Description

The Department of History offers Master of Arts degrees in a two-year program. The major areas of study are North America, Europe, and Latin America with emphasis on Aboriginal, northern, gender, and environmental history. Students are encouraged to contact an appropriate supervisor before applying to the program and to develop a research project through this contact with members of the department.

The MA has two streams. In the first year of the program, all students take three seminars in their areas of interest as well as two courses in historiography and research methods. In the second year of the program, students may choose between writing an MA thesis or carrying out a creative project.

Students who write a traditional thesis may go on to do a PhD in history or a related field or find employment in a number of fields that require advanced research and analytical skills. An MA thesis is based on original research and is between 100 and 120 pages in length.

For the creative project, students must carry out a similar amount of original research using historical sources, but they disseminate this knowledge through a number of different forms. The exact nature of the creative project option is to be determined by the student, the supervisor, and the graduate coordinator.

* Note: Additional fees may apply
** All fees are subject to change without notice

* Note: This program does NOT offer conditional admission