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Delivery mode: Individualized study.
Credits: 3 - Humanities
Prerequisite: None.
Precluded course: HIST 365 is a cross-listed course—a course listed under two different disciplines—with WMST 365. HIST 365 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for HIST 325, HIST 364 or WMST 365.
Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies
HIST 365 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Course website
HIST 365 introduces you to major themes in Canadian women's and gender history. This course will give you a familiarity with the leading scholarship in Canadian women's history. After completing this course, you will have a greater appreciation of women's experiences in urban Canada, of the social structures that affect female Canadians, and of women's contributions to Canadian life.
HIST 365 is organized into five units.
Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: Domestic Responsibilities
Unit 3: Racialization and Immigration
Unit 4: Paid Labour
Unit 5: Moral Regulation
To receive credit for HIST 365, you must complete five (5) assessment activities: two telephone assignments, an essay assignment, a research paper proposal, and a major research paper assignment, and achieve a course composite grade of “D” (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
Telephone Assign 1 | Essay Assignment | Research Paper Proposal | Telephone Assign 2 | Research Paper Assignment | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 45% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. 5th ed., 2009.
The course materials include a course manual, a study guide, and a reading file.