Lower Division courses are primarily intended for first and second year students. If you are a third or fourth year student seeking a history elective, you may also take Upper Division (300 and 400 level) courses in history; there are no pre-requisites.

Students who have transferred Lower Division History credits from other post secondary institutions are also qualified to enter the History Majors or Honours Programs. Advanced Placement (AP) (UBC guidelines) and International Baccalaureate (IB) (UBC guidelines) students may also have received lower division history credits.

Prospective History majors may begin the major during their second year (30-60 credits) with up to 6 credits of Upper Division History courses (300 and 400 level).

Once you are accepted as a major, you need to complete the following strictly enforced requirements:

1. 30 upper division credits in History

• Of the 30 upper division credits, no more than 24 credits are allowed in any one field (such as Canadian, Modern European, Asian)

2. Of the 42 total minimum history credits (12 lower division and 30 upper division), at least six credits must be substantially pre-modern in content.

Courses that meet History’s "Pre-modern" Requirement::
*Please note that courses offered in previous years that fulfilled the requirement still apply IF TAKEN IN THOSE YEARS.

HIST 101 World History to Oceanic Contact (6 credits)
HIST 102 World History from 1500 to the 20th Century (6 credits)
HIST 150 World History (6 credits) No longer offered
HIST 201 The Colonial Experience in the Americas (6 credits)
HIST 205 Introduction to Historical Archeology (3 Credits)
HIST 215 Technology in History (6 Credits)
HIST 220 History of Europe (6 credits)
HIST 237 major Themes in American History (6 Credits)
HIST 250 Latin American History (3/6 credits)
HIST 271 Japan and the World, 1550-1900 (3 credits)
HIST 302 History of the Indigenous Peoples of North America (6 Credits)
HIST 306 History of France, 1461-1715 (6 credits)
HIST 307 French North America to 1803 (6 credits)
HIST 310 The British Empire to 1850 (3 Credits)
HIST 314 Early Modern Britain (6 credits)
HIST 323 Atlantic Revolutions, 1767-1838 (3 credits)
HIST 326 The British North American Colonies, 1749-1873 (6 Credits) No longer offered
HIST 327 American Colonial History, 1607-1763 (3 credits)
HIST 328 American Revolutionary History, 1763-1812 (3 credits)
HIST 341 Medieval Jewish History (3 credits) (same as RELG 331)
HIST 344 Ancien Regime France (6 credits)
HIST 348 Russia before 1917 (6 credits) Formerly HIST 405
HIST 363 Europe in the Early Middle Ages (3 credits)
HIST 364 Europe in the Central Middle Ages (3 credits)
HIST 365 The Renaissance (3 credits)
HIST 366 Reformation Europe (3 credits)
HIST 367 Europe in the Age of the Enlightenment (3 credits)
HIST 378 History of Early Imperial China (3 credits) Equivalency: ASIA 320.
HIST 379 History of Later Imperial China (3 credits) Equivalency: ASIA 340.
HIST 387 Medieval India (3 credits)
HIST 388 Mughal India (3 credits)
HIST 401 Seafaring in the Age of Sail (3 Credits)
HIST 424 Economic History of Pre-Modern Europe (3 credits)
HIST 436 European Social History (6 credits)
HIST 444 Slave Societies in the Americas (3 credits)
HIST 464 First Contacts in the Pacific (3 credits)
HIST 470 Seminar in Medieval History (6 credits)
HIST 473 Women in the Middle Ages (3 credits)
HIST 474 Ideas and Religions of the Middle Ages (3 credits)
HIST 476 Medieval Legal History (3 Credits)
HIST 477 Constitutional History of Medieval Europe (3 credits)
HIST 478 Medieval Portraits and Personalities (3 credits)
HIST 479 Culture and Society in Imperial China (6 credits) Equivalency: ASIA 440.
HIST 492 The Origins of Modern Science (3 credits)

MDVL 200 Introduction to the Middle Ages (6 credits)

CLST 308 Roman Law (3 Credits)
CLST 311 Women in Antiquity: Bronze Age, Classical Greek, and Hellenistic Culture (3 credits)
CLST 312 Women in Antiquity: the Roman World of Republic (3 credits)
CLST 319 The Roman Army (3 Credits)
CLST 331 Ancient History (6 credits)
CLST 351 Dark Age and Archaic Greece (3 credits)
CLST 352 The Roman Republic (3 credits)
CLST 353 The Early Roman Empire (3 credits)
CLST 354 The Later Roman Empire (3 credits)
CLST 355 The Athenians and their Empire (3 credits)
CLST 356 Alexander the Great (3 credits)
CLST 357 Hellenistic Empires 323 BCE to 30 BCE (3 Credits)

NEST 301 Ancient Near East (3 credits)
NEST 303 History of Ancient Egypt (3 credits)
NEST 310 History of Women in Early to Late Medieval Muslim Societies (3 credits)

GEOG 327 Historical Geography of Canada, I: Canada Before 1850 (3 credits)

ASIA 100 Introduction to Traditional Asia (3 credits)
ASIA 314 Premodern Japan (3 credits)
ASIA 315 Japan from Feudal to Modern State (3 Credits)
ASIA 317 The Rise of Korean Civilization (3 credits)
ASIA 318 Premodern India (3 credits)
ASIA 484 The History of the Choson Dynasty (3 Credits

3. ALL History Majors must take one of the following fourth year capstone courses:

HIST 490 (3) Seminar for History Majors
HIST 403 (3) Seminar in the History of International Relations
HIST 466 (3) Topics in Indigenous History of Canada
HIST 468 (3) Topics in Comparitive Indigenous History

4. Percentage of courses that must be earned through HIST courses:

Although some courses taught in other departments may be applied to the History Major, more than half of the upper division credits toward the History Major should be earned through courses listed as HIST in the UBC Calendar. Exceptions are made for students who earn History credit while on exchange. See page XX for the general policy on the assigning of History credit for courses from other UBC departments.

5. In order to apply for a major you will need to download the Advising Form and complete it, have an advisor approve it. You can download the advising form here: Advising Form.

Be sure to read carefully the relevant sections of the UBC Calendar for department and faculty requirements. If you have any doubts or questions, see an Advisor.