Department of History Paterson Hall 432 Telephone: 788-2828 Fax: 788-2819 The Department Chair of the Department: R.C. Elwood Departmental Supervisor of Graduate Studies: D.L. McDowall Associate Supervisor: G.N. Hillmer The Department of History offers programs of study leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Canadian, American, British, modern French, modern Russian, international (diplomatic), medieval, and European intellectual and social history. It also offers a program of study and <%10>research leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Canadian history and in 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 (pass) degree may be considered for admission into the fourth year of Carleton's honours B.A. 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 (one credit) * History 24.500: a practicum in the applied uses of history (one 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 (one credit) * Either History 24.599: thesis (two credits); or * History 24.598: research essay (one credit) plus one additional seminar (one 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/research essay proposals to the graduate supervisor early in their second term of full-time enrolment 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 fifteen full courses, or the equivalent. Residence Requirement * 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 Canadian history program with an honours B.A. will normally complete: * History 24.588: Historiography of Canada * History 24.591: Directed Studies in a Canadian Field * History 24.592: Directed Studies in a Non-Canadian Field * Two other graduate seminars in their first year Students entering the second year (that is, the first post-M.A. year) of the Canadian history program will normally be required to follow: * History 24.688: Historical Theory and Method * History 24.690: Preparation for a Ph.D. oral examination in Canadian history (equivalent to two full credits) * Two of: History 24.610: Directed Studies in an Aspect of Modern European History; History 24.640: Directed Studies in United States History; History 24.650: Directed Studies in British History; History 24.660: Directed Studies in a Transnational Topic; 24.693 (Women's History Minor); 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: Historical Theory and Method * History 24.692: Directed Studies in Women's History. Preparation for a Ph.D. oral examination in women's history (equivalent to two full credits) * Two of: History 24.610: Directed Studies in an Aspect of Modern European History; History 24.640: Directed Studies in United States History; History 24.650: Directed Studies in British History; History 24.660: Directed Studies in a Transnational Topic; History 24.691 (Canadian History Minor); 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 (five credits). 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* Most, but not all of the graduate seminars (History 24.500 through 24.588 and 24.688) are offered each year, but none is available during the summer. The directed studies and thesis courses (History 24.589 through 24.693) are always offered during the academic year, and are frequently available during the spring and summer terms as well. Admission to graduate seminars in the Department <%7>of History is normally restricted to graduate students in the Department and to others who have <%10>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. * History 24.500T2 Practicum in Applied History 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. D.L. McDowall, B.C. Bickerton * History 24.502T2 Beginnings of Early Medieval Europe and Near East Transformation of the later Roman world into the polities of early medieval Europe and Near East. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as 24.402 or 13.402, for which additional credit is precluded. R.C. Blockley. * History 24.505T2 Law and Society in Medieval England J.G. Bellamy. * History 24.506T2 Medieval Intellectual History An examination of selected aspects of medieval intellectual history. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as 24.406, for which additional credit is precluded. W.R. Laird. * History 24.516T2 The French Revolution, 1788-1804 A sound reading knowledge of French is required for admission. Roderick Phillips. * History 24.525T2 Society and Culture in Canada, 1850-1939 Changes to the structure and values of Canadian societies and their culture in the period of urban-industrial transition. Members of the Department. * History 24.526T2 Perspectives on State Formation in Canada 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 24.426, for which additional credit is precluded. Dominique Marshall. * History 24.529T2 History of Northern Canada A seminar on the regional history of the Canadian north, including both the provincial and the territorial norths. Topics include native peoples, culture contact, the fur trade economy, and resource frontier development. Canadian attitudes toward the north and the concept of Canada as a "northern nation" are also examined. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as 24.434, for which additional credit is precluded. K.M. Abel. * History 24.530T2 Canadian Immigration and Ethnic History An analysis of immigration to Canada in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as 24.424, for which additional credit is precluded. M.J. Barber. * History 24.531T2 French Canada Since Confederation A study of topics relating to the political and social history of French Canada and to problems of cultural duality. Dominique Marshall. * History 24.532T2 Ontario in the Nineteenth Century J.K. Johnson. * History 24.533T2 Intellectual History of Canada An intensive examination of selected aspects of Canadian thought from the early nineteenth century to the present. A.B. McKillop. * History 24.534T2 Problems of Growth and War in Canada, 1896-1921 D.L. McDowall. * History 24.535T2 The Canadian Diplomatic Tradition An examination of the origins, evolution, context and intellectual content of Canadian diplomatic practices and policies. G.N. Hillmer. * History 24.536T2 Science and Technology in the Canadian Experience An examination of the role and relationship of science <%7>and technology, including their social and <%15>engineering applications, in the Canadian historical experience. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as 24.421, for which additional credit is precluded. J.H. Taylor. * History 24.537T2 The Maritimes in Transition, 1870s to 1920s A seminar on social and economic themes. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as 24.422, for which additional credit is precluded. D.A. Muise or B.C. Bickerton. * History 24.539T2 Acadian and Quebec Society before 1763 An examination of the main political and social developments in both communities with attention being paid to the history of France during the same period. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as 24.432, for which additional credit is precluded. N.E.S. Griffiths. * History 24.540T2 The Age of the American Revolution, 1730-1815 P.J. King. * History 24.550T2 Selected Problems in the Political Economy of Canadian Labour A study of selected aspects in the history of Canadian labour with emphasis on the dynamics of social, economic, political and cultural change in twentieth-century Canada. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as 24.425, for which additional credit is precluded. F.J.K. Griezic. * History 24.557T2 Community in Early Modern England, 1450-1600 R.B. Goheen. * History 24.558T2 Culture and Society in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth- Century Britain: Selected Topics Deborah Gorham or Mark Phillips. * History 24.559T2 Women in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century North America and Britain 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. M.J. Barber and Deborah Gorham. * History 24.560T2 Revolutionary Russia, 1898-1921 An examination of various primary sources available for research on revolutionary Russia. A sound reading knowledge of Russian is required for admission. R.C. Elwood. * History 24.580T2 Problems in International History J.L. Black or R.A. Jones. * History 24.588T2 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. A.B. McKillop. * History 24.589F2, W2, S2 Historiography A course of directed studies, leading to an oral comprehensive examination, in one of the following fields: * Modern France The intensive study of selected problems in the writing of modern French political and social history. Roderick Phillips * Britain The intensive study of a range of selected problems in the writing of sixteenth-century or nineteenth-century English history. R.B. Goheen, Deborah Gorham, N.E.S. Griffiths. * Modern Russia Concentrated reading in Russian history and historiography with emphasis on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. R.C. Elwood and J.W. Strong. * United States A course in which the trends and methods of histori<%10>cal writing on the United States will be examined. P.J. King. * International History A course in which the trends and methods of historical writing on international history will be examined. J.L. Black and R.A. Jones. * Medieval History Historical method and historiography of an aspect of the Middle Ages. J.G. Bellamy or W.R. Laird. * European Intellectual and Social History Intensive study of a selected topic in the writing of European intellectual or social history during the seventeenth, eighteenth or nineteenth centuries. Roderick Phillips, Mark Phillips or F.A.J. Szabo. * History 24.591T2, S2 Directed Studies in a Canadian Field A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar. * History 24.592T2, S2 Directed Studies in a Non-Canadian Field (same description as 24.591) * History 24.593F1, W1, S1 Directed Studies in a Canadian Field (same description as 24.591) * History 24.594F1, W1, S1 Directed Studies in a Non-Canadian Field (same description as 24.591) * History 24.595F1,W1 Selected Topics in a Canadian Field A seminar in an area not covered by an existing graduate course. * History 24.596F1,W1 Selected Topics in a Non-Canadian Field (same description as 24.595) * History 24.598F2, W2, S2 M.A. Research Essay An examination of an approved topic in Canadian, American, British, modern French, modern Russian, international, or medieval history. * History 24.599F4, W4, S4 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. * History 24.610T2, S2 Directed studies in one of the following aspects of modern European history: modern France (Roderick Phillips), modern Russia (R.C. Elwood and J.W. Strong), and international history (J.L. Black and R.A. Jones). * History 24.640T2, S2 Directed Studies in United States History P.J. King and G.F. Goodwin. * History 24.650T2, S2 Directed Studies in British History Deborah Gorham, N.E.S. Griffiths or R.B. Goheen. * History 24.660T2,S2 Directed Studies in a Transnational Topic Preparation for a minor field examination in an area not covered in another doctoral course. * History 24.688T2 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. * History 24.690F4, W4, S4 Directed Studies in Canadian History A program of supervised reading with several <%7>instructors in preparation for the Ph.D. oral examination. * History 24.691T2 Canadian History Minor 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 24.690 (Directed Studies in Canadian History) in the fall and winter terms. * History 24.692F4, W4, S4 Directed Studies in Women's History A program of supervised reading with several <%11>instructors in preparation for the Ph.D. oral examination in women's history. * History 24.693T2 Women's History Minor 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 24.692 (Directed Studies in Women's History) in the fall and winter terms. * History 24.699F, W, S Ph.D. Thesis