The United States in the 20th Century

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers an online course in American History, delivered in the Fall and Winter semesters.

Designed for students with six (6) credit hours in a university course in history, this course will look closely at the past American century. It will consider the rise of the United States as a political and cultural force, and examine such large-scale movements as progressivism, the Cold War, the ascendancy of the Presidency, national government, and mass culture. It will closely examine the relationship of individuals’ lived experience to these larger social and political movements.

HIST 2318.X & .Y - The United States in the 20th Century

Prerequisite:  none

Textbooks: American History: A Survey Alan Brinkley 12th Edition Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 2007 & A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America 7th Edition William H. Chafe, Harvard Sitkoff and Beth Bailey New York: Oxford University Press, 2008

Delivery Mode: Class study online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 6 credit hours

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

See Academic Calendar p.193

Film & History

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers an online course in Film & History , delivered in the  Winter semester.

3450.1(.2) Film and History

Increasingly, historians have to make use of moving images as source material for their histories, while much of the public perception of the past is being shaped by documentaries and feature films. The first half of this course will examine the strengths and weaknesses of using moving images as historical documents and the second-half will examine the role of film in interpreting the past.

The goal of the course is to provide students with the ability to critically “employ” and “read” film for the discipline of History. Films for study will be selected by the instructor.

Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

See Academic Calendar p. 195

History of South Africa

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers an online course in  South African History, delivered in the Fall and Winter semesters.

This course studies the complex relationships and conflicts arising from different cultures, religions and skin colours from the 17th century to the apartheid state of the mid-20th century.

HIST 2322.0 South Africa

Prerequisite: None

Textbook: A History of South Africa, Leonard Thompson, 3^rd ed.

Credits: 6 credit hours

Delivery Mode: Online with weekly deadlines

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Summer Sessions I and II registration will be opened Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST

Fall and Winter registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

Registration is completed through Self Service.

See Academic Calendar p.193

Africa in the 19th & 20th Centuries: Intrusion, Conquest, Colonialism, Independence

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers two online course in African History , delivered in the Fall and Winter semesters.

Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

2316.1(.2) Africa in the 19th Century: Intrusion and Conquest

This course will outline the nature, values and history of traditional African societies; it will examine the intrusion, partition and conquest of those societies by Europeans in the ‘Scramble for Africa’.

2317.1(.2) Africa in the 20th Century: Colonialism and Independence

An examination of the activities of the colonial powers in governing the territories and peoples which they acquired in the ‘Scramble’. The course will also study the reactions of Africans to colonialism and the factors which led to independence.

Prerequisite:  None

Delivery Mode:  Online with weekly deadlines

Credits:  3 credit hours

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

See Academic Calendar p.

The 20th Century: History

Change and progress – the 20th century saw a major shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived as a result of  progress – political, ideological, economic, social, cultural, scientific, medical and technological.

The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers a web-based course in the Fall and Winter that takes an historical approach to the major problems of our time. Emphasis will be placed upon the backgrounds to World Wars I and II, the emergence of the United States as a world power, the Communist Revolution and its impact, and the problems of industrial society.Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

HIST 1203.0 – The Twentieth Century

Prerequisite: None

Textbook: Modern Europe: Sources and Perspectives from History, John C. Swanson and Michael S. Melancon, New York: Longman, 2003 OR Modern Europe: 1789-Present 2nd Ed., Asa Briggs and Patricia Clavin, London: Pearson/Longman, 2003

Delivery Mode: Class study online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 6 credit hours

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Register HERE

See Academic Calendar p.192

History of Children’s Literature

We can gain a greater understanding of literature and its role in the lives of children by studying the history of children literature.  The Division of Continuing Education at Saint Mary’s University offers a web-based course all year-round that surveys children’s literature to the end of the nineteenth century. The emphasis is on works generally considered classics of children’s literature. Registration will open for 2010-2011 academic year on Tuesday March 23, 2010 at 9:30am AST.

Course Description

ENGL 3331.1(2) – History of Children Literature

Prerequisite: None

TEXTBOOK:There is no required textbook for this course. All material is provided online.

Delivery Mode: Online with weekly deadlines

Credits: 3 credit hours

Faculty: Arts

Plug-Ins: Flash, Acrobat Reader

Saint Mary’s University’s  English department offers a wide variety of courses leading up to both major and minor concentrations in English, as well as an honours degree. The core of the program reflects a traditional approach to English studies, including literary-historical and genre courses. What makes the department distinctive, however, are a number of courses cross-listed with other disciplines or programs, such as Atlantic Canada Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, Linguistics, Irish Studies, and Creative Writing. This feature allows students to expand their area of academic study in ways that reflect interdisciplinary approaches and their own developing interests.

Register HERE

See Academic Calendar p.148