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Students will need to use Workday to manage their course planning and registration for the 2025 Winter session.
Contact for assistance with HIST_V courses:
History Undergraduates - hist.undergrad@ubc.ca
History Graduates - hist.grad@ubc.ca
The History Major is in the Humanities & Creative Arts breadth area. Learn more about the new Ways of Knowing breadth requirements for students entering the BA degree program in 2025-26 and consult the Ways of Knowing Breadth Explorer.
We offer the following courses that meet the Place and Power breadth requirement:
- HIST 208 - Global Indigenous Histories
- HIST 305 - History of British Columbia
- HIST 464 - First Contacts in the Pacific
Course descriptions for SEMINAR and SPECIAL TOPIC courses can also be revealed by following these steps:
- Search your course code in the search bar (e.g. HIST 305).
- Click into your course listing to expand the text to reveal the "sections", which can be expanded by clicking on the '+' button.
- Expand your "lecture" section (e.g. HIST 305-201) by clicking on that section's '+' button.
- The corresponding drop-down screen should reveal a course description.
Note: Not every seminar or special topic course has a unique description.