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Year Course ID Course
2026-2027 HIS 604

Menn. Brethren/Anabaptist Studies

This course conducts an historical exploration of the origin and development of the sixteenth-century Anabaptist movement, its subsequent development within the wider context of Protestantism in Europe, with special attention given to the emergence and growth of the Mennonite Brethren within the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition in Russia, and the Mennonite Brethren experience in North America. An historical survey of the Anabaptist-Mennonite Brethren experience will be integrated with discussions concerning contemporary issues of historiography, theology, ecclesiology and world mission within the Mennonite Brethren Church.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 HIS 605

Evangelical Free Church History & Thought

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 HIS 606

Alliance History & Thought

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 HIS 610

Baptist History & Thought

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 HIS 620

Topics: Global Church History

Examines topics in the history of Christianity as a global phenomenon, emphasizing its development across diverse cultural, geographic, and historical contexts. Content may include major movements, regional developments, and representative figures shaping the Church’s global presence. The course is designed to support focused study on selected periods, regions, or themes within global church history. Repeatable for credit with different focus.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 HIS 800

Topics: History of Christianity

Provides an opportunity for students to engage critically with emerging issues, debates, and developments within a specific academic discipline. Students will explore contemporary topics that shape the Church’s witness, theological reflection, and vocational practice in today’s world. Emphasis is placed on integrating biblical and theological perspectives with scholarly inquiry, fostering spiritual formation, and cultivating leadership rooted in humility and social responsibility.

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2026-2027 HIS 830

Topics: Advanced Historical Figures

Advanced study of significant figures in the history of Christianity. This course examines the life, historical context, theological contributions, and enduring influence of one or more individuals whose work has shaped Christian thought, spirituality, mission, or ecclesial life. Attention is given to primary sources, historiographical interpretation, and global reception. Particular topics may vary. Repeatable for credit with different focus.

Course Credits:
Prerequisite(s): HIS 541 or doctoral standing.
2026-2027 HIS 840

Topics: Advanced Historical Texts

Advanced study of significant texts in the Christian tradition. This course examines selected primary works that have shaped Christian theology, spirituality, worship, and ecclesial life. Offerings may focus on a single text or author, or on a thematic grouping of texts from a particular period, tradition, or global context. Repeatable for credit with different focus.

Course Credits:
Prerequisite(s): HIS 541 or doctoral standing.
2025-2026 HIST 107

The Ancient & Medieval World

Examines key themes in world history from antiquity to the seventeenth century AD. Students will analyze political and religious developments and systems of cultural and economic exchange. Students will be introduced to the historical and archival way of knowing so they can gain an effective means of understanding, appreciating, and critiquing the past to better understand the present and prepare for the future.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 HIST 107

The Ancient & Medieval World

Examines key themes in world history from antiquity to the seventeenth century AD. Students will analyze political and religious developments and systems of cultural and economic exchange. Students will be introduced to the historical and archival way of knowing so they can gain an effective means of understanding, appreciating, and critiquing the past to better understand the present and prepare for the future.

Course Credits: 3
HIST 107

The Ancient and Medieval World

Examines key themes in world history from antiquity to the seventeenth century AD. Students will analyze political and religious developments and systems of cultural and economic exchange. Students will be introduced to the historical and archival way of knowing so they can gain an effective means of understanding, appreciating, and critiquing the past to better understand the present and prepare for the future.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None. (2-1; 2-1)
HIST 108

The Modern World

Examines key themes in the development of the modern world from the seventeenth to the late twentieth century. Students will analyze significant political, religious, economic, and cultural changes. Students will be introduced to the historical and archival way of knowing so they can gain an effective means of understanding, appreciating, and critiquing the past to better understand the present and prepare for the future.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None. (2-1; 2-1)
2025-2026 HIST 108

The Modern World

Examines key themes in the development of the modern world from the seventeenth to the late twentieth century. Students will analyze significant political, religious, economic, and cultural changes. Students will be introduced to the historical and archival way of knowing so they can gain an effective means of understanding, appreciating, and critiquing the past to better understand the present and prepare for the future.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 HIST 108

The Modern World

Examines key themes in the development of the modern world from the seventeenth to the late twentieth century. Students will analyze significant political, religious, economic, and cultural changes. Students will be introduced to the historical and archival way of knowing so they can gain an effective means of understanding, appreciating, and critiquing the past to better understand the present and prepare for the future.

Course Credits: 3
HIST 135

Making Canada's History

Explores our understanding of the people, places and events that have influenced Canada’s history. This course examines the narratives of progress and reimagines the nation through a history of relation as informed by Indigenous and newcomer ways of knowing. It interacts with Canada’s past by immersing students in the study of Indigenous/settler encounters, economic exchange, French/English, national identity, minority rights, women’s agency, global movements, and environmental issues.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None. (2-1; 2-1)
2025-2026 HIST 135

Making Canada's History

Explores our understanding of the people, places and events that have influenced Canada’s history. This course examines the narratives of progress and reimagines the nation through a history of relation as informed by Indigenous and newcomer ways of knowing. It interacts with Canada’s past by immersing students in the study of Indigenous/settler encounters, economic exchange, French/English, national identity, minority rights, women’s agency, global movements, and environmental issues.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 HIST 135

Making Canada's History

Explores our understanding of the people, places and events that have influenced Canada’s history. This course examines the narratives of progress and reimagines the nation through a history of relation as informed by Indigenous and newcomer ways of knowing. It interacts with Canada’s past by immersing students in the study of Indigenous/settler encounters, economic exchange, French/English, national identity, minority rights, women’s agency, global movements, and environmental issues.

Course Credits: 3
HIST 230

History of Nursing

This course examines the development of Canadian nursing over the past four centuries, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Based on an understanding of nursing as rooted in a Christian ethos of caring for strangers, this course critically explores the ways in which religion, politics, gender, race, economics, technology, culture, war, and epidemics have influenced the development of nursing both nationally and globally.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None (3-0; 3-0)
Cross-listed: NURS 230
2025-2026 HIST 230

History of Nursing

This course examines the development of Canadian nursing over the past four centuries, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Based on an understanding of nursing as rooted in a Christian ethos of caring for strangers, this course critically explores the ways in which religion, politics, gender, race, economics, technology, culture, war, and epidemics have influenced the development of nursing both nationally and globally.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 HIST 230

History of Nursing

This course examines the development of Canadian nursing over the past four centuries, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Based on an understanding of nursing as rooted in a Christian ethos of caring for strangers, this course critically explores the ways in which religion, politics, gender, race, economics, technology, culture, war, and epidemics have influenced the development of nursing both nationally and globally.

Course Credits: 3
Cross-listed: NURS 230
2025-2026 HIST 237

Genocide, Reconciliation & Co-existence: Indigenous Nationhood & Canada

The history of First Nations, Métis Nations and Inuit Nations in Canada from time immemorial through to the present from various perspectives gained from interactions with Indigenous authors and guest speakers and cultural experiences such as immersion trips to Indigenous territories. Engage broad economic, social and political themes associated with Canada's settler society and gain cultural intelligence by analyzing from an Indigenous perspective how standard narratives of progress shaped early encounters, the fur trade economy, governmental policy, Christianity and culture, residential schools, land reserves and self-government. Considers the ways in which Indigenous nations utilized and reshaped Canada's historical narrative to resist assimilation, paternalism, civilization, marginalisation, and integration. Examines arguments for partnership, cooperation, negotiation and reconciliation in a movement towards peaceful co-existence.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 HIST 237

Genocide, Reconciliation & Co-existence: Indigenous Nationhood & Canada

The history of First Nations, Métis Nations and Inuit Nations in Canada from time immemorial through to the present from various perspectives gained from interactions with Indigenous authors and guest speakers and cultural experiences such as immersion trips to Indigenous territories. Engage broad economic, social and political themes associated with Canada's settler society and gain cultural intelligence by analyzing from an Indigenous perspective how standard narratives of progress shaped early encounters, the fur trade economy, governmental policy, Christianity and culture, residential schools, land reserves and self-government. Considers the ways in which Indigenous nations utilized and reshaped Canada's historical narrative to resist assimilation, paternalism, civilization, marginalisation, and integration. Examines arguments for partnership, cooperation, negotiation and reconciliation in a movement towards peaceful co-existence.

Course Credits: 3
Cross-listed: POLS 237
HIST 237

Genocide, Reconciliation and Co-existence: Indigenous Nationhood and Canada

The history of First Nations, Métis Nations and Inuit Nations in Canada from time immemorial through to the present from various perspectives gained from interactions with Indigenous authors and guest speakers and cultural experiences such as immersion trips to Indigenous territories. Engage broad economic, social and political themes associated with Canada's settler society and gain cultural intelligence by analyzing from an Indigenous perspective how standard narratives of progress shaped early encounters, the fur trade economy, governmental policy, Christianity and culture, residential schools, land reserves and selfgovernment. Considers the ways in which Indigenous nations utilized and reshaped Canada's historical narrative to resist assimilation, paternalism, civilization, marginalisation, and integration. Examines arguments for partnership, cooperation, negotiation and reconciliation in a movement towards peaceful co-existence.

Course Credits: 3
Cross-listed: POLS 237
2025-2026 HIST 302

Greece & Rome: Leadership in the Ancient World

A study of the most influential leadership in ancient Greece and Rome. Plutarch's biographical studies are the main focus. Various accounts of Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristotle, Xenophon, Livy, Sallust, Tacitus, and Suetonius are used as supplementary material.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
2026-2027 HIST 302

Greece & Rome: Leadership in the Ancient World

A study of the most influential leadership in ancient Greece and Rome. Plutarch's biographical studies are the main focus. Various accounts of Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristotle, Xenophon, Livy, Sallust, Tacitus, and Suetonius are used as supplementary material.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History or instructor’s consent
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
HIST 302

Greece and Rome: Leadership in the Ancient World

A study of the most influential leadership in ancient Greece and Rome. Plutarch's biographical studies are the main focus. Various accounts of Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristotle, Xenophon, Livy, Sallust, Tacitus, and Suetonius are used as supplementary material.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre
HIST 304

Late Medieval Europe

An inquiry into a period of Europe's past in which beliefs, attitudes, and institutions, moulded in the previous centuries, were consolidated into shapes that mark modern European (and North American) culture. The outlines of the modern state and of the modern family. An examination of late medieval civilization for indications of decline and rebirth. Signs of struggle between forces of tradition and of innovation, idealism and material or corporeal realities, and gender relations.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
HIST 306

History of Economic Thought

An investigation of the overlap of economic history and economic thought all the way from ancient Greeks philosophers, through medieval scholastics, to mercantilist businessmen, to Adam Smith and the classical economists of the Industrial Revolution, to macroeconomists emerging from the Great Depression, and into the twenty-first century. Students examine the main economic questions and themes of these various periods including: What is the good life? Is business moral? How do selfish individuals promote societal good through markets? What is the proper role and scope of government? As an inquiry-based course, students will have considerable latitude to examine topics of particular interest to them in more detail.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: May not be offered every year.
Cross-listed: ECON 306
2025-2026 HIST 306

History of Economic Thought

An investigation of the overlap of economic history and economic thought all the way from ancient Greeks philosophers, through medieval scholastics, to mercantilist businessmen, to Adam Smith and the classical economists of the Industrial Revolution, to macroeconomists emerging from the Great Depression, and into the twenty-first century. Students examine the main economic questions and themes of these various periods including: What is the good life? Is business moral? How do selfish individuals promote societal good through markets? What is the proper role and scope of government? As an inquiry-based course, students will have considerable latitude to examine topics of particular interest to them in more detail.

Course Credits: 3
NB: May not be offered every year.
2026-2027 HIST 306

History of Economic Thought

An investigation of the overlap of economic history and economic thought all the way from ancient Greeks philosophers, through medieval scholastics, to mercantilist businessmen, to Adam Smith and the classical economists of the Industrial Revolution, to macroeconomists emerging from the Great Depression, and into the twenty-first century. Students examine the main economic questions and themes of these various periods including: What is the good life? Is business moral? How do selfish individuals promote societal good through markets? What is the proper role and scope of government? As an inquiry-based course, students will have considerable latitude to examine topics of particular interest to them in more detail.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History or instructor’s consent
NB: May not be offered every year.
Cross-listed: ECON 306
HIST 307

Renaissance Europe

An examination of the social, intellectual, artistic, political, and economic transformations that gave rise to, and followed in, the wake of the rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman culture that began in Italy in the mid-14th century and spread to the rest of Europe for the next 200 years.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year See department chair.
2025-2026 HIST 307

Renaissance Europe

An examination of the social, intellectual, artistic, political, and economic transformations that gave rise to, and followed in, the wake of the rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman culture that began in Italy in the mid-14th century and spread to the rest of Europe for the next 200 years.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2026-2027 HIST 307

Renaissance Europe

An examination of the social, intellectual, artistic, political, and economic transformations that gave rise to, and followed in, the wake of the rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman culture that began in Italy in the mid-14th century and spread to the rest of Europe for the next 200 years.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History or instructor’s consent
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
HIST 308

Reformation Europe

An examination of the social, intellectual, artistic, and political history of Western Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, with a special emphasis on changes in theology and devotional practices, and the ensuing wars of religion, as the Protestant and Catholic Reformations spread throughout Europe.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: RELS 368
2025-2026 HIST 308

Reformation Europe

An examination of the social, intellectual, artistic, and political history of Western Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, with a special emphasis on changes in theology and devotional practices, and the ensuing wars of religion, as the Protestant and Catholic Reformations spread throughout Europe.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2026-2027 HIST 308

Reformation Europe

An examination of the social, intellectual, artistic, and political history of Western Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, with a special emphasis on changes in theology and devotional practices, and the ensuing wars of religion, as the Protestant and Catholic Reformations spread throughout Europe.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History or instructor’s consent
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: RELS 368
HIST 309

The Age of Enlightenment

An examination of the main events, individuals, and ideas in European history from 1600 to 1789. Key topics include: the growth of absolutism, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment; the development of new political and economic theories; artistic and cultural movements; the rise of the public sphere; religious revivals; and changes in marriage, the family and gender roles.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2025-2026 HIST 309

The Age of Enlightenment

An examination of the main events, individuals, and ideas in European history from 1600 to 1789. Key topics include: the growth of absolutism, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment; the development of new political and economic theories; artistic and cultural movements; the rise of the public sphere; religious revivals; and changes in marriage, the family and gender roles.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2026-2027 HIST 309

The Age of Enlightenment

An examination of the main events, individuals, and ideas in European history from 1600 to 1789. Key topics include: the growth of absolutism, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment; the development of new political and economic theories; artistic and cultural movements; the rise of the public sphere; religious revivals; and changes in marriage, the family and gender roles.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History or instructor’s consent
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
HIST 310

History in Practice

An exploration of the various manifestations of the practice of history in the public sphere. Students will be exposed to the ways in which communities, regions, nations, and others polities collect, manage, create, present and understand their histories, pasts, and stories. Analyze how forms of historical consciousness show themselves in archives and museums, films and theatrical productions, monuments and memorials, anniversaries and celebrations, government policies and sporting achievements, genealogy and national origin stories, etc. Practical application of historical skills and tools through communication with public historians, visits to local historic sites, completing relevant assignments and engaging experiential learning. Students will gain valuable experiences and knowledge related to a variety of areas where public history is practiced and will be exposed to career opportunities in history. This course is a prerequisite for other History Practicum opportunities

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: This course is the prerequisite for any history practicum (HIST 315). Not offered every year. See department chair
2025-2026 HIST 310

History in Practice

An exploration of the various manifestations of the practice of history in the public sphere. Students will be exposed to the ways in which communities, regions, nations, and others polities collect, manage, create, present and understand their histories, pasts, and stories. Analyze how forms of historical consciousness show themselves in archives and museums, films and theatrical productions, monuments and memorials, anniversaries and celebrations, government policies and sporting achievements, genealogy and national origin stories, etc. Practical application of historical skills and tools through communication with public historians, visits to local historic sites, completing relevant assignments and engaging experiential learning. Students will gain valuable experiences and knowledge related to a variety of areas where public history is practiced and will be exposed to career opportunities in history. This course is a prerequisite for other History Practicum opportunities

Course Credits: 3
NB: This course is the prerequisite for any history practicum (HIST 315). Not offered every year. See department chair.
2026-2027 HIST 310

History in Practice

An exploration of the various manifestations of the practice of history in the public sphere. Students will be exposed to the ways in which communities, regions, nations, and others polities collect, manage, create, present and understand their histories, pasts, and stories. Analyze how forms of historical consciousness show themselves in archives and museums, films and theatrical productions, monuments and memorials, anniversaries and celebrations, government policies and sporting achievements, genealogy and national origin stories, etc. Practical application of historical skills and tools through communication with public historians, visits to local historic sites, completing relevant assignments and engaging experiential learning. Students will gain valuable experiences and knowledge related to a variety of areas where public history is practiced and will be exposed to career opportunities in history. This course is a prerequisite for other History Practicum opportunities

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History or instructor’s consent
NB: This course is the prerequisite for any history practicum (HIST 315). Not offered every year. See department chair.
2025-2026 HIST 312

Science & Technology in Global Perspective

This course provides a survey of the history of science and technology from the ancient world to the present with particular emphasis on the early- modern and modern eras. While much of the focus is on developments in the Western world, this course also examines select issues and events in a comparative world perspective.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2026-2027 HIST 312

Science & Technology in Global Perspective

This course provides a survey of the history of science and technology from the ancient world to the present with particular emphasis on the early- modern and modern eras. While much of the focus is on developments in the Western world, this course also examines select issues and events in a comparative world perspective.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History or instructor’s consent
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: GENV 314
HIST 312

Science and Technology in Global Perspective

This course provides a survey of the history of science and technology from the ancient world to the present with particular emphasis on the early- modern and modern eras. While much of the focus is on developments in the Western world, this course also examines select issues and events in a comparative world perspective.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: GENV 314
HIST 315

History Practicum

A supervised field experience designed to give students an opportunity to apply the skills and methodology of the discipline of history in a variety of settings so as to expose them to the broad range of contemporary applications for their formal education. Placements may take place in a variety of public settings including but not limited to: areas such as businesses and industry, government and public service, non-governmental organizations and international agencies, information management and preservation, resource management and land use, and education and training.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair. Pass/fail course.
2025-2026 HIST 315

History Practicum

A supervised field experience designed to give students an opportunity to apply the skills and methodology of the discipline of history in a variety of settings so as to expose them to the broad range of contemporary applications for their formal education. Placements may take place in a variety of public settings including but not limited to: areas such as businesses and industry, government and public service, non-governmental organizations and international agencies, information management and preservation, resource management and land use, and education and training.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair. Pass/fail course.
2026-2027 HIST 315

History Practicum

A supervised field experience designed to give students an opportunity to apply the skills and methodology of the discipline of history in a variety of settings so as to expose them to the broad range of contemporary applications for their formal education. Placements may take place in a variety of public settings including but not limited to: areas such as businesses and industry, government and public service, non-governmental organizations and international agencies, information management and preservation, resource management and land use, and education and training.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History or instructor’s consent
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair. Pass/fail course.
HIST 316

History Practicum

A supervised field experience designed to give students an opportunity to apply the skills and methodology of the discipline of history in a variety of settings so as to expose them to the broad range of contemporary applications for their formal education. Placements may take place in a variety of public settings including but not limited to: areas such as businesses and industry, government and public service, non-governmental organizations and international agencies, information management and preservation, resource management and land use, and education and training.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair. Pass/fail course
2025-2026 HIST 316

History Practicum

A supervised field experience designed to give students an opportunity to apply the skills and methodology of the discipline of history in a variety of settings so as to expose them to the broad range of contemporary applications for their formal education. Placements may take place in a variety of public settings including but not limited to: areas such as businesses and industry, government and public service, non-governmental organizations and international agencies, information management and preservation, resource management and land use, and education and training.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair. Pass/fail course.