Cross-listed with: AP/SOSC 3210 6.0 Responsible Unit: Department of Social SciencePlease contact the responsible unit for all inquiries. This course explores the changing nature of paid and unpaid work in Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries and the impact of those changes on Canadian society. Course credit exclusion: AP/HIST 3250 6.00. PRIOR TO FALL […]
Cross-listed with: EU/GEOG 3080 3.0. Responsible Unit: Geography (Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change)Please contact the responsible unit for all inquiries. Cultural landscapes change over time. This can result from changes in legal tenure, cultural adaptation, changes in the economic base or historical events. This course considers landscapes in various countries in chronological sequence.
This course examines the history of Latin America from the Spanish and Portuguese conquests to the present.Course credit exclusions: AP/HIST 2720 6.00 (prior to Fall 2012), GL/HIST 2200 6.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AS/HIST 3720 6.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 2000-2001), GL/HIST 2200 6.00.
This course surveys the history of some of the oldest civilizations of the world and their immediate successors: Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt, Hittite-land, Canaan and Israel. Problems of how to determine the facts of ancient history are also discussed.Course credit exclusion: AP/HIST 1090 6.00.
This course explores the history of Greece from its struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire (achieved in 1821) to the present with a focus on social, cultural and political developments. Expanded Course Description: This course explores the history of Greece since the eighteenth century, the period of Ottoman and Venetian rule; from the 1821 […]
Examines the history of migration from Greece to North America, Australia and Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries and combines a detailed historical narrative on the development of Greek diaspora with a more in-depth examination of specific communities. It also introduces students to the field of Diaspora and migration studies. Previously offered as: AP/HIST […]
This course examines twentieth century British history largely through the medium of film. The course comprises background lectures on important events and developments in twentieth century Britain, film viewings, and lectures and tutorials analyzing and discussing the films.Course credit exclusion: AP/HIST 3490 3.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/HIST 3490 6.00.
This course examines the intersection of popular culture and political economy to explore how American identity changed between 1900 and 1945. Through readings and documentary material on technology, migration, and urbanization, in-class discussion, and lectures, it explores the U.S. between 1900-1945 as both a nation and a complex process, rather than a fixed set of […]
This course analyzes major political movements that have transformed the United States. The course focuses on African American, women's, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movements.
Course Director: Natasha Henry-Dixon - henryn@yorku.ca Explores the many ways people of African descent contributed to building the Province of Ontario. By piecing together clues from such sources as archival documents, archaeological site reports and material culture, coupled with critical analysis of secondary sources, students learn to identify, analyze, interpret and share through on-line publication […]