• About the Program
• Academic Regulations
• Admission Requirements
• Program Requirements

About the Program

The Department of History offers 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. Ph.D. candidates may be accepted in other areas depending upon the availability of appropriate supervision. For a description of professors' areas of research and supervision, see the departmental website.

Academic Regulations

• See the General Regulations section of this Calendar.

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.

Program Requirements

• Candidates will be responsible for three fields: a major field (normally Canadian history or history of Women, Gender and Family) and two minor fields.
• One of the minor fields for students in the Canadian history (major) field must concern American, British, French, Russian, modern or early modern European or international history.
• At least one of the minor fields for students in the Women, Gender and Family (major) field must concern American, British, Canadian, French, Russian, modern or early modern European 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 each major 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 minor field before the end of the student's second term in the minor; 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.

Students will complete:

• HIST 6808
• HIST 6906 Ph.D. Tutorials
• HIST 6907 Ph.D. Comprehensive, an oral comprehensive examination in the declared major field
• HIST 6100, HIST 6200, HIST 6400, or HIST 6500 (or HIST 6901 if the student is not in the Canadian major), plus a second of these courses or HIST 6600 (or HIST 6903 if the student is not in the Women, Gender and Family major), or an approved course of studies in a related discipline, but excluding the declared area of the major field.
• HIST 6909 Ph.D. Thesis in the declared major field (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.

Language Requirements

• A reading knowledge of French will be required. Proven competence in an additional language or languages will be required if it is pertinent to the candidate's program. The language examinations will be written early in the first post-M.A. year, and before the field examinations.

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.

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.