The Department of History at the University of British Columbia is a vibrant centre for scholarship – ranking among the top history departments in the world. Our professors are dedicated teachers and award-winning researchers.
2025/2026 Winter Courses
For a list of the courses UBC History will be offering for the 2025/2026 Winter session, click on the button below. Please note that we offer the following courses that meet the new Faculty of Arts Place and Power breadth requirement:
- HIST 208 - Global Indigenous Histories
- HIST 305 - History of British Columbia
- HIST 464 - First Contacts in the Pacific

The skills I learned in my history degree primed me to be a good, skeptical journalist.
Joanna Chiu
BA History (Honours)