2025 Winter Courses

For a list of the courses UBC History will be offering for the 2025 Winter session, click here. Please note that we offer the following courses that meet the new Faculty of Arts Place and Power breadth requirement:

  • HIST 201 - History Through Photographs
  • HIST 208 - Global Indigenous Histories
  • HIST 305 - History of British Columbia

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.

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The skills I learned in my history degree primed me to be a good, skeptical journalist.

Joanna Chiu
BA History (Honours)

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Drs. Benjamin Bryce and Henry Yu Awarded 2025/2026 Research Excellence Cluster Funding

 
Congratulations to UBC History faculty members Drs. Benjamin Bryce and Henry Yu on their recently funded 2025/2026 research clusters! Research Excellence Clusters are interdisciplinary networks of researchers addressing societal and cultural problems, and working together to solve challenges that transcend traditional boundaries.

Congratulations, UBC History Class of 2025!

 
Our sincere congratulations to the UBC History Graduating Class of May 2025! We are confident that your studies in the department and at UBC have offered you a multitude of exciting opportunities to explore your curiosity, pursue your passions, and grow as a person during your time here.

Congratulations to Ciara Albrecht and Ethan Lui, Winners of the 2025 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research

 
The UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research is a way to showcase students’ effective and innovative use of library services, information experts and resources provided by UBC Library.
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