Students who are admitted to a degree program with Concurrent Education, and who complete their Nipissing Honours degree, including the Concurrent Education specific courses, by the end of April, will transition into Years 5 and 6 of the Bachelor of Education professional years. All courses required for the Honours undergraduate degree and/or teachable subject requirements must be completed by May 1 of the year for which the BEd Year 5 transition is being made.<br><br>The Department of History provides a personalized student experience within a collegial learning community dedicated to creativity, innovation, and excellence in teaching, research and scholarly activities. To understand the past is to be able to place yourself in those contexts, to understand and think critically about the world, to empathize. Our program supports the formation of citizens as whole people. Indeed, this could be taken as the summation of our role. Learning in our department provides skills and a critically-informed perspective on society at large that is essential for an active and involved life in the twenty-first century.<br>The Department of History offers a range of undergraduate degree options including an Honours Specialization degree, a Concurrent Education option, or a minor. We specialize in the history of state violence and genocide, international relations, war and terrorism, Indigenous histories, oral history, women's and gender history, and global environmental history. We are committed to small-group and experiential learning tailored to the needs of Nipissing students. We offer a minor/certificate in War, Atrocity, and Genocide. We support a vibrant student community through the History Society and our online undergraduate journal. We engage students in our research programs. We offer a unique Orientation to the Masters in History program that establishes a community-based experiential-learning pathway to our graduate program.