History

History

History

Tyndale's Bachelor of Arts in History helps you understand the present, and look to the future by studying the past. In our program, you will learn to engage history by thinking and working like a historian.

Future Possible Careers in History:
  • Lawyer
  • Government Official
  • Teacher
  • Journalist
  • Professor

Holistic Western History

Our program surveys the history of Western Civilization from its beginnings in Sumer in 5300 BC. Your studies will be focused on European, British history and North American history as you learn from courses like: The World of the Early Christians, The Crusades, The United States and the Middle East since 1945, and History of the First World War. This gives you the opportunity to either focus on a single era of Western Civilization or take a broad look at its entirety.

Become a Historian

Our faculty will teach you how to become a historian in your own right. You will learn the methods of studying history so that you will understand how to make connections between the events that make up the course of Western Civilization.

Furthermore, our faculty will engage you at a personal level as you learn about the events, people, and nations of our shared heritage. You will learn to think critically and communicate your own thoughts and opinions effectively. You will be equipped with the skills to succeed in several diverse fields of work after your time at Tyndale.
 

Major Requirements

  • [HIST 1013], [HIST 1023] History of Western Civilization I, II
  • One of:
    [HIST 2513] History of Christianity I
    [HIST 2523] History of Christianity II
  • [HIST 3013] The Historian's Craft
  • One course in North American History:
    [HIST 2703, 2813, 2823, 2833, 3753, 3813, 3843, 3873, 4853]
  • One course in European History:
    [HIST 2403, 2413, 2423, 2913, 2923, 3213, 3313, 3423, 3433, 3443, 3453, 3463, 4413]
  • HIST Elective (4000-level) (3 credit hours)
  • HIST Elective (any level) (3 credit hours)
  • HIST Electives (3000- or 4000-level) (12 credit hours; if a 3000- or 4000-level HIST course is taken as a required course under North American or European History, one or two of these HIST electives can be at the 2000-level)
     
Core Requirements
  • [ENGL 1013], [ENGL 1023] Survey of English Literature I, II
  • [INDS 4753] Christianity and Culture  
  • [PHIL 1013], [PHIL 1023] History of Philosophy I, II   
  • [RLGS 1013] Old Testament Scriptures    
  • [RLGS 1023] New Testament Scripture    
  • [RLGS 2013] Hermeneutics    
  • [RLGS 3603] Introduction to Christian Theology
     
Breadth Requirements
  • Fine Arts Elective (3 credit hours)
  • Language Electives (6 credit hours)
  • Natural Sciences Elective (3 credit hours)
  • Social Sciences Electives (6 credit hours)
     
Electives (39 credit hours)

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History involves studying the past in a scholarly manner as a means of understanding the present in a more complete way. Those who study history develop valuable skills in research, analysis, and communication that prepare them for a wide variety of careers. History graduates often find careers in education, business, law, government service, journalism, social services, public history, the church, and library and archival science.

Department Faculty

Dr. Brad Faught

Associate Professor of History

PhD, University of Toronto, 1996
MA, Queen's University, 1990
MSt, University of Oxford, 1987
BA, University of Calgary, 1985

Areas of Specialization: 19th century British political, religious and imperial history.

Prior to coming to Tyndale, Dr. Faught taught at the University of Toronto and Mount Allison University. He is the author of two books: The Oxford Movement: A Thematic History of the Tractarians and Their Times (Penn State University Press, 2003) and Gordon: Victorian Hero (Potomac, 2008). A third book, The New A-Z of Empire: A Concise Handbook of British Imperial History (I.B. Tauris) is forthcoming in 2011. He is currently working on a biography of the Oxford Africanist, Margery Perham. He has also written a number of articles and reviews. He teaches in the areas of western civilization, European, British, and British Imperial history and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Senior Fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto.

Dr. Eric Crouse

Associate Professor of History

Education
PhD, Queen's University, 1997
MA, University of Calgary, 1993
BA, University of Calgary, 1991

Areas of Specialization: Cold War, U.S.-Israel Relations, and Fundamentalism

Dr. Crouse is the author of three books, An American Stand: Senator Margaret Chase Smith and the Communist Menace, 1948-1972 (Lexington Books 2010), Dear Senator Smith: Small-Town Maine Writes to Senator Margaret Chase Smith about the Vietnam War, 1967-1971 (Lexington Books 2008), Revival in the City (McGill-Queen's University Press 2005), and over a dozen articles on popular religion and political and foreign policy topics. He teaches the History of Western Civilization II, surveys of Canadian and American history, the United States - Middle East relations since 1945, and a seminar on US foreign policy since 1945.

Dr. Ian Gentles

Professor of History

PhD, University of London, England
MA, University of Toronto
BA, University of Toronto

Areas of Specialization: British history, particularly the period 1500-1800, the history of population and the family, early Christian history and Ancient history.

Before coming to Tyndale, Dr. Gentles taught at York University's Glendon College. Most of his scholarly research has been on the English Revolution, about which he has written many articles and three books: The New Model Army in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1645-1653 (1992); Soldiers, Writers and Statesmen of the English Revolution (1998) and The English Revolution and the Wars in the Three Kingdoms, 1638-1652 (2007). Professor Gentles is also the Research Director of the De Veber Institute of Bioethics and has published widely on topics such as abortion and euthanasia. He is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and recipient of several major research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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