are conducted as seminars. In them students make close and thorough studies of particular questions and present their findings in discussions and major essays. There are courses at all levels in the following areas and periods of history: Medieval Europe, Modern Europe, Britain, Canada, America and the United States, Russia, Ancient Greece and Rome, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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