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HIST 476 Canada at War Units: 3.00
An exploration of war in a Canadian context, with an emphasis on how war has shaped Canadian society and the relationship between Canada and its armed forces. Topics to be studied, from a Canadian perspective, include the nature of war, the new military history, the military identity of an unmilitary people, and the military as a profession.
Learning Hours: 144 (36 Seminar, 108 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a HIST Specialization, Major, or Joint Honours Plan and a minimum grade of C+ in 6.0 units from HIST 300-330.
Course Equivalencies: HIST 476, HIST 476B
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Describe key events and processes in Canada's military past.
- Develop critical thinking skills, including an understanding of social processes (gender, race, and class) in the study of Canada at War.
- Analyze various sources (i.e., primary sources including visual and textual objects, secondary sources/historiography, government documents, museum artifacts, websites, journal articles, newspaper articles, commercials, monographs, etc.).
- Articulate an understanding of various methods (i.e., the "how to") of historical thinking and critical thinking, and their affordances or limitations, in understanding the past.
- Create a historical narrative incorporating both primary and secondary sources.
- Reflect on broad events and processes in Canada's past.
- Recognize that history is a selective process and note there are voices, events, and processes left out or silenced by it.
- Develop advanced undergraduate level writing skills.