History & Political Science
This combined specialist program encourages students to understand the theories in History and Political science as complementary and contrasting to each other, in order to understand the society, culture, and governments. Students will take courses in both History and Political Science to meet the program requirements.
Honours Bachelor of Arts
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Buzz Around Campus
Kristen Bos initially resisted going into the field of Indigenous studies. “I started out in archaeology and wondered why it was that I and so many other native friends and scholars were doing work in either anthropology or archaeology,” says Bos, an assistant professor in UTM’s Department of Historical Studies.
In 1914, a Buddhist priest worked in secret, translating a sacred text into a forbidden language, publishing it using a printing press smuggled into Kathmandu from India. From that act of defiance grew a century-long movement of resistance that finally saw the ban on the Newar language lifted in 2007.
Associate professor Edward Schatz’s new book looks at the symbolic, and often remote, influence of the U.S. in Central Asia, and explores the growth of what he coins ‘slow anti-Americanism’ amongst the region’s social movements.
Sample Courses
A broad survey of the history of Canada from the beginning to the present focused on changing notions of the country, its territory, and peoples.
An analysis of the different methods of conflict management, such as security regimes and UN Peacekeeping.
The history of the United States through the themes of cultural history and capitalism.
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Anthropology (HBA)
Anthropology is the study of humankind from its beginnings to present. In practice, the discipline divides itself into several subfields, each of which focuses on different aspects of human life across space and through time.
International Affairs
The International Affairs program provides background and training in the combination of analytical and linguistic skills demanded of individuals who wish to work in an increasingly globalized economy. The program offers a combination of courses that allow the student to acquire full interactive capability in a chosen language, while simultaneously studying institutional and theoretical issues pertaining to political, commercial and economic relationships between nations.
English
This program specifically focuses on how literature in English has developed through the centuries, all over the world, and in a rich variety of different forms and modes, from oral recitations to digital media. Students will be introduced to the full range of literary genres and traditions.