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History
Paterson Hall 430
Telephone: (613)520-2834
Fax: (613) 520-2819
E-mail: grad_history@carleton.ca
Web site: www.carleton.ca/history
The Department
Chair of the Department: E.P. Fitzgerald
Departmental Supervisor of Graduate Studies: Bruce S. Elliott
The Department of History offers a 5.0 credit M.A. in History with the
possibility of supervision in the following areas: Canadian, Continental
European and British history, the history of Women, Gender, and Family,
American, Modern Russian, International, and Medieval history; and a
6.0-credit M.A. concentration in Public History. We also offer a program of
study and research leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree with a
concentration in Canadian history or history of Women, Gender, and Family.
We strongly recommend that students consult the departmental Web site for
further information about courses.
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 regular or Public History M.A. program,
as follows:
Regular stream
- HIST 5807, HIST 5808, or HIST 5809: a seminar or tutorial in the
historiography of the appropriate country or area (1.0 credit);
- HIST 5000: a study in the practical areas of history (0.5
credit);
- A graduate history seminar in the student's major field of
concentration (1.0 credit);
- One additional seminar (1.0 credit), which may be chosen from those
offered at the graduate or 4000-level by the Department of History, by
another unit at Carleton University, or by the Department of History at
the University of Ottawa;
- HIST 5909: thesis (1.5 credits).
Public History stream
- HIST 5807, HIST 5808, or HIST 5809: a seminar or tutorial in the
historiography of the appropriate country or area (1.0 credit);
- HIST 5000: a study in the practical areas of history (0.5
credit);
- Introduction to Public History HIST 5700 (0.5 credit);
- Three other Public History courses, designated under the numbers
HIST 5701 and HIST 5702 (1.5 credits);
- HIST 5703: Internship in Public History (0.5 credit);
- A graduate history seminar (1.0 credit);
- HIST 5908: research essay (1.0 credit).
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 in the regular stream are expected to finish all
requirements for the degree except HIST 5909 during their first two terms
of study; part-time students should do so during their first twelve terms
of study. The thesis requirement is designed to take an additional two or
three terms. Full-time students in the Public History stream are expected
to complete HIST 5000, HIST 5807/8/9, Introduction to Public History and
two other Public History half courses during Terms 1 and 2, their
Internship during Term 3, and a seminar and additional Public History half
credit during Term 1 of their second year; the research essay HIST 5908 is
designed to take an additional one or two terms. Part-time students in
Public History should complete all degree requirements within twelve terms
of study.
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 dea ling 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 history of Women, Gender and Family
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
history or history of Women, Gender and Family) 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 History of Women, Gender and Family majors, at least one of the
minor fields must concern American, British, Canadian, French, Russian, or
international history. History of Women, Gender and Family 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:
- HIST 5808
- HIST 5901
- HIST 5902
- 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:
- HIST 6808
- HIST 6900 Ph.D. oral comprehensive examination in Canadian history;
in conjunction with
- HIST 6904 Ph.D. Tutorials
- Two of: HIST 6100; HIST 6400; HIST 6500; HIST 6600; HIST 6903; an
approved course of studies in a related discipline. At least one of
these must be a national history other than Canadian (i.e. HIST 6100,
HIST 6400, or HIST 6500).
Students declaring a major field in History of Women, Gender and Family
will normally be required to follow:
- HIST 6808
- HIST 6902 Ph.D. oral comprehensive examination in History of Women,
Gender and Family; in conjunction with
- HIST 6905 Ph.D. Tutorials
- Two of: HIST 6100; HIST 6400; HIST 6500; HIST 6600; HIST 6901: an
approved course of studies in a related discipline. At least one of
these must be a national history (i.e., HIST 6100, HIST 6400, HIST
6500, or HIST 6901).
With other requirements completed, doctoral students will be required to
write a thesis on a topic related to Canadian history or History of Women,
Gender and Family 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 2004-2005 and to determine the
term of offering, consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule
booklet, published in the summer and also available online at
www.carleton.ca/cu/programs/sched_dates/ For further details concerning
courses, see the departmental Web site at www.carleton.ca/history.
Course Designation System
Carleton's course designation system has been restructured. The first
entry of each course description below is the new alphanumeric Carleton
course code, followed by its credit value in brackets. The old Carleton
course number (in parentheses) is included for reference, where
applicable.
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.
- HIST 5000 [0.5 credit] (formerly 24.500)
- Historical Practice
- Study in the practical uses of history in such fields as teaching
and methodology, research design, effective library, archival use.
- Seminar three hours every second week, fall and winter.
- HIST 5006 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.506)
- Seminar in Medieval History
- Selected problems relating to medieval history. The particular
themes and historical period will be specified each year.
- HIST 5310 [1.0 credit]
- Canada: Culture and Ideas
- A seminar in the history of Canadian culture and ideas. The
particular themes and historical period will be specified each
year.
- HIST 5311 [1.0 credit]
- Canada: Politics and Diplomacy
- A seminar in the history of Canadian politics and diplomacy. The
particular themes and historical period will be specified each
year.
- HIST 5312 [1.0 credit]
- Canadian Social History
- A seminar in Canadian social history. The particular themes and
historical period will be specified each year.
- HIST 5313 [1.0 credit]
- Canadian Regional History
- A seminar in Canadian regional history. The particular themes and
historical period will be specified each year.
- HIST 5400 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.540)
- Seminar in American History
- Research seminar in American history. The particular themes and
historical period will be specified each year.
- HIST 5506 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.556)
- Perspectives on Power
- 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).
- HIST 5508 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.558)
- Seminar in British History
- Selected problems relating to the history of Britain in the eary
modern or modern period. The particular themes and historical period
will be specified each year.
- HIST 5509 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.559)
- Seminar on Women and Gender
- Selected problems relating to the history of women and gender. The
particular themes and historical period will be specified each
year.
- HIST 5600 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.560)
- Seminar in Russian History
- An examination of primary sources available for research on
revolutionary Russia, 1898-1921. A sound reading knowledge of Russian
is required for admission.
- HIST 5603 [0.5 credit]
- Imperial and Soviet Russia
- Legacies of the tsarist empire and the Soviet Union that influence
the region today. Topics discussed include political culture, empire,
socialism, class, gender, and non-Russian peoples. Also offered at the
undergraduate level with different requirements, as HIST 4603, for
which additional credit is precluded. Also listed as EURR 52 03.
- HIST 5604 [0.5 credit]
- Central Europe, Past and Present
- Evolution and current status of Central Europe, from periods of
foreign control in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries to
independent statehood. Emphasis will be placed on national
accommodations and conflicts. Also offered at the undergraduate level
with different requirements as, HIST 4604, for which additional credit
is precluded. Also listed as EURR 5204.
- HIST 5700 [0.5 credit]
- Introduction to Public History
- Introduces students to critical thinking about history's place in
the public sphere, including history and popular culture, exhibiting
history, the politics of the past, historical presentation and impact
of digitization and other new information technologies, through
lectures, readings, and field trips.
- HIST 5701 [0.5 credit]
- Archival Theory and Practice
- Theories, methodologies and problems relating to archives and
records management such as archival responses to the challenges of
managing and preserving electronic records. Principles and concepts
guiding the work of archivists will be addressed as well as records
appraisal, collection, arrangement, description, etc.
- HIST 5702 [0.5 credit]
- Public History Special Topics
- Theoretical and practical instruction in topical areas such as
«history and new media,» «oral history,» «museums and national memory,»
«community history,» «visual media,» «material history,» etc.
- HIST 5703 [0.5 credit]
- Internship in Public History
- Placement for a term, normally over the summer following the first
year of study, to put into practice the precepts learned in course
work. Students will be jointly supervised by their employers and a
faculty member and evaluated on a written report on work and on
assessment by the employer.
- HIST 5800 [1.0 credit] (form erly 24.580)
- International History
- HIST 5807 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.587)
- Women, Gender and Family
- Intensive study of selected problems in the historiography of
women, gender and family.
- HIST 5808 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.588)
- Historiography of Canada
- A seminar, primarily for graduate students in Canadian history,
which examines the trends and methods of Canadian historical writing
and the influences upon it.
- HIST 5809 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.589)
- Historiography: Directed Studies
- Directed studies, leading to an oral comprehensive examination, in
one of the following areas: French, British, Modern Russian, American,
International, Medieval, or European Intellectual and Social
History.
- HIST 5901 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.591)
- Directed Studies - Canadian
- A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in
an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar.
- HIST 5902 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.592)
- Directed Studies - Non-Canadian
- A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in
an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar.
- HIST 5903 [0.5 credit] (formerly 24.593)
- Directed Studies - Canadian
- A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in
an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar.
- HIST 5904 [0.5 credit] (formerly 24.594)
- Directed Studies - Non-Canadian
- A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in
an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar.
- HIST 5905 [0.5 credit] (formerly 24.595)
- Selected Topics - Canadian Field
- A seminar in an area not covered by an existing graduate
course.
- HIST 5906 [0.5 credit] (formerly 24.596)
- Selected Topics - Non-Canadian Field
- A seminar in an area not covered by an existing graduate course.
For 2004-05, the topic is: Studies in Historical Representation. Drawing
on a variety of theoretical discussions, this course examines historical
representation with special reference to Enlightenment and Romantic
narratives in Britain. In addition to formal historiography, attention
will be given to a variety of other historical genres, including
philosophical history, biography, memoir, literary history. (Also
listed as CLMD 6902; ENGL 5900)
- HIST 5908 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.598)
- M.A. Research Essay
- An examination of an approved topic in an area of departmental
specialization or in an appropriate area of Public History. Available
only to students in the Public History stream.
- HIST 5909 [1.5 credits] (formerly 24.599)
- M.A. Thesis
- 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.
- HIST 6100 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.610)
- Directed Studies - European
- Preparation for a minor field examination in one of the following
areas of modern European history: France, Russia, and international
history.
- HIST 6400 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.640)
- Directed Studies - United States
- HIST 6500 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.650)
- Directed Studies - British
- HIST 6600 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.660)
- Directed Studies - Transnational
- Preparation for a minor field examination in an area not covered in
another doctoral course.
- HIST 6808 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.688)
- Historical Theory and Method
- A course primarily for doctoral candidates in history, offered in
alternate years, in which current trends in historical theory and
methodology will be examined.
- HIST 6900 [0.5 credit] (formerly 24.690)
- Ph.D. Comprehensive: Canadian
- Ph.D. oral comprehensive examination in Canadian history. The exam
is undertaken in the student's fourth term.
- HIST 6901 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.691)
- Canadian History Minor
- A program of supervised reading in Canadian history leading to a
written comprehensive examination for doctoral students whose major
field is History of Women, Gender and Family. Students will attend HIST
6904 in the fall and winter terms.
- HIST 6902 [0.5 credit] (formerly 24.692)
- Ph.D. Comprehensive: Women, Gender, Family
- Ph.D. oral comprehensive examination in History of Women, Gender
and Family. The exam is undertaken in the student's fourth term.
- HIST 6903 [1.0 credit] (formerly 24.693)
- Women, Gender, Family Minor
- A program of supervised reading in History of Women, Gender and
Family leading to a written comprehensive examination for doctoral
students whose major field is Canadian history. Students will attend
HIST 6905 in the fall and winter terms.
- HIST 6904 [0.5 credit] (formerly 24.694)
- Ph.D. Tutorials
- 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.
- HIST 6905 [0.5 credit] (formerly 24.695)
- Ph.D. T utorials
- A program of supervised reading with several instructors in
preparation for the Ph.D. oral examination in History of Women, Gender
and Family. Students must complete three terms (F, W & S) of this
course before sitting the oral comprehensive examination.
- HIST 6909 [5.0 credits] (formerly 24.699)
- Ph.D. Thesis
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