DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

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 2010-2011 academic year are:

Required Course
HIST 5F01 - HISTORIOGRAPHY AND HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY

Electives
HIST 5V11 - WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST
HIST 5V20 - AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT
HIST 5V32 - THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
HIST 5V52 - IMMIGRATION AND MINORITIES IN NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 5V53 - FIRST NATIONS AND HISTORIANS
HIST 5V70 - HISTORY AND COMPUTING

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.