Overview

History 328 outlines the development of social programs in Canada and its provinces, assessing the social and political pressures that produced particular programs at particular times. It also examines the implementation of these programs, evaluating the extent to which they provided benefits to various groups of Canadians and the extent to which they either ignored needy groups or were used as social control measures over them.

Course materials analyze critically the impact of class, sex, and race prejudices in the design and implementation of major social programs at various points in Canada's past, and the impact of class-, sex-, and race-based pressures to change these programs.

Outline

Unit 1: Confronting Industrialization and Urbanization: From Charity to the State—Pre-Confederation to 1914

Unit 2: War, Depression and Social Policy, 1914-1939

Unit 3: Modifying Capitalism: Debates about the Role and Limits of the State in Social Policy

Unit 4: Establishing the “Welfare State” in Canada: The 1960s

Unit 5: Contemporary Trends: Social Rights Activists versus Neo-Conservatives in the Making of Social Policy, 1970-2000

Evaluation

To receive credit for HIST 328, you must complete all of the assignments, achieve a minimum grade of 50 per cent on the final examination, and obtain a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 per cent).

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Other materials

The course materials also include a student manual, a study guide and a book of readings.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the HIST 328 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) on the examination.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form