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Graduate Curr1cu1t Changes 

of 1istory 

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er 22, 1982 

Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee at its meeting 

of December 20, 1982, gives rise to the following motion:- 

MOTION: 

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board of Governors, as set forth in $.83-19 

the proposed change in requirements in the M.A. 

programme in the Department of 

J.M. Webster 

Dean of Graduate Studies 

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GRADUATE CURRICULUM 

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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY 

p. 216 M.A. PROGRAM - CHANGE OF REQUIREMENTS 

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Program of Study 

All candidates for the M.A. degree will normally enrol in HIST 800-5 

Historiography. A candidate must satisfy the following requirements: 

1.

30 semester hours of work, of which 15 semester hours must be in 

graduate courses in the Department; 

2.

The M.A. thesis or three extended essays, which carry a value of 

10 of the required semester hours. 

.....In place of the thesis, three extended essays in the form of 

research papers will be submitted to the Examining Committee. 

These papers will be bound and deposited in the University Library. 

The Committee will examine the candidate on his/her three research 

papers. 

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Program of Study 

All candidates for the M.A. degree must satisfy the following 

minimum requirements, totalling 30 semester hours: 

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1. At least 20 semester hours of course work of which at least 

15 semester hours must be in graduate courses in the Department. 

Within these, the candidate will normally include---one seminar 

course in Canadian history and one seminar course in another 

field designated by the Department. The remaining courses 

required to complete the degree will be offered, in most cases, 

as individual study courses; 

2. A thesis of 10 semester hours. 

Under certain circumstances, the Department may consent to the 

awarding of the M.A. degree on the basis of course work and extended 

essays only. In place of the thesis, the candidate must complete 

2 additional courses and must submit-t6 the Examining Committee 3 

extended essays, based on course work. 

RATIONALE: 

While the three-essay option has existed in the History M.A. program for 

several years, most students have elected to do the thesis because they 

have concluded, and because they have been advised by faculty, that the 

M.A. with a thesis is a better degree. Because we have an option that we 

are advising students not to take, we wish to drop it. However, there are 

some students for whom an additional two courses, and an examination of 

three extended essays based on course work, is - more appropriate as 

training at the M.A. level. For example, in Middle Eastern History, students 

frequñt1y need more training in course work than in Canadian history. 

For that reason, the provision for degrees based on course work and 

extended essays is included. 