History at McGill University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. HIST 203Survey: Canada since 1867
  2. HIST 335Science and Medicine in Canada
• 1. HIST 202Survey: Canada to 1867
  2. HIST 335Science and Medicine in Canada
• 1. HIST 275Ancient Roman History
  2. HIST 205Ancient Mediterranean History

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate HIST coursework.

• HISP 210Spanish Language: Beginnersopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• HISP 218Spanish Language Intensive - Elementaryopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• HIST 205Ancient Mediterranean Historyopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• HIST 207Jewish History: 400 B.C.E. to 1000opens 1 course (1 directly)
• HIST 335Science and Medicine in Canadaopens 1 course (1 directly)
• HIST 397Canada: Ethnicity, Migrationopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate HIST work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 111 HIST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 112 more HIST courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in HIST. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at HIST 510

  1. HISP 218Spanish Language Intensive - Elementary
  2. HISP 210Spanish Language: Beginners
  3. HIST 510Environmental History of Latin America (Field)

• 3 courses deep, ending at HIST 207

  1. JWST 216Jewish Studies 2: 400 B.C.E. - 1000
  2. HIST 207Jewish History: 400 B.C.E. to 1000

• 3 courses deep, ending at HIST 238

  1. HIST 202Survey: Canada to 1867
  2. HIST 335Science and Medicine in Canada
  3. HIST 238Histories of Science

• 3 courses deep, ending at HIST 376

  1. HIST 275Ancient Roman History
  2. HIST 205Ancient Mediterranean History
  3. HIST 376Fall of the Roman Empire

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HIST yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HIST yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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