One or more term courses will be offered from time to time as announced by the History Department. Topics will be dependent upon special research and/or instructional interests of faculty.

"These are only some of the more direct ways our society continues to reference the Middle Ages. Others include cats in horned Viking helmets, images of Joan of Arc kissing Marianne in demonstrations for gay marriage in France, and white supremacists deploying imagery and slogans from the time of the Crusades. And I haven’t even touched on all the ways fantasy books and movies and the Disney princess industry draw upon collective understandings of the medieval. All of these references touch on the Middle Ages, but few are interested in what actually happened during the period historians refer to as the European Middle Ages (c. 500-1500). What then, do they have in common? What work does the “medieval,” or “Middle Ages,” (or “Dark Ages,” “crusade,” etc.) do?"

This course examines the historical events and cultural assumptions that led to the European phenomenon of crusading, or holy war, between 1095 and 1453.

Cross-listed with MEDVL 115

An examination through lectures and film of the lives of Canadian men and women who have played formative roles in developing the Canadian nation. Examples will be drawn from such areas as politics, religion, business and labour, social reform, arts and entertainment, and sports.

An intensive French Language course. Vocabulary enrichment and development of reading, writing and oral expression.