What is unique about this program at the U of M? The Department of History is deeply committed to teaching excellence, and members have received Faculty and University teaching awards. The Department has a strong record of research and scholarship in all areas and one of its members is a Canada Research Chair in Western Canadian Social History. The Department sponsors interdisciplinary research clusters in globalization and cosmopolitanism, power and resistance in Latin America, Jewish studies, south Asian and African post-colonial studies, the history of the body, and law and society. The holder of the University's Jarislowsky Chair in the History of the Modern Middle East and North Africa is a member of the department. The department has active graduate and undergraduate associations. The faculty includes specialists in virtually every type of historical study: intellectual, cultural, political, economic and business, Aboriginal, women's, diplomatic, global, comparative, and Third World history as well as archival studies.

Common International Curricula (GCE and IB): General Certificate of Education (GCE): Minimum 2 courses at Advanced (A) level and 3 courses at Ordinary (O) level: no grades below a ‘D’ (GCE). International Baccalaureate (IB): An IB diploma with 3 courses at the higher level (HL) and 3 courses at the standard level (SL): no grades below a ‘3’ (IB). English language proficiency.