History
Program Overview & Highlights
- Co-op Available
- General 3-Year Program
- Honours 4-Year Program
- Combined Honours Programs Available
- B.A.
Learn from the past. Lead the future.
Be versatile! In our history program, you will develop your research and writing skills that prepare you for a career where critical thinking and communication are essential skills. We offer public history courses that explore how we interact with the past academically and in our everyday lives with an emphasis on digital history, co-op, and practicums for hands-on experience.
explore everything from local history to global events that continue to impact us today
earn while you learn with Co-op and prepare for a successful career
Combine your interests with another major or minor in other fields
small classes mean your world-class professors will know you by name
join a tight-knit community of young historians like yourself in the History Students Association
Learn More About Our Program
95%
Employment rate of graduates1
1 (OUGS Social Sciences, 2020)
$2.93M
in scholarship and award money2
2 in FAHSS
200+
undergraduate students in FAHSS have published or presented original research
What Lancers Are Saying
My experience at the University was greatly enhanced by the presence of some amazing professors and faculty.... Additionally, the History Students Association has provided me with support and connections to other students who could give me advice about navigating the department. I have loved that the university is small enough that I can get to know my professors and they know me by name as well.
Brennen Siemens
StudentHistory and Concurrent Education
My experience with the Department of History has equipped me with the skills to work as a high school educator, teaching IB history for the Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board. Even as a graduate, the wonderful educators in the program have inspired and encouraged me to seek out further research opportunities around the world and to continue my professional development as an aspiring historian.
Kendal Ryan
AlumniHistory and Concurrent Education, 2023
As the lead researcher for two local history projects covering both digital and interactive platforms, the undergraduate History program equipped me with significant research and theory-based skills, enabling me to pursue these research opportunities. The knowledge and experience obtained during my undergraduate studies were instrumental in propelling me toward the graduate history program and ultimately to my current role as a historical researcher.
Willow Key
Alumni, current Graduate studentHistory, 2024
Admission Requirements
High School Student from Canada
Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)
Minimum Average: 70%
Minimum Average (Co-op): 80%; 70% minimum in English
Mean Average: 84.5%
High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)
Course Requirements: Grade 12 English
Minimum Average: 70%
Minimum Average (Co-op): 80%; 70% minimum in English
Mean Average: 80%
Career Tracks
- Museum curator
- archivist
- government official
- communications specialist
- historical project co-ordinator
- border services officer
- heritage interpreter
- teacher
- historical projects co-ordinator
- information manager
- journalist
- judicial clerk
- lawyer
- librarian
- political aide
- project manager
- public policy advisor
- editor
- tourism consultant
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