Undergraduate Programs
The Department of History offers a broad selection of undergraduate courses, ranging from Roman Antiquity to the present day. Students have an opportunity to take courses that focus on Africa, Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Many of our courses also cut across geographical boundaries by following a particular theme, the social history of alcohol, slavery, the history of sexuality, environmental history, the historical experience of women, digital history, and the development of big business.
History Undergraduate Programs
History BA / offers Co-op option and practicum
The study of history allows us to recognize and understand the complex issues that shaped the contemporary world. The History Department offers courses in African, United States, Asian, Canadian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and South Asian history. Some courses trace the history of social, political and cultural change of a region or period. Others are thematic and may examine women’s history, the histories of sexuality, sport, alcohol, war or global migrations.
History Honours BA / Concentration in Public History
Public History explores how the past is connected to the present and how it is represented and experienced in sites such as museums, archives, films, theatre performances, walking tours, monuments and memorials, historical novels, graphic novels, video games, family photograph albums, and digital platforms.
Combined Honours BA
The BA (Honours) adds a fourth year of advanced study during which students take seminars and conduct research under the direct supervision of a faculty member. The BA (Honours) degree provides students with the option of pursuing graduate work. The Honours program includes the option of completing a major research essay for credit, but this may only be undertaken with the permission of a faculty member willing to supervise the project.
Honours Co-op BA
The Cooperative Education Option allows the student to gain valuable practical experience in a work environment related to History. Students admitted to the Co-op Option must satisfy the normal requirements for graduation in the BA History (Honours) and three paid work terms, with each work term lasting four months in order to receive the co-op designation on their final transcript and diploma.
Meet Ally
Ally is a 4th year History and Political Science student and President of the History Undergraduate Society at Carleton University.
History Programs – Majors, Minors, Concentrations, and Specializations
The Department of History offers several ways to study history at the undergraduate level: Students may select a Bachelor of Arts in history (honours) or a combined honours and they may include the cooperative education program or the Concentration in Public History. We also offer a Bachelor of Arts in history and a minor in history. Students in the Bachelor of Global and International Studies may take a specialization in transnational history. A complete description of these programs and their requirements is available in the undergraduate calendar. This also provides information on the requirements for those who wish to minor in History.
