Program Information
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements, including at least 0.5 course in History with a minimum mark of 60%.
Module
4.0 courses required for the minor:
1.5 required courses:
- History 2801F/G: History Wars (Huron), or History 2811F/G: Communities, Governments and Businesses: The Uses of History (Huron)
- History 3710F/G / History 4710F/G: The World Wars in History Memory and Reconciliation (King’s), or History 3809F/G: History, Ethics and Public Policy (King’s), or History 4861F/G: The Holocaust and Human Rights (King’s)
- History 3810A/B: Introduction to Public History: Putting History to Work in the World (Western)
2.5 additional courses chosen from:
- History 2189A/B: History at the Movies (Western)
- History 2801F/G: History Wars (Huron)
- History 2811F/G: Communities, Governments and Businesses: The Uses of History (Huron)
- History 2886F/G: Fakes, Frauds and Fairs: The History of Museums (Western)
- History 3710F/G / History 4710F/G: The World Wars in History, Memory and Reconciliation (King's)
- History 3801E: The Historian’s Craft (Huron and King's)
- History 3809F/G: History, Ethics and Public Policy (King’s)
- History 3812F/G: Historical Fantasies: Pseudohistory and Popular Distortions of the Past (Huron)
- History 3840F/G: Microscopes and Amputation Saws: A History of Medicine in 10 Objects (Western)
- History 3885F/G: Digital Research Methods with AI (Western)
- History 4213F/G: Life, Love and Death in Early Canada (Western)
- History 4218F/G: Cities of the Dead: Cemeteries, Death and Mourning in North America (Western)
- History 4605E: War and Memory in Modern East Asia (Huron)
- History 4806F/G: Indigenous Peoples and Archives (Western)
- History 4810F/G: Making History Matter to the Public: Practicing Active History (Huron)
- History 4818F/G: Indigenous Peoples and Public History (Western)
- History 4861F/G: The Holocaust and Human Rights (King’s)
Students may replace up to 1.0 courses from the above list with courses from the following list:
- Anthropology 2101A/B: Great Archaeological Sites
- Anthropology 2256A/B: Ruins & Ruination
- Anthropology 2272F/G: Anthropology of Tourism
- Anthropology 3312F/G: Historical Archaeology – Interpreting the Recent Past
- Anthropology 3324A/B: Archaeological Field School – Site Management
- Anthropology 4418F/G: Historical Material Culture
- Classical Studies 3010F/G: Study Tour to Greece: Ancient Greek History, Archaeology & Culture
- Classical Studies 3050F/G: Study Tour to Italy: Roman History, Archaeology & Culture
- Classical Studies 4580F/G: Vindolanda Field School
- Museum & Curatorial Studies 2610F/G: The Greatest Shows on Earth
- Museum & Curatorial Studies 2620F/G: Introduction to Museum & Curatorial Studies
- Museum & Curatorial Studies 3610F/G: Controversies and Contestations: Museums
- Other suitable courses with significant public history content may be substituted by special permission.
NOTE: Students may complete an Honors Specialization, or Major, in History, and also complete a Minor in Public History. No double counting is allowed; that is, courses taken to fulfill the requirements of this module cannot fulfill the requirements of any other modules at the university.
Also take note that some courses have prerequisites and limited space, and thus require special application or have preference for their own departmental students. Please check with each department to ensure you have all needed prerequisites and permissions.
