SENATE 

GRADUATE CALENDAR SUBMISSION - 

DEPARTMENT'OFHISTORY..................... 

H. M. EVANS, SECRETARY 

From.... SENATE COMMITTEE ... ONGRADUATESTUDTES 

REGISTRAR AND SECRETARY OF SENATE 

MARCH 

This is to advise that the Executive Committee, Senate 

Committee on Graduate Studies, at its meeting held on March 

passed the following motion regarding the Graduate Calendar 

submission from the Department of History: 

"That the Graduate Calendar submission from 

the Department of History be approved, including 

the line on the top of the second page, 

Supervised Research Seminar' which leaves it 

unspecified at present." 

Note: The Executive Committee was acting on behalf of the full 

Committee of the Senate Committee on Graduate Studies 

under instructions from that Committee. 

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Ill STORY I)EJ'ARTh ENT 

• M.A. PROGRAM 

Genera]: Candidates for 

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M.A. degree must satisfy the minimum entrance 

requirements set by 

a degree 

a discipline related to History 

maybe accepted in some instances. 

Since the graduate facilities of the department and the University may be limited 

in certkin areas, the department will accept graduate students only when a qualified 

supervisor is available and there are adequate library resources in the applicant's 

field. 

Progran 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 candi ate must satisfy the following minimum requirements: 

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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. 

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After the student has been accepted by the Department, a Supervising 

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 program of study. 

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As soon as possible the student, in consultation with his departmental 

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supervsor, will select a provisional thesis topic. A Master's degree Examining 

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Committee will then be formed. It will be composed of the candidate's supervisor, 

- : at least one other member of the Department, and an additional examiner from outside 

the Department. This committee will approve the thesis topic, and will examine the 

• candidte on his thesis and major field of study, ordinarily by means qf an oral 

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examination. 

In unusual cir.:timstances,'and where the student's professional development 

would benefit thereby, the Department may consent to the awarding of an H.A.. degree 

based on course work 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 bound 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. 

The Departmentof Modern Languages offers courses to help Graduate Students 

to Mee language requl,ements. 

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for the M.A. degree, after successful completion of 20 hours of graduate 

work, nay apply for admission into the Ph.D. program. Admission will be contingent                          

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u 1) oii adistinguishcd level of performance, recommendation of directing faculty, 

potential, and the available resources of the deportment. 

(Add to ii'-.t of course;) 

Supervised Resa rh Si-!, i utr 

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Progiam of Study: 

East student shall have a faculty supervisor in the Departmut, who 

in cnjunction with the student and. the Departmenta]. Cradunt.e Studies Committee, 

shall determine the fields of study. Ordinarily, each student will do four fields 

of study, three within the Department. 

Thesis: 

When a student has been formally admitted to Candidacy, an Examining 

.Committee will be formed, composed of the student's supervisor, at least one other 

member of the Department, and an external examiner. The student will, in consultation 

withhis supervisor, select a thesis topic which will then he approved by the 

Examining Committee. When the student has completed his thesis and is ready to 

offe himself for the degree, 

Committee will examine him on the subject of his 

thess and in his major field of study. The approved thesis will be forwarded to 

the rational Archives for microfilming, following which one copy of the thesis will 

be bound and deposited in the University Library. 

Language Requirements: 

The language requirements will be dependent 

ontkie 

student's chosen field 

of research and will be decided in consultation with his Examining Committee. Students 

proposing to study Canadian History must demonstrate their ability to read French before 

formal admission to candidacy is granted. 