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Graduate Calendar Archives: 1998 / 1999 |
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HistoryPaterson
Hall 430 The DepartmentChair of the Department,
E.P. Fitzgerald 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 ArtsAdmission RequirementsThe 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 Honours B.A. program. Program RequirementsCandidates may follow either a thesis or a non-thesis program, as follows:
Guidelines for Completion of Master’s DegreeFull-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 RequirementsAll 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 PhilosophyAdmission RequirementsApplicants 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 RequirementThe 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 RequirementsCandidates 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 an Honours B.A. will normally complete in their first year:
They will then join students entering the Canadian history program with a completed M.A. Degree, who will normally be required to follow:
Students declaring a major field in women’s history will normally be required to follow:
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 DegreeIt is expected that full-time students will complete the thesis requirement within two years, and part-time students within four years. University of OttawaA Carleton University student may take one seminar in the Department of History at the University of Ottawa, with permission of the two departments. Graduate CoursesNot all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 1998-99, 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. History 24.500T2 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. History 24.502T2 Transformation of the later Roman world
into the polities of early medieval Europe and Near East. History 24.505T2 Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as History 24.405, for which additional credit is precluded. History 24.506T2 An examination of selected aspects of
medieval intellectual history. History 24.507T2 An intensive examination of the
scientific and polemical works of the Italian physicist and
astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). His life and thought are
explored in the context of his medieval predecessors and of
sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century science and philosophy
in general. Special attention is given to the role of patronage,
the Jesuits, biblical interpretation, and the circumstances that
led to his trial and condemnation. History 24.525T2 Changes to the structure and values of Canadian societies and their culture in the period of urban-industrial transition. History 24.526T2 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. History 24.529T2 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. History 24.530T2 An examination of immigration and ethnic
history in a selected period between the eighteenth and twentieth
centuries. History 24.531T2 A study of topics relating to the political and social history of French Canada and to problems of cultural duality. History 24.532T2 History 24.533T2 An intensive examination of selected aspects of Canadian thought from the early nineteenth century to the present. History 24.534T2 History 24.535T2 An examination of the origins, evolution, context, and intellectual content of Canadian diplomatic practices and policies. History 24.536T2 An examination of the role and
relationship of science and technology, including their social
and engineering applications, in the Canadian historical
experience. History 24.537T2 A seminar on social and economic themes. History 24.540T2 History 24.556T2 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). History 24.557T2 History 24.558T2 History 24.559T2 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. History 24.560T2 An examination of various primary sources available for research on revolutionary Russia. A sound reading knowledge of Russian is required for admission. History 24.562T2 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. History 24.580T2 History 24.588T2 A seminar, primarily for graduate students in Canadian history, which examines the trends and methods of Canadian historical writing and the influences upon it. History 24.589T2 A course of directed studies, leading to an oral comprehensive examination, in one of the following fields:
History 24.591T2, S2 A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar. History 24.592T2, S2 A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar. History 24.593F1, W1, S1 A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar. History 24.594F1, W1, S1 A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar. History 24.595F1,W1 A seminar in an area not covered by an existing graduate course. History 24.596F1,W1 A seminar in an area not covered by an existing graduate course. History 24.598F2, W2, S2 An examination of an approved topic in Canadian, American, British, modern French, modern Russian, international, or medieval history. History 24.599F4, W4, S4 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 Preparation for a minor field examination in one of the following areas of modern European history: France, Russia, and international history. History 24.640T2, S2 History 24.650T2, S2 History 24.660T2, S2 Preparation for a minor field examination in an area not covered in another doctoral course. History 24.688T2 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 A program of supervised reading with several instructors in preparation for the Ph.D. oral examination. History 24.691T2 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 in the fall and winter terms. History 24.692F4, W4, S4 A program of supervised reading with several instructors in preparation for the Ph.D. oral examination in women’s history. History 24.693T2 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 in the fall and winter terms. History 24.699F, W, S |
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