Understanding the past – where we come from and how we got here – lies at the core of what it means to be informed, engaged citizens of our communities, our nations and the world.
As a student in the History Department, you will learn how people in the past lived and worked, how they formed families and created governments, how they established – and resisted – cultural and social norms and traditions, and much more.
We offer an exciting array of courses that will introduce you to broad time periods and regions (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America) and more specialized areas of study, such as the history of science, Indigenous history, women’s and gender history, digital history and the history of human rights. Our first-year offerings are specially designed to highlight how studying the past relates to everyday life today.
Our lecture courses include small-group seminars that invite you to engage closely with readings, work with your classmates and get to know your instructors. In many courses, students are responsible for organizing and leading group discussions. Advanced History majors tackle specialized topics in depth in a close-knit seminar setting.
Studying History at Brock imparts skills that are useful no matter what career path you choose, such as the ability to read and write critically, conduct research, analyze evidence, develop and effectively support arguments, respectfully exchange ideas in conversation with others, and recognize and reconcile differing points of view. It also provides you with essential tools to make sense of the present and prepare for the future.
The department hosts an active undergraduate History society, a journal that showcases student research and many other initiatives that foster a welcoming community of learning. We also offer a co-op program and other experiential opportunities, so you can acquire the tools needed to put your classroom learning into practice.
- BA in History
- Minor in History
Expected cut-off: mid 70s
OUAC Code: BHI
Not an Ontario Secondary School applicant? Find your admissions criteria here.
