MA courses | Tri-University History Graduate Program

Preview 2026-2027 Courses

2025-2026 Course Information

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 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 logon 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 enroll in your courses through your home institution. Please allow 24 hours between preregistering and enrolling to ensure the system has updated.

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.

Winter 2026 course offerings

University of Guelph

Course	Title	Day/Time
HIST*6010	Research Methods in History	Tuesdays, 2:30–5:20 pm, in-person
HIST*6290	Topics in North American History: Theme - The Zoopolitics of Consumer Capitalism	Thursdays, 2:30–5:20 pm, online synchronous
HIST*6380	Topics in Early Modern European History - Age of Discovery 1400-1600	Fridays, 11:30 am–2:20 pm, in-person

University of Waterloo

Course	Title	Day/Time
HIST 610	War and Society in the Twentieth Century	Mondays, 11:30 am - 2:20 pm, in-person
HIST 612	Global Indigenous Rights	Thursdays, 5:30 pm - 8:20 pm, in-person
HIST 620	Early Modern History 1: Crime and Violence in Early Modern Europe (1450 - 1850)	Tuesdays, 8:30 am - 10:20 am, online synchronous on Teams, cameras on
HIST 622	Microhistory and the Lost Peoples of Europe	Thursdays, 11:30 am - 2:20 pm, in-person

Wilfrid Laurier University

Note: All courses at Laurier have prerequisites from Fall 2025

Course	Title	Day/Time
HI639B	Research Seminar: Race and Gender in the United States 1608-1877	Wednesdays, 2:30–5:20 pm, in-person
HI657M	Research Seminar on Ancient Sexualities	Wednesdays, 10:00 am–12:50 pm, in person

Winter 2026 Timetable

Timetable for MA History Courses, Winter 2026
Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:30 am - 10:20 am		HIST 620 Crime & Violence EME, Waterloo
10:00 am - 12:50 pm			HI657M, Ancient Sexualities, Laurier
10:30 am - 12:20 pm
11:30 am - 2:20 pm	HIST 610 War & Society - 20th C, Waterloo			HIST 622 Microhistory & Lost Peoples..., Waterloo	HIST*6380 Early Modern Europe: Age of Discovery..., Guelph
2:30 pm - 5:20 pm		HIST*6010 Research Methods in History, Guelph	HI639B, On Race & Gender, Laurier	HIST*6290 Zoopolitics of Consumer Capitalism, Guelph
5:30 pm - 8:20 pm				HIST 612 Global Indigenous Rights, Waterloo

Fall 2025 course offerings

University of Guelph

Course	Title	Day/Time
HIST*6000	Historiography 1	Friday, 11:30 am - 2:20 pm
HIST*6300	Topics in Modern European History - "Contemporary Europe: Modern Russia and Ukraine."	Thursday, 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm
HIST*6500	Topics in Global History - "A World on Fire: Historians and the Climate Crisis."	Tuesday, 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm

University of Waterloo

Course	Title	Day/Time
HIST 605 Section 1	Global Governance in Historical Perspective	Tuesday, 1:30 pm - 4:20 pm
HIST 605 Section 2	Global Governance in Historical Perspective	Monday, 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm
HIST 691A Section 12	Special Topic: The History of the Modern Body	Thursday, 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

Wilfrid Laurier University

Courses can be taken as a one-off, but are also prerequisites for their Winter research counterpart.

Course	Title	Day/Time
HI639A	Reading Seminar: On Race and Gender in the United States 1608-1877	Wednesday, 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm
HI656S	Reading Seminar: Ancient Sexualities	Wednesday, 10:00 am - 12:50 pm

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