Program Overview

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History Ph.D. Program Overview

The Department of History offers a Ph.D. program that provides students with advanced training in historical research and knowledge mobilization. The program is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to make a distinct contribution to historical knowledge.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the Ph.D. program in History is based on the requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Students must complete and submit their online application with supporting documentation by the indicated deadline.

Degree Requirements

Doctoral candidates are expected to:

• Take 18 credit hours of History coursework at the 7000 level, with a minimum of 12 credit hours at the 7000 level in History
• Take candidacy exams in three fields of historical inquiry
• Present an original dissertation that makes a distinct contribution to historical knowledge, based on primary sources

Second Language Requirement

All graduate students in History are required to demonstrate a reading knowledge of a second language. Candidates who specialize in Canadian History must display a reading knowledge of French and English.

Expected Time to Graduate

The expected time to graduate from the Ph.D. program in History is 6 years.

Progression Chart

The progression chart for the Ph.D. program in History is as follows:

• Year 1:
  • GRAD 7300 Research Integrity Tutorial (0 credits)
  • GRAD 7500 Academic Integrity Tutorial (0 credits)
  • HIST 7XXX Advanced Studies in History (6 credits)
  • HIST 7YYY Advanced Studies in History (6 credits)
  • HIST 7ZZZ/HIST 4XXX Advanced Studies in History (6 credits)
  • FREN 6000 French Reading Knowledge (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
• Year 2:
  • Candidacy Exams: September - May (reading in preparation for exams)
  • GRAD 8010 Doctoral Candidacy Examination (0 credits)
  • Doctoral Equivalency Exam - written exams in 1 major & 2 minor fields (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
  • 1 oral exam - taken after successfully passing written exams
• Years 2-3:
  • Doctoral Dissertation: May - September (proposal written in consultation with advisor and advisory committee)
  • No later than September: Submission of proposal
  • GRAD 8000 Doctoral Thesis (0 credits)
• Years 3-4:
  • September - April: Dissertation - research & writing continues
  • May 1: Submit dissertation to examining committee
  • July: Oral defence
  • GRAD 8000 Doctoral Thesis (Completion of revisions & submit final version to MSpace) (0 credits)

Registration Information

Students should familiarize themselves with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies 'GRAD' courses applicable to their program. All new and returning students are required to see the chair or department head prior to attempting to register.

Regulations

Students must meet the requirements as outlined in both Supplementary Regulation and BFAR documents as approved by Senate.

Supplementary Regulations

Individual units may require specific requirements above and beyond those of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, and students should consult unit supplementary regulations for these specific regulations.

Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR)

Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR) represent the core academic requirements a graduate student must acquire in order to gain, and demonstrate acquisition of, essential knowledge and skills. All students must successfully complete:

• GRAD 7300 prior to applying to any ethics boards which are appropriate to the student's research or within the student's first year, whichever comes first
• GRAD 7500 within the first term of registration
• Unless these courses have been completed previously, as per Mandatory Academic Integrity Course and Mandatory Research Integrity Online Course

Courses

The Department of History offers a range of courses, including:

• HIST 7110 Advanced Historical Methodologies (6 credits)
• HIST 7190 Studies in United States History since 1877 (6 credits)
• HIST 7220 Selected Topics in British History (6 credits)
• HIST 7230 Nineteenth-Century Britain (6 credits)
• HIST 7240 State and Society in Latin American History (6 credits)
• HIST 7270 Special Studies in Social History (6 credits)
• HIST 7290 Reading Seminar in Canadian History (6 credits)
• HIST 7330 History of Western Canada (6 credits)
• HIST 7372 History of Archiving and Archival Records (6 credits)
• HIST 7382 Archiving in the Digital Age (6 credits)
• HIST 7392 Selected Topics in Archival Studies (3 credits)
• HIST 7394 Internship in Archival Studies (0 credits)
• HIST 7470 The Later Middle Ages (6 credits)
• HIST 7500 Jewish and European History and Historiography (6 credits)
• HIST 7510 Early Modern European History (6 credits)
• HIST 7520 The Age of Enlightenment (6 credits)
• HIST 7560 The Russian Revolution (6 credits)
• HIST 7600 Northern Historical Studies (6 credits)
• HIST 7630 History of Health and Disease (6 credits)
• HIST 7640 Social History of Health and Disease in Modern Canada (6 credits)
• HIST 7672 Studies in Canadian History (6 credits)
• HIST 7700 Historical Method (6 credits)
• HIST 7710 History and Cultural Studies (6 credits)
• HIST 7730 Modern Latin America (6 credits)
• HIST 7740 England in the Long Eighteenth Century (6 credits)
• HIST 7750 Gender History in Canada (6 credits)
• HIST 7760 History of Aboriginal Rights (6 credits)
• HIST 7770 Selected Topics (6 credits)
• HIST 7772 Selected Topics (3 credits)
• HIST 7774 Independent Study/Reading (3 credits)
• HIST 7776 Major Research Paper (0 credits)
• HIST 7820 Issues in Modern Asian History: Selected Topics (3 credits)
• HIST 7910 Studies in Modern World History (6 credits)
• HIST 7920 Popular Radicalism in the Modern World (6 credits)
• HIST 7930 Imperialism, Decolonization and Neo-Colonialism 1700-Present (6 credits)