{"id":183,"date":"2012-10-03T14:44:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T19:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancini.brandonu.ca\/admissions\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2014-06-19T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T21:17:13","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/programs\/degrees\/arts\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class='post-183 float'><p><a title=\"Apply Now\" href=\"https:\/\/webapp.brandonu.ca\/pls\/admission\"><button>Apply Now <span class=\"icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/future-students\/apply\/\">How to Apply<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of History\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/history\">Department Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bachelor of Arts\" href=\"\/future-students\/programs\/degrees\/arts\/\">Bachelor of Arts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside><p>Why did the Soviet Union collapse? Has the role of women in society changed? Why has Quebec nationalism been so persistent? How did the European enlightenment affect the way we think about the world around us? How did colonialism shape the modern global economy? Where does Manitoba fit into all these developments?<\/p>\n<p>The past is always with us. Historians unearth and analyze the past in order to understand how societies change and how political and social institutions develop. For you, the study of history provides an opportunity to delve into the past \u2013 recent and distant \u2013 and to develop reading, writing and analytical skills that will serve you well in your chosen careers in the \u201cinformation age\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>Special Features<\/h3>\n<p>Resources available to students include the Brandon University Archives with its broad collection of materials relating to both the history of Brandon University and the social history of southwestern Manitoba.<\/p>\n<p>Summer employment opportunities in the Brandon University Archives are periodically available to senior history students.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-row \" data-column-group=\"1\">\n<div class=\"new-column-box  half count-1\">\n<h3>Sample of Available Courses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>World History to 1500 &amp; Since 1500<\/li>\n<li>Making of the Modern World I &amp; II<\/li>\n<li>Ancient History I: The Near East &amp; Greece<\/li>\n<li>Canada to Confederation &amp; Since Confederation<\/li>\n<li>Medieval Britain<\/li>\n<li>High &amp; Late Middle Ages<\/li>\n<li>PreColumbian &amp; Colonial Latin America<\/li>\n<li>Europe in the Age of Total Warfare (World War I &amp; II)<\/li>\n<li>Crusades<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><!-- .new-column-box -->\n<div class=\"new-column-box  half count-2\">\n<h3>Possible Careers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Archives<\/li>\n<li>Business<\/li>\n<li>Government<\/li>\n<li>Journalism<\/li>\n<li>Law<\/li>\n<li>Libraries<\/li>\n<li>Museums<\/li>\n<li>Teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><!-- .new-column-box -->\n<\/div><!-- .flex-row -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apply Now How to Apply Department Website Bachelor of Arts Why did the Soviet Union collapse? Has the role of women in society changed? Why has Quebec nationalism been so persistent? How did the European enlightenment affect the way we think about the world around us? How did colonialism shape the modern global economy? Where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":2000,"parent":62,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-183","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}