MA courses | Tri-University History Graduate Program

Course information

Course information for 2026-2027 is subject to change. Topics and timetables will be finalized before the preregistration period that will happen in early July.

Course enrolment

Step 1: Preregistration

Students in the Tri-U History program can take any History course at our participating institutions. To ensure fair access, students at all institutions must preregister to reserve a space in the course.

Preregistration occurs twice a year: once in early July for Fall courses, and once in November for Winter offerings.

Students should check their emails for more information about the process in May/June and October. Course spaces are allotted on a first-come, first-serve basis, so be sure to log on to the survey as soon as possible when it becomes live.

Step 2: Registration

After you preregister and receive confirmation that your space has been reserved, you must register for your courses through your home institution. Each university has quite different practices. Please follow the instructions as outlined below for your home university. If you are to receive communication from your department, please allow at least 24 hours before sending inquiries.

Registration for University of Guelph students

Courses at Guelph: administrators will send a pre-signed course waiver for you to complete and submit back to the academic administrative assistant.
Courses at Waterloo or Laurier: administrators will send a pre-signed Ontario Visiting Graduate Student (OVGS) form for you to complete and submit back to academic administrative assistant.
MA students at Guelph must also register for UNIV*7510 (full-time registration) or UNIV*7520 (part-time registration) via WebAdvisor.

Registration for University of Waterloo students

Courses at Waterloo: Administrators will email a permission number which you must use to enroll in the course in Quest. This will occur after open enrolment on Quest begins.
Courses at Guelph or Laurier: complete and submit the Ontario Visiting Graduate Student (OVGS) form to the Administrative Manager as soon as possible.
- Follow the instructions on the Waterloo Ontario Visiting Graduate Student (OVGS) program page. The OVGS form is linked under the, "How do I apply?" section.

Registration for Wilfrid Laurier University students

Courses at Laurier: administrators will provide a course override on the online registration system (LORIS) for the courses you chose so that you can enroll. This must be done during the registration period.
Courses at Guelph or Waterloo: complete and submit the Ontario Visiting Graduate Student (OVGS) form to the office administration coordinator.
- Follow the instructions at the bottom of the Course Registration for Graduate Students page under the section, Selecting A Course at Another Ontario University. Choose the Ontario Visiting Graduate Student Form link.

Fall 2026 course offerings

University of Guelph

Course	Title	Day/Time
HIST*6000	Historiography 1	Fridays, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm (in person)
HIST*6290	Topics in North American History - "Racialization and Animality"	Wednesdays, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm (online synchronous)
HIST*6610	Histories of Tourism and Travel	Mondays, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm (in person

University of Waterloo

Course	Title	Day/Time
HIST 605	Global Governance in Historical Perspective	TBD
HIST 632	United States History (Post 1945)	TBD
HIST 691A Section 12	Special Topic: The History of the Modern Body	TBD

Wilfrid Laurier University

Courses can be taken as a one-off, but HI656T and HI656U are also prerequisites for their Winter research counterparts.

Course	Title	Day/Time
HI622A	Modern Canada	Wednesdays, 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm, in person
HI656T	Reading Seminar: Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars	Thursdays, 11:30 am - 2:20 pm, in person
HI656U	Reading Seminar: Chinese Cultural Revolution	Wednesdays, 11:30 am - 2:20 pm, in person

Fall 2026 Timetable

Timetable for MA History Courses, Fall 2026
Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
11:30 am - 2:20 pm			HI656U Chinese Cultural Rev'n, Laurier	HI656T Napoleon/Wars, Laurier	HIST*6000 Historiography, Guelph
2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	HIST*6610 Tourism/Travel, Guelph		HIST*6290 N.A History: Racialization & Animality, Guelph HI622A Modern Canada, Laurier

Winter 2027 course offerings

University of Guelph

Course	Title	Day/Time
HIST*6010	Research Methods in History	Tuesdays, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm (in person)
HIST*6360	History of Sexuality and Gender	Thursdays, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm (in person)
HIST*6500	Topics in Global History: Women, War, and Nation	Wednesdays, 8:30 am - 11:30 am (in person)

University of Waterloo

Course	Title	Day/Time
HIST 620	Early Modern History 1: Crime and Violence in Early Modern Europe (1450–1850)	TBD
HIST 660	Transnational and Global History: Old Problems and New Directions	TBD
HIST 691	Special Topic: Indigenous Historical Research: Theory, Method, and Practice	TBD

Wilfrid Laurier University

Note: HI657N and HI657P have prerequisites from Fall 2026

Course	Title	Day/Time
HI656V	Reading Seminar: Cold War America	Mondays, 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm, in-person
HI657N	Research Seminar on Napoleon and Napoleonic Wars	Thursdays, 11:30 am - 2:20 pm, in person
HI657P	Research Seminar on Chinese Cultural Revolution	Wednesdays, 11:30 am - 2:20 pm, in person

Timetable for MA History Courses, Winter 2027
Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
8:30 am - 11:20 am			HIST*6500 Women, War, and Nation, Guelph
11:30 am - 2:20 pm			HI657P Chinese Cultural Rev'n-Research, Laurier	HIST*6360 History of Sexuality & Gender, Guelph HI657N Napoleon/Wars-Research, Laurier
1:00 pm - 3:50 pm	HI656V Cold War America, Laurier
2:30 pm - 5:20 pm		HIST*6010 Research Methods in History, Guelph

Past course offerings

Contact us

Preregistration: Tri-University Program Administrative Assistant
Guelph students: Guelph Academic Programs Assistant
Waterloo students: Administrative Manager
Laurier students: Office Administration Coordinator