History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

McMaster Univ.

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Areas of Specialization:

Britain, Canada, Europe, war and society, gender

Program Description

The Department of History offers two graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts and PhD. The Department directs doctoral dissertations in six fields: Canadian History, British History, Twentieth-Century European History, War and Society, Gender and Health & Medicine.

Special Programs or Resources

MA in Globalization Studies is offered jointly by Political Science, English and History.
Centre for Canadian History was established in February 2006, Director: L.R. Wilson Professor in Canadian History, Dr. H.V. Nelles
Bertrand Russell Research Centre and Russell Archives.

Financial Aid

Graduate Travel funding: The Armstrong Fund; Fuller (Research) and Memorial awards; Wilson Graduate Research Scholarships; Wilson Entrance Scholarships

Degree Requirements

Minor Field seminars: 2 will be selected from the 700-level seminars offered in the Fall term. These may not overlap the major field, except in Twentieth Century Europe where one reading seminar may be in modern Europe; Gender History, and War & Society where one minor field may be in an area related to the regional subject area of their thesis research. The grade for each minor field will be based on the seminar requirements, the examination and a historiographical paper, in combination as indicated by the minor field supervisor. Under exceptional circumstances a minor field may be taken in the second term.
Major Field seminar: Preparation begins in January and takes the form of supervised reading. Doctoral candidates will meet regularly with their field supervisors and submit written work from time to time.
Comprehensive examination, comprised of written and oral components, will be held in the month preceding September 15 of the second year of the program.

University Information:

Department Demographics:

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	5
	Associate Professor	11
	Assistant Professor	5
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment
	Emeritus Faculty	4
	Part-time faculty	6

Relative Size based on Number of Full-time Faculty: [Explain]

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 44
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students:

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 20

Relative Size Based on Graduate Student Enrollment (2002–04): [Explain]

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department