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University of Guelph

Dept. of History
MacKinnon Extension
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Canada

Phone 519.824.4120 x56528/53888
Fax 519.766.9516
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Areas of Specialization:

Canadian History, Cold War Era History, Medieval History, Modern and Early Modern European History, Scottish History, and World History

Program Description

The Tri-University Doctoral Program was created in 1994 to combine the intellectual and institutional resources of three leading Ontario universities, the University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the University of Waterloo. The Tri-University Program exists for, and is committed to, the pursuit of excellence in graduate research and teaching. The Tri-University program integrates the scholarship and experience of seventy-five graduate faculty, making it one of the biggest graduate history programs in Canada. Some 150 History graduate students are currently enrolled in the program and each year we accept around 20 new doctoral students and 60 new masters degree students. MA and PhD students registered in the Tri-University Program in History enjoy full mobility, in terms of their course work and supervision, among the three participating campuses.Because of its impressive size and scope and because of student mobility among the three campuses, we are able to provide courses and supervise research in a wide range of areas. At the same time, through small seminars, close student-professor relationships and through teaching assistantships and scholarships held at one of the three participating campuses, the program is able to maintain the atmosphere of a smaller, more intimate educational institution In the Tri-University Program, students benefit from combining placement in one of three departments with the resources of one of Canadas largest graduate history programs. For more information, consult the programs website at www.triuhistory.ca.

Special Programs or Resources

The three university libraries have an integrated on-line catalogue and retrieval service that allows students to have delivered to their home library any books in the system within twenty-four hours. Students in the Tri-University Program have access to a very large pool of exceptional scholars, and wide opportunities to present and publish their work. A major attraction of the program is that it gives students a good deal of variation and flexibility.

The Ph.D. program is modeled on a four-year completion time frame. Doctoral students proceed to the dissertation stage through a comprehensive examination in their major field. Once at the dissertation stage, doctoral candidates are provided with the option of teaching a mentored undergraduate course in their area of expertise. The Tri-University program offers an ideal balance between research and teaching preparation. By uniting research intensity and opportunities for teacher training with close interaction between student and faculty members, the Tri-University program provides students with the solid foundation they need for career success.

Financial Aid

Graduate students enrolled in the Tri-University Program are funded according to the scholarship and funding policies prevailing at the university in which they are enrolled. Internal doctoral funding averages at least $20,000 a year for four years of study; MA funding is largely grade dependent but normally ranges from $9,000-12,000 per year. The program makes no distinction in internal funding provided between international and domestic students.

Degree Requirements

To complete the requirements for their degree, doctoral students must meet the program's language requirement (students will normally demonstrate a reading knowledge in a second language related to their research). They must also complete one major field and two minor field seminars and demonstrate competency in their major field by the successful completion of a comprehensive (written and oral) examination. Under the supervision of a faculty member or co-supervisors, PhD candidates will then write and defend 50,000 - 90,000 word theses of such cogency and originality as will represent a significant contribution to knowledge.



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Last Updated: October 19, 2012