SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
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HISTORY
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Date
DECEMBER 22, 1971
MOTION:
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"That Senate approve, as set forth in Paper S.72-6a,
the new course History 897-5 - Supervised Readings."
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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72-
MEMORANDUM
ITION: "That the course, Hist 897-5 Supervised Readings,
be approved".
This course was approved by the Executive Committee
of
the Senate Graduate Studies Committee at its meeting on
December 20, 1971.
Editorial changes to the History section
of
the Graduate
Calendar is attached for information.
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J. Whe
Dean
Graduate Studies.
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New Gra(ltlatv
Form
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HISTORY
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Course Number:______
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Desrripl ion: ?
Graduate
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SCHEDULING:
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Estimated
Enroflment:
5
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10 - When will
the
course
first
be offered: _September,1972
How often will, the course be offered:
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3
times ajyear
3. JUFIF)C!.T)ON:
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A
graduate student will have the opportunity to take a Directed Readings Cours
on asubject not, covered by the courses now listed in the Calendar. In addition it
woi1_
d a1siike it easier
for the Department.to accommodate the desires of students
inother departments who wish to take a directed readings course in History.In this
rspect it
wou1c[ase
the means wherebyTinterdisciplinary programmes are developed,
thus meeting one of the objections of GS. 105 to present regulations.
4.
REOUflCES:
Which Faculty
member will normally teach the course:All faculty who are qualified to supervi
graduate students.
What are
the
budgetary implications of mounting
the course ?
NONE
Are there
there
sufficient
Library resources (append delails):
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YES
Appended: a) Outline of the
Course
b) An indication
of the
competence of the
Faculty member
to give the
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'c) Library resources ?
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Approved: Departmental.
Graduate Studies Commi ttc
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Dr. . . Hamiltc
Faculty Graduate
Studies Committee:
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Senate:
SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
Dr.
J.
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Mrs. Susan E. Overton,
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Dean of Graduate Studies
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Departmental Assistant,
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GRADUATE
CALENDAR 1972-1973
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Date
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cmber 1.9.7.1
Further to our conversation of Friday afternoon concerning
the ambiguities you pointed out in the History Department's
submission in the 1972-73 Graduate Calendar, I discussed these
points with Dr. Mugridge and Dr. Hamilton and they asked me to
advise you of the following.
In the sections concerning the composition of the Examining
Committee (pages 2 and 4 of our submission), we would be grateful
if you would change the wording to read: "The Examining Committee
will be composed of the Chairman of the Departmental Graduate
Studies Committee or his designate; the student's supervisor; the
Supervisory Committee; a professor from another department within
the university".
These amended sections concerning the composition of the
Examining Committee are, of course, to bring the wording in line
with University Graduate Studies regulations.
In the section concerning the fact that a M.A. student may
submit three research papers instead of a thesis, we would be
grateful if you could change the wording to "these papers will be
bound and deposited in the university library." This paragraph
is
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contained on page 2 and you will note that in the above
sentence we have, as you suggested, deleted the words "as a
thesis". As I explained to you on the telephone, a student who
opts to write three research papers rather than a thesis, is
examined in exactly the same way as any other M.A. candidate.
We agree that this slight amendment in our wording should prevent
any ambiguity.
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CHAt'MAN.
GRADUAJ.'E STUD tES COMMIT.'EE.
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C.OMM' :TEE
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SUBJECT: "NON-EDITOR CL CHANGES
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SEC1ON O GRADUATE CALENDAR POR 1972-73
D-?\I'Et 4th October. 1971
Please find attached 1 1
cDpies of the History
Deoartment's submission on "non-editorLal" changes For
the 1972
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.73 Graduate Calen
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ar. these changes are
stunmarize
d as follows:
Page 1: The introduction remains the same except
for the Areas of Sty list, which under this
proposal. becomes
p
art of the M.A. programme.
This is ex
p
lained
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in the last lines of
paragraphs 4t1 anti 43 in page one of
t
he new
proposal.
Page 3: line 4:
"Students may apply who wish o lo their thesis
in one of the following areas of soecialization."
These areas are then liste
d
and comprise the
main
change in our Ph.D. programme.
V
t should
be noted that these are areas of thesis work and
do not constitute
_ields_ for
_the Ph.D. _galifying
examinations.
Page 4: line
t:
(under Programme of £:;udy):
"These fields will be chosen from among those
listerl under the M.A. Areas of Stu'y." In other
words. fields Eor Ph.D. qualiy.ng
exams rema1.n
what they Nere before.
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or examole. a doctoral
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candidate in Ce,rman H stor
y
could nonetheless
take one of his fields in "rench History even
though no Phi). canriAates soecializing in
French History are admitted to the programme.
• Page 5: New course proposal History 897-5, Supervised
Readings. Please
see
attached a completed New
Course Proposal form.
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Areas of Study
The
Department of History offers opportunities for
graduate research leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees within
three major streams of historical study: Europe, the Americas
and
Afro-Asia. For the present, students will only be con-
sidered
who wish to specialize in one of the areas listed
arnme
S.
In addition to the resources of the University Library,
graduate students will have access to the rich collection of
the University
of British Columbia.
Admission
of graduate students
The deadline for application each year is March 15.
Admission
the graduate
will
facilities
normally
of
be
the
in
department
the Fall Semester
and of the
only.
University
Since
may be limited in certain areas, the department will accept
able,
graduate
when
students
library
only
resources
when
a
are
qualified
adequate,
supervisor
and when
is
the
avail-
student's stated research priority conforms to one of the
specializations _listed below under the M.A. or Ph.D. nrocrrammes•
M.A. Programme
Conditions
of Admission:
Candidates for the M.A. degree must
namely,
satisfy the
at
minimum
least á3..O
entrance
average
requirements
or its equivalent.
set by the
A degree
University;
cases.
in a discipline
Students
related
may_apj1y
to History
who
may
wish
be
to specialize
accepted in
in
some
one of
the following areas of studv
Europe: France since the French Revolution
Germany since the Eighteenth Century
Russia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Great
Centuries
Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth
European International, Relations since the
Early Nineteenth Century
The Americas:
British North America to Confederation
Canada since Confederation
Early National United States
United States Thought and Culture
United States Foreign Policy
United States in the Industrial Era
Modern and Contemporary Latin America
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Afro-Asia: The
and
Middle
Twentieth
East and
Centuries
North Africa, Nineteenth
Imperialism and Diplomacy in the Middle East
Centuries
and North Africa, Nineteenth and Twentieth
Sub-Saharan
Africa since 1800
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Programme of Study: All candidates for the M.A. degree are
encouraged to enroll
in
History 800-5, Historiography; it is
not, however, a required course.
A candidate must satisfy the
following
minimum requirements:
1.
30 semester hours of work, of which 15 semester hours
must be in graduate courses (or research seminars) in
the Department.
2. The
M.A. thesis carries a value of 10 semester hours.
After the student has been accepted by the Department,
a Supervisory Committee will be formed, composed of the
student's supervisor and the Departmental Graduate Studies
Committee. The Committee, in consultation with the student,
will determine the student's programme of study.
As soon as possible the student, in
consultation
with
his departmental supervisor, will select a provisional thesis
topic.
When
the Supervisor is satisfied that the student is
ready to conclude the degree programme, he shall recommend
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to the Graduate Studies Committee a tentative date for the
Thesis Defence and the composition of the
Examining
Committee.
The Examining Committee will be.con-iposed of the Chairman of
the Departmental Graduate Studies Committee or his designate;
the student's Supervisor; one to three professors from within
the department designated by the Supervisory Committee; a
professor from another department within the University. This
Committee will approve the thesis topic, and will examine the
candidate on his thesis and major field of study, ordinarily
by means of an oral examination.
In unusual circumstances, and where the student's
professional development would benefit thereby, the Department
may consent to the
awarding
of an M.A. degree on course woik
alone. In place of the thesis, two additional courses will
be taken, and three research papers will be submitted to
the Examining Committee. These papers will be{ound as a
thesis and deposited in the University library. The Committee
will examine the candidate on his three research papers.
Language Requirements: The Department will require a reading
knowledge of any language relevant to the student's research.
Students proposing to study
Canadian
history must demonstrate
an
ability to read French.
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The Department of Modern Languages offers courses to
help graduate students to meet language requirements.
Candidates for the M.A. degree, after successful com-
pletion of two
semesters
and a minimum of two courses in
the Master's programme, may apply for admission into the
Ph.D. programme. Admission will
be contingent upon
a dis-
tinguished level of performance, recommendation of directing
faculty, scholarly potential, and the available resources of
the department.
For further
information
and regulations, refer to the
section on General University Requirements, pages -
Ph.D. Programme
General: Prospective candidates for the Ph.D. degree should
be advised
that the degree is granted in recognition of the
student's general grasp of the subject matter of a broad area
of study; for his ability to think critically; and for his
power to analyze and coordinate problems and data from allied
fields of study. Through his thesis the student must demon-
strate his ability to make an original contribution to knowledge,
either through the discovery and analysis of new information
or through the
exercise
of independent critical power. A
student will ordinarily be admitted to the Ph.D. programme after
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completion of an M.A. or its equivalent. Applicants with a
B.A. applying directly to the Ph.D. programme must have at
$
who
least
p ecializat
wish
a 3.5
to
ion1
do
G.P.A,,
their
or
thesis
its equivalent.
in one of the
Students
following
may
areas
apply
of
American
Studies; British North America to Confederation:
Social and Intellectual History
Canada since Confederation: Social
and Intellectual; External Affairs;
British Columbia
United States Political and Social
History, 1890-1940
United States Foreign Policy
Argentine Immigration History
Afro-Asian
Studies: Aspects of East African and Rhodesian
History
British Colonial African Administrative
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History
West Africa
Modernization in the Middle East and
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North Africa, Nineteenth and Twentieth
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Centuries
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Imperialism and Diplomacy in the Middle
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East and North Africa, Nineteenth and
Twentieth Centuries
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European Studies: European International Relations since
the Early Nineteenth Century
Germany sincethe Eighteenth Century
Russia: Nineteenth Century Social;
Late Imperial; Early Bolshevik Foreign
Policy
Programme of Study: Each student shall have a faculty super-
visor; in
the Department, who, in conjunction with the
Departmental Graduate Studies Committee, forms his Supervisory
Committee. The Supervisor and the student shall determine the
three
four fields
in the
of
History
study,
Department.
of which the
These
student
fields
must
will
do at
be
least
chosen
qualifying
among those
examinations
listed under
in
the
these
M.A.
fields
Areas
will
of Stud
normally
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The
be
successfully completed within three years of admission to
doctoral work.
Thesis:
examinations
When
and
a
student
has been
has
formally
successfully
admitted
completed
to candidacy,
his field
a Thesis Examining Committee will be formed, composed of the
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Chairman of the Departmental Graduate Studies Committee or
his designate; the student's Supervisor; one to three
professors from within the Department designated by the
Supervisory Committee; an External Examiner who shall not be
an
sultation
employee
with
of
his
the
supervisor,
University.
select
The student
a thesis
will,
topic
in
from
con-
among the areas of specialization listed above, which will
then be approved by the Examining Committee. When the student
has completed his thesis and is ready to offer himself for the
degree, his Committee will examine him on the subject of his
thesis and in his major field of study. The approved thesis
will be forwarded to the National Archives for microfilming,
following which one copy of the thesis will be bound and
deposited in the University Library.
For further
information
and regulations refer to the
section
on General University Requirements pages -
Language Requirements: The language requirements will be
dependent on the student's chosen field of research and will
be decided in consultation with his Supervisory Committee.
Students proposing to study Canadian History must demonstrate
their
candidacy
ability
is
granted.to
read French before formal admission to
Description of Graduate Courses
The following courses may be offered either as seminars
or directed readings:
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800-5 Historiography
821-5
Early Modern Europe
822-5
Modern Great Britain
823-5 Modern
Russia
824-5
Modern France
825-5
Modern Central Europe
826-5
Modern European International History
841-5
Canada to 1850
842-5
Canada ?
".ice 1850
843-5
United States to 1890
844-5
United States since 1890
845-5
Latin America to 1825
846-5
Latin America since 1825
861-5
Ottoman Empire
862-5
Modern Middle East
863-5
Colonial Administration in Africa
864-5
Tropical Africa
865-5
Afro-Asia
896-5
Supervised Research Seminar
897-5
Supervised Readings
898
M.A. Thesis
M.A. Research Papers
899
Ph.D. Dissertation
