Bachelor of Arts with History Major

About this programme

Make sense of the present by studying the past. As a history major, you examine the rich variety of human experience across time and place, challenging yourself to consider multiple perspectives and navigate diverse cultures and ideas. Historical knowledge and skills are in high demand in our dynamic global community—and they are the foundation of engaged democratic citizenship. When you pursue a history major, you become a critical and independent thinker who can analyze complex issues and communicate your findings clearly and persuasively. Learn to organize information, assess empirical evidence, apply concepts and analyze change and causation. Then, use these valuable skills to launch careers in business, public service, teaching and administration. The history major is also a preferred route to professional degrees in law, education, museum and library studies and public policy. In the first two years, you develop foundational competencies in reading, writing and critical analysis. Survey courses introduce momentous events and pressing issues across a fascinating array of regions and time periods in order to build contextual knowledge and interpretive skills. Whether in lecture or discussion, you have the opportunity to ask questions, exchange viewpoints and develop your own voice. Intermediate courses delve into specific topics in greater detail: from Canada’s First Nations and environmental policy to international diplomacy, the options are timely and wide-ranging. At the senior level, small, interactive seminars reflect the research specialties of our approachabl