UAS Courses & Subjects

HIST 105: Contemporary Canada is a survey of modern Canada from confederation to the end of the second millennium. The post-1867 consolidation of a transcontinental Canada, the marginalization of aboriginal peoples, and the rapid transformation of Canadian society by immigration, industrialization, urbanization, the two world wars, and the Great Depression are examined. The effects of broad economic and social change on party politics, relations between French and English Canada, and the attitudes, values, and living and working patterns of Canadians are also explored. Emphasis is placed on fostering student interest in history by examining the historical experiences of a diversity of Canadians.

HIST 107: Western Civilization II introduces students to major themes and problems in Western society from the rise of absolutism in the early 18th century to the aftermath of World War Two. As part of this, students will gain an understanding of the origins and impact of the French and Industrial revolutions, the rise of the nation state in the 19th century, and the origins and effects of World War One including the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, and the rise of authoritarian regimes in the 1930s. By the conclusion of the course, students will be able to view World War Two from an historical perspective. 

HIST 210: An Indigenous History of Canada; re-imagining Canada’s history from a documented indigenous perspective, the course covers the period from before European contact to the present. Following an examination of the pre-contact indigenous world, the course examines how indigenous nations, communities, and families responded to, and were affected by, the devastating impact of European settler colonialism from the 16th century on. Students will examine the effects of colonialism including warfare and alliances, appropriation of indigenous lands, forced assimilation through the Indian Act and residential schooling, and indigenous resistance and adaptation to these changes up to the present. The broad negative effects of colonialism will be examined through the documented experiences of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people. Students will consider the process of reconciliation in the last part of the course.

HIST 220: Latin America: Pre-1821 surveys the Spanish and Portuguese Empires in the Americas from their 15th century beginnings in the conquest of aboriginal empires and peoples to their break-up in the early 19th century by independence movements of Creoles. Major themes examined include the pre-contact native societies and empires, the establishment and administration of Spanish and Portuguese overseas empires, the economies and societies of the colonies, the impact and influence of the Church, European power struggles for control of Latin America, and the origins and emergence of American  independence movements.