2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

'(''HISTORY3NN3, CANADA',SREVOLUTIONS: 1939-1982An intensive treatment, through the lenses of society, ideology and poli,..tic!), of the revolutionary experience of the post war decades. The coursewill 'examine the country's transition from a. prevailing conservative liberalismpremised on community solidarity to a liberal democracy whichexalts individual rights.','Three hours (lectures and discussion); one termPrerequisite: Registrationin Level II or aboveHISTORY 3003 SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLDAn examination of slavery in the Americas, from' the fifteenth 'to thenineteenth centuries. Topics to be examined ,include, plantations andlabour regimes; gender, slave health; slaVe resistance; Afro-creole cul~tures; emancipation. 'Three hours (lectures arid discussion); one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCross-list: PEACE ST 3003HISTORY 3P03,. REliGION AND SOCIETY IN CANADA, This course will exarT;line the origin"nature and development of the majorCanadian religious denominations from the 17th to the mid-20th Centu,ry.Three hours (lectures and discussion groups); one;termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or above,Offered in alternate years.HISTORY 3PP3 THEINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. " ' ' IN BRITAIN, 1780-1914 " ",A survey of' the economic ,and social history of Britain from the early,stages of the industrial revolution to the outbreak of the First World War.Three hours (lectures and discussion); one !erm . ,Prerequisite: R~gistration in LeveJ II or aboveHISTORY 3Q03 . MODERN GERMANYThis course examines the complexities of German social and political historysince, 1,890, including World War One, Third Reich, cold war'division,questions ,of national identity,andthe peaceful, revolution of 1989.Three hours (lectures and discussion groups); one term, Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or above 'Cross-list: PEACE'ST 3G03HISTORY 3QQ3 THE-SOVIET UNION THROUGH FILMSoviet history through the prism of Soviet film as a primary source from1924 to the present. '" 'Three, hours (lectures and discussion); one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level ,II or above "HISTORY3R03 EUROPE BETWEEN THE WARS, 1918-1938This course explores the political radicalism, ,soc,ial transformation, andcultural experimentation which d,efined Europe ih the roaring 1920's andthe crisis-ridden 1930's.ThreehoLirs (lectures and discussion groups); one term,,Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveHISTORY 3RR3 , WAR AND SOCIETY IN20TH-CENTURY BRITAINImperialism and Society in Britain: the impact of World War I and WorldWar II on'the British Empire.Three hours (lectures and qiscussion groups); one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveHISTORY 3SS3ASPECTS OFTHE CULTURALHI'STORY OF ,ENGLAND, ~ 500-1688An introduction to courtly, urban, and rural.culture from pre-Reformationhumanism through to the Restorati,on era, with emphasis upon social,political and religious influences.''Three hours (lectures' and discussion, groups); one termPrerequ!site: Registration in Level II or above .HISTORY 3V03 MADNESS IN THE AGE OF REASON:MENTAL ILLNESS AND SOCIETYFROM 1750 TO THE PRESENT DAYAn exploration of the history of madness from the rise of the asylum tothe present day.Three hours (lectures and discussion); one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveAntirequisite: HEALTHST 2D03HISTORY 3W03 WOMEN IN CANADA AND THE U.S. TO 1920This course examines key areas of wornel1's history, such as indigenouscultures" slavery, immigration, religion, 'witchcraft, the family, sexuality,paid and unpaid labour; and the first wave ofthe .women's movement.Three hours (leCtures and discussion); one te'rm 'Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCross-list: WOMEN ST 3G03 'Antirequisite: HISTORY 3X03' ,''HISTORY 229 -HISTORY 3WW3 ,WOMEN IN CANADA AND, .'," THE U.S! FROM 1920 ' " ,This course exami'nes key areas of women's history, such as the impact ofthe Great Depression and the Second World War,thecivifrights movement,,the sexual revolution, and the second wave of ' the women's movement.Three hours (lectures and discussion); one term'Prerequisite: Registration in Levell! or aboveCross-list: WOMEN ST 3GG3Antirequisite: HISTORY 3X03, HISTORY 3Y03 DEATH, DISEASE AND DEGENERATION:', A HISTORY OF HEALTH AND "HEALTH CARE IN CANADA, Explores the history of health and health care in Canada, from the first, Western European settlements to the present day:Two ,lectures one small group session (one ho'ur); one termPrerequisite: Registratior;r in Level II or aboveCross-list: HEAL THSJ 3Y03, HTH SCI 3Y03'This course, is administered.,by the Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours)program.' ' ,HISTORY 3Z03,JUDAISM, THE JEWISH PEOPLE ANDTHE BIRTH OF THE MODERN WORLDOn the lures and threats of the modern world from the early eighteenth to,the ea.rly twentieth century: , Topics include: Jewish philosophy in theAge,of Reason, new Jewish denominations, assimilation, early Zionism,Yiddish socialism, the beginnings of modern anti-Semitism movements ofcultural renewal. -Two lectures,one tutorial; one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or above,Cross-list: RELIG ST 3203Antirequisite: RELiG 81 2X03This course is administered by th~ Department of Religious' Studies.HISTORY 3ZZ3 JUDAISM AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE, IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ,Jews q.nd Judaism in a century of catastrophe and renewal. The progress,of Emancipation; Jews in Canada and the U.S.; the Jewish catastrophein Europe; the Jewish identities in literature and the arts.,Two lectures, one tutorial; one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level.!1 or above'CrosEHist: RELIG ST 3223 ,Antirequisite: RELIG ST 2XX3_,This course is administered ,by the Department of ReligiQus' Studies;Note:'Level IV seminars are open only to students registered in Levels III and IV ofan Honours History program. Enrolment will be limited to approximately 15students, per seminar. The Department is able to offer only a selection of the, 'seminars listed below every year. Information on courses may be obtainedfrom the Department. Seminar. places will be allotted each March for thesucceeding session; early application t6 the Department is essential. 'HISTORY 4A06 RACISM AND HUMAN RIGHTSINPOST-CONFEDERATION CANADA,This 'course examines 'ethnic and racist prejudices and discrimination, in.Canada including attitudes towards immi'grants from Asia and Europe,African Canadian, and Indigenous peoples. It will, also explore the effortsof human rights advocates.'Seminar (two hours); two termsPrerequisite: One of HISTORY 2J06, 2TT3 or 2UU3; and registration inLevel III or IV of an Honours program in History ,Enrolment is limited. Departmentai permiSSion required.HrSTORY 4AA6 EARLY MODERN BRITAIN, 1500-1800Selected topiCS in the political, religious, intellectual,and social life of theBritish peoples, 1500-1800. . 'Seminar (two hours)'; two terms ' , ' ,Prerequisite: One of HISTORY 2M03,2N06, 3SS3, or3TT3; and registra- ,tion in Level III or IV of any Honours program in History -Enrolment is IimitffJd. Departmental permission required.HISTORY 4B06MODERN CANADA, 1896':'1968:AN INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL HISTORYAn intensive study of the shaping of the I twentieth-centwy outlook inEnglish-speaking Canada. Topics will include the growth of the welfarestate,' ideologies (liberalism, conservatism, socialism, feminism), the'Gulturalimpactof depress'ion and the tW9 world wars, and the role ofreligion in shaping the Canadian community.Seminar (two hours); two termsPrerequisite: One of HISTORY 2J06, 2T03, 2TT3 or3NN3;~md registrationin Level HI or IV of any Honours program il1 History ,Enrolment is 1imit~d. Oepartmentalpermission required.