Graduate - Courses

The standard stream for the Master's degree will consist of 5F01, four half-courses (electives), and a major research paper of approximately 35 pages. The normal completion time is twelve months (three terms).  There will also be a thesis stream which students may apply to enter at the end of their first term of graduate work in the program.   Normal completion time for those students approved to proceed in the thesis stream will be twenty months (five terms).

Course offerings for the 2008-2009 academic year are:

Required Course
HIST 5F01 - HISTORIOGRAPHY AND HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY

Electives

HIST 5V02

2009-2010: Ethnicity and Empire in African History

HIST 5V10

2009-2010: Women and Work in U.S. History

HIST 5V52

2009-2010: Immigration and Minorities in North American History

HIST 5V60

2009-2010: The Social History of Medicine in Canada

HIST 5V70

History and Computing

HIST 5P78

Self and Other in the Visual Field

Thesis or Research Paper
HIST 5F80 - RESEARCH PAPER
HIST 5F90 - THESIS

Exceptionally, and with permission of the Graduate Committee, students in the program may be able to take (i) a 500-level course from another Brock graduate program (ii) a graduate History course from another Ontario university, (iii) a reading course in lieu of an elective or (iv) a 400-level course in the Brock History department, with additional assignments to bring it to the required level. All subject to OCGS guidelines.