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History
Paterson Hall 430
Telephone: 520-2834
Fax: 520-2819
E-mail: grad_history@carleton.ca
The Department
Chair of the Department, E.P. Fitzgerald
Departmental Supervisor of Graduate Studies, Marilyn Barber
Associate Supervisor, Bruce Elliott
The Department of History offers programs of study leading to the Master
of Arts degree in History, with concentration in the following areas: Canadian,
American, British, modern French, modern Russian, international (diplomatic),
medieval, and European intellectual and social history. It also offers
a program of study and research leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree
in history with a concentration in Canadian or women's history.
Master of Arts
Admission Requirements
The minimum requirement for admission to the master's program is an Honours
bachelor's degree (or the equivalent) with at least high honours standing.
The Department offers no qualifying-year program; applicants with a
general (3 year) degree may be considered for admission into the fourth
year of Carleton's B.A.(Honours) program.
Program Requirements
Candidates may follow either a thesis or a non-thesis program, as follows:
* History 24.588 or 24.589: a seminar or tutorial in the historiography
of the appropriate country or area (1.0 credit)
* History 24.500: a practicum in the applied uses of history (1.0 credit).
Another graduate history seminar may be substituted for this course by
students who have had extensive work-related experiences in some historical
field.
* A graduate history seminar in the student's major field of concentration
(1.0 credit)
* Either History 24.599: thesis (2.0 credits) or
* History 24.598: research essay (1.0 credit) plus one additional
seminar (1.0 credit), which may be chosen from those offered at the graduate
or 400-level by the Department of History, by another department at Carleton
University, or by the Department of History at the University of Ottawa
* M.A. students are required to submit thesis or research essay proposals
to the graduate supervisor early in their second term of full-time enrolment.
Guidelines for Completion of Master's Degree
Full-time students are expected to finish all requirements for the degree
except 24.598 or 24.599 during their first two terms of study; part-time
students should do so during their first twelve terms of study. The research
essay or thesis requirement is designed to take both categories of students
an additional two or three terms, respectively.
Language Requirements
All candidates are required to demonstrate a reading knowledge of a language
other than English, the choice to depend upon the field of the candidate's
thesis or research. For seminars dealing with sources not in English, a
reading knowledge of the appropriate language will be required before acceptance
into the program. Details may be obtained from the supervisor of graduate
studies.
Doctor of Philosophy
Admission Requirements
Applicants with an M.A. degree will be expected to have at least high honours
standing. Applicants for the women's history program will be expected to
have at least one of their earlier degrees in history.
An applicant with an Honours bachelor's degree who has achieved an
outstanding academic record and, in addition, exhibits very strong motivation
and high promise for advanced research, may be admitted to the Canadian
Ph.D. program directly. Such candidates will be required to complete at
least 15.0 credits.
Residence Requirement
The normal residence requirement for the Ph.D. degree is a minimum of three
years of full-time study after the B.A. (Honours) degree, or two years
after the M.A. degree.
Program Requirements
Candidates will be responsible for three fields: a major field (Canadian
or women's history) and two minor fields. In the case of Canadian history
majors, at least one of the minor fields must concern American, British,
French, Russian, or international history. In the case of women's history
majors, at least one of the minor fields must concern American, British,
Canadian, French, Russian, or international history. Women's history majors
must declare their area of concentration from among these fields. The second
minor field for both majors may be a transnational topic or in a related
discipline. In each instance, the minor field should cover approximately
one century. Written examinations will be taken in the two minor fields
before the end of the student's second term of study; an oral examination
in the major field will be arranged during the student's fourth term. Ph.D.
candidates are required to submit a thesis proposal to the graduate supervisor
within three months of completing their oral examination.
A reading knowledge of French will be required. The language examination
will be written early in the first post-M.A. year, and before the candidate
is permitted to take the doctoral field examinations. Proven competence
in an additional language may be required if it is pertinent to the candidate's
program.
Students entering the 15-credit Canadian history program with
a B.A.(Honours) will normally complete in their first year:
* History 24.588
* History 24.591
* History 24.592
* Two other graduate seminars
They will then join students entering the Canadian history program with
a completed M.A. degree, who will normally be required to follow:
* History 24.688
* History 24.690 Ph.D. oral comprehensive examination in Canadian history;
in conjunction with
* History 24.694 Ph.D. Tutorials
* Two of: History 24.610; 24.640; 24.650; 24.660; 24.693; an approved
course of studies in a related discipline. At least one of these must be
a national history other than Canadian (i.e. 24.610, 24.640, or 24.650).
Students declaring a major field in women's history will normally be
required to follow:
* History 24.688
* History 24.692 Ph.D. oral comprehensive examination in Women's history;
in conjunction with
* History 24.695 Ph.D. Tutorials
* Two of: History 24.610; 24.640; 24.650; 24.660; 24.691: an approved
course of studies in a related discipline. At least one of these must be
a national history (i.e., 24.610, 24.640, 24.650, or 24.691).
With other requirements completed, doctoral students will be required
to write a thesis on a topic related to Canadian or women's history (5.0
credits).
Guidelines for Completion of Doctoral Degree
It is expected that full-time students will complete the thesis requirement
within two years, and part-time students within four years.
University of Ottawa
A Carleton University student may take one seminar in the Department of
History at the University of Ottawa, with permission of the two departments.
Graduate Courses
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an
up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2000-2001, please consult
the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published
in the summer.
F,W,S indicates term of offering. Courses offered in the fall and winter
are followed by T. The number following the letter indicates the credit
weight of the course: 1 denotes 0.5 credit, 2 denotes 1.0 credit.
Admission to graduate seminars in the Department of History is normally
restricted to graduate students in the Department and to others who have
successfully completed two full upper-level undergraduate History courses,
or the equivalent, in the general area of the seminar, or who have received
permission of the Department.
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History 24.500T2
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Practicum in Applied History
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Study of the practical uses of history in such fields as teaching and methodology,
archival management, museum research, oral history, journal editing, quantitative
investigations, and contract research.
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History 24.506T2
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Medieval Intellectual History
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An examination of selected aspects of medieval intellectual history. Also
offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as History
24.406, for which additional credit is precluded.
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History 24.525T2
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Society and Culture in Canada, 1850-1939
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Changes to the structure and values of Canadian societies and their culture
in the period of urban-industrial transition.
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History 24.526T2
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Perspectives on State Formation in Canada
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An exploration of selected problems of political history: the construction
of official statistics, the language of governments, the invention of nationalisms,
the making of political cultures, the autonomy of the state, the practices
of bureaucrats, the political role of women, the encounter of the welfare
state and families, the political economy of the state, communities and
the state. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements,
as History 24.426, for which additional credit is precluded.
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History 24.530T2
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Canadian Immigration and Ethnic History
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An examination of immigration and ethnic history in a selected period between
the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Also offered at the undergraduate
level, with different requirements, as History 24.424, for which additional
credit is precluded.
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History 24.531T2
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French Canada Since Confederation
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A study of topics relating to the political and social history of French
Canada and to problems of cultural duality.
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History 24.532T2
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Ontario in the Nineteenth Century
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History 24.533T2
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Intellectual History of Canada
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An intensive examination of selected aspects of Canadian thought from the
early nineteenth century to the present.
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History 24.534T2
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Problems of Growth and War in Canada, 1896-1921
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History 24.535T2
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The Canadian Diplomatic Tradition
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An examination of the origins, evolution, context, and intellectual content
of Canadian diplomatic practices and policies.
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History 24.540T2
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The Age of the American Revolution
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History 24.556T2
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Historical Perspectives on Power
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An inquiry into historical analyses of politics in light of the current
social philosophical conceptions of power and consciousness, with reference
to early modern England, and/or Canada in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, and/or Latin America in the late colonial period, with particular
emphasis on Mexico, depending on the instructor(s).
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History 24.557T2
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Community in Early Modern England, 1450-1600
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History 24.558T2
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Culture and Society in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain: Selected
Topics
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History 24.559T2
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Women in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century North America and Britain
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An examination of the role and image of women in the context of social
and economic development and of the family in North America and Britain.
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History 24.560T2
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Revolutionary Russia, 1898-1921
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An examination of various primary sources available for research on revolutionary
Russia. A sound reading knowledge of Russian is required for admission.
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History 24.562T2
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M.S. Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR
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A study of the main reasons for the collapse of the USSR, with emphasis
on the CPSU, Soviet ideological presumption, and its participation in the
international arena. The nature of the USSR in the 1980s and Gorbachev's
attempts at sweeping reform and their consequences provide the setting
for this study.
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History 24.580T2
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Problems in International History
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History 24.588T2
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Historiography of Canada
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A seminar, primarily for graduate students in Canadian history, which examines
the trends and methods of Canadian historical writing and the influences
upon it.
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History 24.589T2
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Historiography
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A course of directed studies, leading to an oral comprehensive examination,
in one of the following fields:
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Modern France
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The intensive study of selected problems in the writing of modern French
political and social history.
Britain
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The intensive study of a range of selected problems in the writing of sixteenth-century
or nineteenth-century English history.
Modern Russia
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Concentrated reading in Russian history and historiography with emphasis
on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
United States
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A course in which the trends and methods of historical writing on the United
States will be examined.
International History
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A course in which the trends and methods of historical writing on international
history will be examined.
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Medieval History
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Historical method and historiography of an aspect of the Middle Ages.
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European Intellectual and Social History
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Intensive study of a selected topic in the writing of European intellectual
or social history during the seventeenth, eighteenth, or nineteenth centuries.
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History 24.591T2, S2
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Directed Studies in a Canadian Field
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A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in an area
not covered by an existing graduate seminar.
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History 24.592T2, S2
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Directed Studies in a Non-Canadian Field
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A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in an area
not covered by an existing graduate seminar.
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History 24.593F1, W1, S1
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Directed Studies in a Canadian Field
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A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in an area
not covered by an existing graduate seminar.
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History 24.594F1, W1, S1
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Directed Studies in a Non-Canadian Field
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A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in an area
not covered by an existing graduate seminar.
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History 24.595F1,W1
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Selected Topics in a Canadian Field
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A seminar in an area not covered by an existing graduate course.
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History 24.596F1,W1
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Selected Topics in a Non-Canadian Field
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A seminar in an area not covered by an existing graduate course.
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History 24.598F2, W2, S2
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M.A. Research Essay
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An examination of an approved topic in Canadian, American, British, modern
French, modern Russian, international, or medieval history.
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History 24.599F4, W4, S4
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M.A. Thesis
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A substantial historical investigation. The subject will be determined
in consultation with the Department, and a supervisor will be assigned.
The candidate will be examined orally after presenting his/her thesis.
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History 24.610T2, S2
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Directed Studies
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Preparation for a minor field examination in one of the following areas
of modern European history: France, Russia, and international history.
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History 24.640T2, S2
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Directed Studies in United States History
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History 24.650T2, S2
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Directed Studies in British History
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History 24.660T2, S2
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Directed Studies in a Transnational Topic
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Preparation for a minor field examination in an area not covered in another
doctoral course.
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History 24.688T2
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Historical Theory and Method
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A course primarily for doctoral candidates in history, offered in alternate
years, in which current trends in historical theory and methodology will
be examined.
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History 24.690F1
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Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination
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Ph.D. oral comprehensive examination in Canadian history. The exam is undertaken
in the student's fourth term.
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History 24.691T2
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Canadian History Minor
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A program of supervised reading in Canadian history leading to a written
comprehensive examination for doctoral students whose major field is women's
history. Students will attend History 24.694 in the fall and winter terms.
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History 24.692F1
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Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination
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Ph.D. oral comprehensive examination in Women's history. The exam is undertaken
in the student's fourth term.
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History 24.693T2
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Women's History Minor
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A program of supervised reading in women's history leading to a written
comprehensive examination for doctoral students whose major field is Canadian
history. Students will attend History 24.695 in the fall and winter terms.
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History 24.694F1, W1, S1
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Ph.D. Tutorials
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A program of supervised reading with several instructors in preparation
for the Ph.D. oral examination in Canadian history. Students must complete
three terms (F, W & S) of this course before sitting the oral comprehensive
examination.
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History 24.695F1, W1, S1
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Ph.D. Tutorials
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A program of supervised reading with several instructors in preparation
for the Ph.D. oral examination in Women's history. Students must complete
three terms (F, W & S) of this course before sitting the oral comprehensive
examination.
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History 24.699F, W, S
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Ph.D. Thesis
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