Return to arts home page Understanding the past helps us to understand the present and plan for the future. Students of History acquire a broad knowledge with the opportunity to specialize in Canadian, American, European, British and Ancient history. Over the course of their studies they learn to organize detailed information; to develop an effective system of investigating a problem and to ...

Academics STU Home Minor Major Honours Courses Faculty Contact Us History is the study of how we interpret the past - a way of understanding the political systems, economies and social structures of our own culture as well as others. It can help you to place what's happening around you today in perspective, to appreciate the origins of our laws and social institutions, to trace the roots of ...

HISTORY AT MOUNT ALLISON | | As a discipline, history has been offered at Mount Allison since the early part of this century, at first by non-specialists who also taught other subjects, such as theology. A separate Department of History was founded in 1926 with a staff of one. Over the last twenty-five years, the number of full-time faculty has ranged from five to seven, while student enrolment ...