Sharpen your French language skills, so you are better able to share your ideas and experiences with a broader range of people. With its focus on grammar, translation and oration, the French Language Minor can help you further develop the linguistic capacity you established in public school. Paired with another subject in the Liberal Arts or a business-focused degree, you'll gain valuable skills that will help you excel as a local and global Leader with Heart.
Deepen your understanding of the world by seeing it through another perspective with the ability to understand the complex nuances of another language.
After first year, students can explore more specific issues such as: advanced language, francophone literature and cinema, comics and graphic novels, translation, children’s literature.
Broaden and deepen your knowledge of the French language and culture. Intensively study French grammar, linguistics, speech and so much more. Analyze some of the most major and influential French texts, while being taught the essential skills of literary analysis in a second language.
Sharpen your understanding of the major aspects of French and Francophone literatures and cultures, their particular histories as well as their relationship to the larger discipline of arts and humanities.
Deepen your understanding of the world by seeing it through another perspective with the ability to understand the complex nuances of another language.
After first year, students can explore more specific issues such as: advanced language, francophone literature and cinema, comics and graphic novels, translation, children’s literature.
Beginning with broad themes in early African history such as the Bantu migrations and the spread of Islam, this course provides an overview of pre-colonial African history and seeks to convey a history of Africa on its own terms, divorced from a Eurocentric perspective.
Learn about African-American history from its very beginnings through to today. Trace the diverse experiences of people of African descent around the world through historical and contemporary lenses.
In addition to learning about this struggles and achievements of this group of people, you will also have the opportunity to study religion, political science, geography and women's studies courses that draw comparisons between various minority groups and the world in the broadest sense.
From broad surveys of History through to highly specialized topics of interest, History at Huron will teach you how to distinguish between the two and better understand which aspects of human nature and nurture are responsible for shaping history.
Study the histories of the Pacific Rim: the areas covering the western shores of North and South America; Australia; eastern Asia and the islands of the Pacific. Learn about these diverse areas, their cultures, challenges and contributions to the rich tapestry of world history.
This program will lead you on an exploration of philosophical figures and ideologies - from introductory courses through to a refined understanding of the most influential concepts surrounding human nature, behaviour, government, leadership and much more.
Across a variety of settings, from the local to the global, our courses investigate the human struggles associated with political conflict as well as the creative forces of political co-operation.
Ideology and Identity modules bring together the study of political philosophy, ideologies, and movements in the context of a detailed exploration of political behaviour. Ideology and Identity includes detailed studies of political traditions, politics and the media, and the political mind. With a background in ideology and identity, careers in the media, public relations, political communications, political organizations, and policy research institutes are all viable options. Ideology and Identity modules also serve as a good background to graduate work in political theory, political communications and political psychology.
Huron’s joint minor in Public History is the only undergraduate Public History program in Canada. It is supported by Huron’s established strengths in community-based and active history partnerships with museums, heritage organizations, libraries and archives.
A joint program offered by Huron University College, King's University College and Western University, public history explores how history is understood by and communicated to the public.
Explore the many ways to communicate about history: museums, archives, historical sites, in films, fiction and on the web, and in policy making. History is all around us, and there are many different ways to share it.
You can combine the module with a History Honors Specialization, Major or Specialization, or with modules in other disciplines at Huron or at Western such as Archeology, Classical Studies, Geography, Visual Art and Media, Information and Technoculture.