SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To
................ Mr.H. Evans
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From ?
D. H. Sullivan
SecretaryofSenate
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Dean of Arts
Subject.. H
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tory çurricu .lumP,r.9.P..P..l................
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Date ?
August 6,
1.9.7.0
The Faculty of Arts has approved the attached curriculum
proposal from the Department of History. Included in tne
submission are the new course proposals and proposed calendar
entry.
Would you please bring this before Senate for approval at
its next meeting. Thank you.
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NEW COURSE' PP0P0Si\LS
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The attached curriculum proposals for the Department of History
are presented to the Faculty of
Arts
and Senate for their approval.
Since they represent a major revision of the department 's prograrime
rather than single additions to or deletions from that programme, the
department submits, for its proposals, the following collective
justification, which follows as closely as possible the prescribed
zorm for submission of now course proposals in the Faculty or Arts.
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Calendar Information:
Course titles, numbers, descri
p
tions, credit hours, vector
descriptions and pre-requisites are listed individually -
or, where appropriate, collectively - in the attached
calendar entry.
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Enrollment and Schedulin
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100 level: History
offered
History
150 for
summer.
100 - not a new course and to be
on the same basis as at present.
150 and 160 - estimatenrollment
fall and spring semesters; 75 :or
To be offered every semester.
History 199 - estimated enrollment - 50-75;
to be offered twice yearly, fall and spring
semester.
ii.
200 level: Courses in Group A will be offered on the
same basis as the department's present 200-
level courses, with estimated enrollments of
from 45-100, according to predictable demand.
They will be offereda
t
least once yearly or. a ctatifl
basis.
Courses in Group 13 will be offered to a max-
imum of 30 students once a
y
ear on a rotating
basis. The exception to this will be History
299, which will usuall
y
be a lower-level
readings course, offered each semester accoro-
irig to student demand and faculty availab:zy.
iii.
400 level: Courses in Group A will be offered to a maxi-
mum of 30 students or, in some cases, 5. They
will be offered once a year on a rotating basis.
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cou:c
ses in Group B
wi
ll have the same e.s t. .i. -
mated ours
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Ps
Group
J courses
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It. is
ant
icipated that at ieest three will he given
during each fail and sorin
q
semester and at
least two dar
ing
each summer semester
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ast. ton to NO will be His
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be
offered at this level on the same basis a
Histcry 299 at a] ewer l
ewel.
It is anticipated that the revised programme will
be
put into
effect beginning
in
the iati semester, 1971.
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justification:
The department's present calendar proposal has been produced
as a result of pro.l.c:iqod ieliberations within the department.
A series of committees, sitting a.i rco January, 1959 has examined
in detail the present curriculum, the developing needs of the
university and its
student
body and the changing interests of
faculty and students within the doper i..meat . Tue committees have
been composed of faculty and students in equal numbers, have
received submissions from both faculty and students and have
presented interim proposals to open hearin
g
s of students and
faculty and final, proposals to debate of the department meet i.ncj
which includes six student members, and to
Mal
referendum of
its members.
These discussions have produced a programme proposal which has
underlined many of the principles on which History has so far
been taught in this university and which has accordingly provided
that the national and regionat histories which have hitherto rnad'
up the greater part of the dopart:ment s programme continue to
be heavily represented. Thus • the teaching o F the three reqinna
of stud
y
, the Amer lees, Europe and %[:ro-Asia. "ili continue, as
will the teaching or smaller areas within those reqions. Thu
department has decided, bowo'er, that it wishes to extend the
offerings which it currently makes and to provide additional
courses which give insight into particular branches of historical
knowledge or which allow faculty and students to develop their
interest in subject matter which cuts across national or regional
boundaries. The general feeling of the department has boon Lhs L
its programme needs a great deal, more flexibility than it possesses
at present and an attempt has been made to provide this at all
levels.
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At the 100-level, the present calendar consists of History 100
(An introduction to the Study off History), History 101 The
Twentieth Century). Histor
y
121 iuro;c , 1500
Yo
1763) i'Itstc.ry
141 (Historical Development off the Americas to 1763
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, and Hist:or"'
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162 (Afro-Asia TOCIa
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of Thesc., only the first has been
retained and the remaining new courses are as follows
History
ISO
Selected
ToPics
Pro-20th Century
History.
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History
160
Selected
TO1CS
in Contemporary History.
History
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StUriO:
In Nisterical
yc.ncd.
The third of these courses is intended primarily for raor
anc.l
honours students who, havin
g
takon History 100, wish to epply
the concepts and techni
ques
eceu ird in that: course to spa ci ic
historical crob1ern .The other twa cerses are intended to
enable instructors to provide courses which are unhampered by
the fairly rigid confines of the present regi
o
nal course
s
.The
topics for these courses
wi
Li chan
q
c from semester to semestr
and faculty wishing 'L-.
'c) undertake
will be
them
required to submit
their proposals to the chairman of the department who will present
them to the department's
m
nderqreduate Stud ics Committee for
approval.
At the 200-level, courses are dividod into two groups, the first
offering studies in.specific
nations
and regions and the second
in particular approaches to the study of histor. The first
group of courses will be substantially the same as the 200-1eve1
courses presently offered by the department - that is, they
will
offer introductory work in those areas which are dealt with in
more concentrated fashion at the 00-levei. in most cases, those
courses have been re-number
e
d and re-titled to allow faculty
teaching them to de
p
art, where proprinte. from the rig•id
chronological limits imposed by current offerings. The second
group of courses is designed to continue and expand the ideas and
techniques discussed in History 100 and 199. This will be clone
by examining the contribution of various sub-branches of the
historical disciplines both in general terms and with reference
to specific problems.
The 400 level courses are also divided
into two
groups, largely
corresponding to those already noted at the 200-level. The first
group, national and regional courses, provides students with the
opportunity to examine in depth problems in the history of
specific areas, while the second qioup is designed to give students
a broader perspecti'
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based on an examination of problems which
transcend national or regional. boundarcs. The topics for thesc
latter courses will. change from semester to semester and faculty
wishing to undertake them will be required to submit their pro-
posals to the chairman of the department who will bring them to
the department's undergraduate stud i os committee for approval.
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The honours courses, history .95-9O, remain those included in the
current calendar as do the requirements for the honours procremmu'.
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Acceptance of this proposal will affect departmental degree
requirements at the lower levels because there will no longer
be formal course requirements of any kind. The department is,
however, revising its student: advising programme to ensure that
its students are thoroughly acquainted with the implications of
any programme they may wish to undertake and that they are
equally well aware of what the department recommends for its
major and honours students. At the upper level, the requirement
for thirty hours is retained with the additional priviso that
major students must obtain a minimum of 5 hours credit from both
Group A and Group B. The recommendations conform to faculty and
university degree requirements.
The total number of courses, exclusive of honours courses,
offered by the department will he decreased from sixty-five to
fifty-seven by this proposal. History 100 will be the only non-
honours course retaining its present number and description while
all others have been dropped from the calendar or re-numbered and
re-described in line with the principles outlined above.
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Budgetary and Space Factors-.
It will be possible to mount the proposed programme effectively
with the faculty presently employed, although it will ideally
require additional faculty for the department. In addition,
the revised programme will make no space or equipment requirements
beyond those which the department already has. With some
reallocation of existing library funds, book needs for new
courses can he met from existing resources.
PiOi7OSiI) CA1.iNflA
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Oi' T1IS'ORY
1.
Ccncral
ut the uropar
and
peauliar uurposc of the academic study of
hstorv is
not
merely
the acLjui-;iti.on of a
wide knowledge
of
history, even when received in a
reliable
or at least generally
acceutable dorm. It is rather the creation of an abilit
y
to
criticize tac torm and tne
sources
or
tnis knowiedge, eric
tac
or a sense o the sequence of cause and effect, of the
constant movement a10. interplay
upon
each other of man and his
envrronmeat,
of
the
p
ossibi].iries and limitations of historical
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distinction aet eon
ti
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ana the casual in the
particular
matter that is acing revie',/2c, anc
of the resolution to be satisfied with nothing less than the
roose of the
mind
in
acquired truth, or failing that, the ad-
mission or ignorance - in a wore,
the
acquisirior. or -
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rie nstorical
sense, the capacity to see
or
to present to others some rart of
past human activity in an ordered, illuminated, critically tested
rorm, whicn reflects something, at least, or the rearity tnaz cre
existed.
David Knowles
Regius Professor of Modern
History
in the University of Cambridge and
Fellow o
of
f
peterhouse.
2.
Recuirements for Prospective major and Honours stucents
in tac
First Four Levels
There are no formal course requirements in
the
first four levels.
Students intending major or honours work in a particular area such
as the history of Africa or the Middle East
will normally be
advised
to
enroll in preparatory courses
at the lower level. All intending
majors and honours students will be advised to take History 100 and
199 before entering upper level work.
3.
Requirements for Major and Honours Students in
the
Fifth to
Eighth Levels
Major students are required to obtain credit in 30 hours of 400-
level work. A minimum of 5 credit hours must be obtained from each
of Group
A
and B 400-level courses.
A student intending to enter the History Honours
p
rograrre shall
make application to the departments undergraduate Studies Committee,
ordinarily at the end of his fourth level.
The normal sequence of Honours courses for all students in their
fifth and sixth levels will be:
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95 and 496. Before entering the
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seventh level, the student must choose one of two plans:
2.
Plan A. Designed to allow the studerit to pursue a broader
education, this plan allows more choice of courses
outsid the department while still providing the
student with the opportunity, through additional
reading and the Honours Essays to concentrate sonic-
what on a particular area of historical inquiry.
The basic requirement for Honcurs students under this
plan is f
ty-one
hours of course work in History,
divided into se'en 400-
1
1eve1 courses and four ilonours
courses.
Plan B. This alternative offers the student a chance to free
himself of the pressures of hc typical semester and to
concentrat
e
fully on further readings, and the
completion
of the Honours Fssay, in his specific area of historical
interest. The
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recu i.rernent for Honours students
under this plan is fifty-six hours of course work in
History, divided into six 400-level courses, two Honours
courses, arid the Honours semester:.
The following outlines a typical pro
g
ramme of study under the
two plans (H-Histor':; 0-Optional; Honours Courses - 1-1495 to H499
Level S
Level 6
H400-5 level
11400-5 level
H400-5
1100-5 ?
level
H495-5
F196--3
0200-3 level
0400--5
level
18
18
Upon completion of level 6, the student must choose, after con-
sultation with facult
y
, either
p
lan A or Plan B for his final
two semesters:
Plan A
plan B
Level
7
Level B
Level 7
Level
8
H400-5 level
H400-5 level
11400-5 ?
level
1-1499-18
H400-5 level
114.9A-5
11400-5 ?
level
H497-3
0400-5 level
0400-S level
0400-5 level
0200-3
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Level
0200-3 ?
level
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18
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Languages other
than ?
Fnqj-j.sh
Most
graduate schools re
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uire some
proficiency in one
or two
languages other
than English.
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These who contemplate
graduate
studies
in
History area advised to
include lanquage
courses
other than English in their
proqramrno.
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3.
Description of courses
100-3 Introduction to
the
Study of History (1-2-0)
An examination of abstract and ohilosopb.icai problems of
historical knowi.edije, such as causation, objectivity,
progress, determinism. Open to students from all depart-
ments.
150-3 Selected Tonics n Pre-2Otli Century History (2-1-0)
160-3 Selected Topics in Contem
p o
r
ary History (2-1-0)
These courses will be offered each semester, and topics will be
announced in advance.
199-3 Studies in Historical Method (1-2--0)
A study of problems encountered in the analysis and
interpretation of evidence from the past, through the
use of primary source material. Intended primarily for
major and honours students.
200 Level:
Group A: National
-and
Regional.--Courses
Courses in this group are intended to familiarize students with the
past of particular areas. Themes which
individual
instructors
expect to emphasize in
each case will be
announced two semesters
before the course is offered.
200-3 Modern Africa (2-1-0)
201-3 Studies in African History (2-1-0)
202-3 Canada (2-1-0)
203-3 Studies in Canadian History
204-3 Studies in Early Mod
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:...rn Europe (2--1-0)
205-3 Studies in Modern Europe (2-1-0)
206-3 Studies in Contemporary Europe (2--i-0)
207-3 The European Nation-State (2-1-0)
208-3 Modern Latin America (2-1-0)
209-3 Studies in Latin American Histor
y
(2-1-0)
210-3 The Modern Middle East (2-1-0)
211-3 Studies in Middle Eastern Flistory (2-1-0)
212-3 The United Statos to 1877 (2-1-0)
213-3 The United States Since 1877 (2-1-0)
Group B:
Approaches
to liis.tory
1.
Courses in this group arc intended to introduce students to Some
4.
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important approaches
to
the study of the past. They will discuss
the theory and the practice of these views of history, their method
of enquiry and their validity as techniques for apprehending the
past.
294-3 Religion ana Science (1-2-0)
295-3 Cultural and Intellectual History (1-2-0)
296-3 Social and Economic History (1-2-0)
297-3
p
olitical and Administrative History (1-2-0)
298-3 international Relations (1-2-0)
299-3 problems in History (0-3-0)
This course is designed to allow students to pursue in
greater depth a particular historical problem. It will
he offered either as an individual reading course or in
small seminars, depending upon student and faculty interest.
Admission by consent of the instructor. Not open to upper
level students.
Upper Division Courses
Admission to 400-level courses is ordinarily at the discretion
of
the instructor, and students are advised to consult with the in-
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structors concerned before planning their programme.
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Advice will
be avilable from the department two semesters in advance as to
specific problems and themes which will be examined in each of
the
courses in Groups A and B.
Group A:
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Problems in National and Regional_Histor
Courses in this group allow students to develop further their
in-
terest in the history of
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particular nations or regions.
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It
is
intended that students sample as broad a selection of courses
as
possible, although the opportunities for specialization are to
he
noted.
404-5 ?
East Africa ?
(2-3-0)
409-5 ?
West Africa
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(2-3-0)
413-5 ?
Southern Africa
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(2-3-0)
414-5 ?
North Africa
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(2-3-0)
418-5 ?
The Middle East in the 19th Century (2-3-0)
419-5 ?
The Middle East in the 20th Century (2-3-0)
423-3 ?
Canada: ?
Diplomatic and Political
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(2-3-0)
424-3 ?
Canada: ?
Cultural.
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(2-3-0)
428-5 ?
Cnada: ?
Social and Economic
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(2-3-0)
429-5 ?
French Canada
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(2-3-0)
435-5 ?
Western Canada
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(2-3-0)
442-5 Renaissance and Reformation in Europe (2-3-0)
443-5 England from the Reformation to the Restoration (2-3-0)
446-5 Victorian Britain (2-3-0)
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447-5 British Foreign and Imperial Policy (2-3-0)
448-5 Central Europe since Metternich: I (2-3-0)
449-5 Central Europe since Mettcrni.ch: II (2-3-0)
50-5 France in Modern Times: I (2-3-0)
454-5 France in Modern Times: II (2-3-0)
455-5 Imperial and Soviet Russia: I (2-3-0)
458-5 Imperial and Soviet Russia: II (2-3-0)
461-5 Colonial and Early National United States (2-3-0)
462-5 The United States in the 10th Centur
y
(2-3-0)
463-5 The United States in the 20th century (2-3-0)
461-5 The United States: Selected
p
roblems (2-3-0)
472-5 Latin America: Intellectual and Cultural (2-3-0)
473-5 Latin America: Political and Social (2-3-0)
Group B: Thematic Studies
Courses in this group provide students with an opportunity to
develop their interest, in general or specific themes about the
historic past. Although the themes offered may vary according
to changing faculty and student interest such problems as
revolution, ideology, political stability, war and.peace, disease,
give some indication of the kind of theme discussed in these
courses.
480-5 Studies in History I (2-3-0)
481-5 Studies in History II (2-3-0)
482-5 Studies in History III (2-3-0)
483-5 Studies in History IV (2-3-0)
484-5 Studies in History V (2-3-0)
489-5 Studies in History (0-3-0)
This course is designed to allow students to pursue in
greater depth a particular historical problem. It will
be offered either as an individual reading course or as
small seminars, depending upon student and faculty interest.
Admission by consent of the instructor.
Honours courses (open only to Honours students)
495-5 Methodology and Philosophy of History
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A study of methodology, including such concerns as
principles of historical criticism, annotation and
transcription of source material, generalization, and
the techniques of history and the social sciences.
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at ion ci: var1o
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phdosopnes of history, as
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Li.
as such philosoubical cuc:;ticns as the role and
histor
ivcortancc
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and.
o.i
the
ethics
extent
and
to
norairrv
which Objectivity,
in the writing
if
of
desirable, is possible in historical analysis.
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(0-5-0)
496-3 Directed Honours Reading I
Ordinaril y
this course will serve as an introduction to the
events a
n
d lateraturo or a broad area or student interest.
Irom coo-se cirectecl readings in a general field of stucy, tae
student wril choose a more specific topic on which to concentrate
future Honours work.
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(0-3-0)
497-3
Directed Honours Reading II
A continuation of History 496, with readings normally closely
related to the proposed subject of the Honours Essay and directed
towards its final preparation.
498-5 Honours Essay
The Honours Essay, written under the direction of an individual
facult
y
member, will reflect a familiarity with the events and
literature of a particular area of study.
499-18 Honours Semester
A semester in which further reading and research in a specialized.
area or study will he undertaken. Conducted in close co-operation
with faculty, this 18-hour 'course' will culminate with tee stucenc
writing an Honours Essay, a work which shall reflect an abilit
y
cc
analyze and synthesize the events and literature of the specifrc
subject being considered.
