18.1.1 GRADUATE FACULTY
Sautter, Udo; B.Phil., St.E. 1st and 2nd, Ph.D. (U. of Tuebingen)-1969
Pryke, Kenneth G.; B.A. (Carleton), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke) —1963. (Head of the Department)
McCrone, Kathleen E.; B.A. (Saskatchewan), M.A., Ph.D. (New York)—1968. (Dean of the Faculty of Social Science)
Klinck, David M.; B.A.; M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Wisconsin)—1968.
Pemberton, Ian C.; B.A. (Bishop's), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Western Ontario)—1968.
Murray, Jacqueline; B.A. (British Columbia), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)—1988.
Tucker, E. Bruce; B.A., M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Brown)—1988.
Simmons, Christina; A.B. (Radcliffe), M.A., Ph.D. (Brown)—1990.
Howsam, Leslie; B.A. (Waterloo), M.A., Ph.D. (York)—1993.
Mason, Philip P.; B.A. (Boston), M.A. (Brown), Ph.D. (Michigan)—1990.
Bird, Harry W.; B.A. Dipl.Ed., M.A. (Cambridge), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)-1969
Metcalfe, Alan; D.L.C. (Loughborough), B.P.E. (British Columbia), M.S., M.A., Ph.D. (Wisconsin)-1969
Glassford, Larry; Dip.Ed., B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (York)-1991
Candidates for the Master of Arts degree will normally prepare a major paper on a topic selected in conjunction with one of the seminar courses. Students will also take at least six graduate courses, two of which may be in a cognate field (with permission of the Department), and including at least one of either 43-503 or 43-504.
Major Paper students not specializing in Archival Studies may receive credit for no more than two archival courses.
Students must select a major paper topic not later than the end of the second term of enrolment in the program.
Candidates for the Master of Arts degree who wish to prepare a thesis must submit a thesis proposal to a graduate subcommittee for approval. Students will also take at least four graduate courses one of which may be in a cognate field (with permission of the Department), and including at least one of either 43-503 or 43-504.
Thesis students not specializing in Archival Studies may receive credit for no more than one archival courses.
Candidates for the Master of Arts degree who wish to specialize in Archival Studies must so indicate, preferably upon application to the graduate program. All such applications will be reviewed by the departmental Admissions Committee. Students allowed to specialize in Archival Studies must consult with both the departmental Graduate Counsellor and the Director of Archival Studies.
Accepted candidates will complete the following program of studies:
(a) Required Archival Courses: 43-571, 43-572, 43-578, 43-581, and 43-582;
(b) Required History Course: either 43-503 or 43-504;
(c) Other Archival Courses: two of 43-573, 43-574, 43-576, 43-579, or 43-580;
(d) Other History Courses: one of 43-503, 43-504 (whichever was not taken to satisfy the requirement of (b) above), or any of 43-507, 43-521, 43-522, 43-542, 43-543, 43-547, 43-561, 43-563, 43-585, 43-587, or 43-598.
(e) plus a major paper (43-796) in Archival Studies.
1) All graduate students must consult with the departmental Graduate Counsellor.
2) Students in any Master of Arts program in History are advised that they may be required to have proficiency in a language other than English in order to do their research for major paper or thesis.
3) There shall be a public, oral examination on the major paper or thesis.
Graduate seminars will be selected from the following areas:
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Local History
Women's History
Archival Studies
All of the following courses will not necessarily be offered in any one year.
This course will introduce students to current methodological and theoretical issues in the study of history. Students will review the diverse modes of contemporary historical analysis. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between history and the social sciences, the role of narrative in historical writing, and the application of models in historical explanation.
The subject of this course will vary from year to year, but its focus will be on the development of historiographical interpretation in particular fields.
The focus of this course may vary from year to year. The primary perspective will be that of social history, and subjects may include social problems, social protest, social reforms, and the women's movement in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
This course will provide a thematic approach to the Middle Ages from the perspective of social historians. Themes will vary from year to year and may include marriage and the family, social institutions, women, the history of sexuality, or popular religion.
This course focuses on political life during the Revolutionary era, perceived as comprising a variety of symbolic practices including language and imagery.
This course explores the evolution of Russian society from the perspective of social, cultural, and intellectual history. Although the themes, issues, and groups examined are present throughout the imperial period, the focus of this course will be primarily on developments in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This course will examine the historic Canadian-American relationship with particular reference to issues of the twentieth century.
The approach in this course is both thematic and historiographical. Themes from social, political, economic, and intellectual history receive attention, with some emphasis on the relations among them.
A combination of Canadian urban and local history using Windsor and the Border Cities as a case study. Economic growth and metropolitan development, the urban landscape, population growth, and ethnic relationships; the urban community—social, cultural, and political life.
This course will provide a thematic approach to the history of the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Themes will vary from year to year and will touch on various social and political developments.
This course examines major themes in the history of women and gender in North America, predominantly the United States. Themes include labour and economic development; women and political life; the Afro-American experience; the Native-American experience.
An introduction to the development of archives in the western world, especially upon United States public and private institutions; terminology and differences between library and archival techniques; the arrangement, description and servicing of archival materials.
A continuation of 43-571 designed to deal with more advanced and complicated aspects of archival administration, such as literary legal rights, libel and appraisal of records for historical and income tax purposes.
Basic course in the fundamentals of photographic conservation procedures for the organization and control of photographic collections used for research and historical documentation in archives.
A basic course in the fundamentals of archival and literary conservation essential for effective management of programs of preventative and restorative conservation for books, documents, maps, broadsides and works of art on paper.
Management of information, including records creation, records inventory and appraisal, retention/disposition, scheduling, filing systems, maintenance of inactive records, micrographics, vital records protection, and electronic impact on records management.
Basic course on computer applications for the control, access, and processing of archival materials and records in archives, libraries, historical agencies, businesses, and museums.
Description and indexing of archives using rules for description and formation of access points. Specialization in development of archival finding aids at institutional and collection levels.
Archival students will be required to undertake a practicum of at least one month's duration in a recognized archival institution. This will be under the supervision of a senior archivist. The student will gain experience in basic archival operations. (Prerequisite: successful completion of first-year graduate courses.)
A methodology for research techniques of gathering data from individuals for use in research classroom teaching, in historical, cultural or other contexts.
The operation of public and private historical agencies, archives, and museums. Determination of agency priorities, problems of staffing and finance, government regulations, community relations, and professional ethics.
Undergraduate senior courses, which may be assigned at the discretion of the Department Head to form part or all of the requirements of the first year of the two-year graduate program, may be found in the Undergraduate Calendar (see 4.7.3).