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HIST 124 Canada: A History of the Present Units: 6.00
A historical survey of the liberal, capitalist, and multicultural democracy we now call Canada. Through lectures, seminars, and the analysis of historical texts and heritage sites, the course explores the social-political struggles over Indigeneity and race, class and colonialism, gender and sexuality, which continue to shape contemporary Canada.
NOTE Also offered online. Consult Arts and Science Online. Learning Hours may vary.
NOTE Also offered online. Consult Arts and Science Online. Learning Hours may vary.
Learning Hours: 240 (36 Lecture, 36 Seminar, 24 Online Activity, 144 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None.
Exclusion Maximum of one course from: HIST 104/3.0; HIST 124/6.0; HIST 260/6.0.
Exclusion Maximum of one course from: HIST 105/3.0; HIST 124/6.0; HIST 260/6.0; HIST 279/3.0.
Course Equivalencies: HIST 124, HIST 124B
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Apply the six key concepts of historical thinking: determine historical significance; assess and marshal primary historical evidence; explain continuity and change over time; identify historical cause, consequence, and context; deploy historical perspective and avoid presentism; identify ethical dimensions in the relationship between the past and present.
- Use historical analytical concepts, including social formations; historical memory and counter-memory; colonialism and decolonization; gender/race/class/sexuality.
- Critique public representations of history.
- Deploy historiographical skills: research secondary sources; place historical writing in historiographical context; critique academic historical writing. These skills will be part of the winter-term project.
- Hone critical writing skills: develop an argument, organize a paper, demonstrate the elements of style in relation to a paper proposal, annotated bibliography, book critique, and an essay.
- Develop skills in the critical analysis of historical sources. Seminars are designed as workshops to develop transferable skills in the critical analysis of primary documents and secondary readings.