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The Master of Arts in History exposes students to a broad range of historical debates and methodologies in a broad array of seminars. The program has four fields of concentration: International, Gender, Canadian, and European. A seminar in each of these fields will be available each year. The program is offered as a course and Major Research Paper (MRP) stream only which will normally be completed within a year. The MRP will provide students with an opportunity to engage in primary research and interaction with the major historiography of their research area. The program is designed to train students for further graduate work and entry into a Ph.D. program and to develop the skills of research and writing useful for a wide array of other educational and career options. A special feature of the program is the annual Graduate Student Conference held each spring at which students will present their MRP proposals to a wider audience. Full and Part-time study is available.
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Studying in the History program at Nipissing will open the door to the past, and help you to understand the present. Many N
ipissing history grads go on to become professional academic or public historians; others go into politics, business or law; and many become teachers. Whichever profession you pursue, the research and critical analytical skills you learn as a history student will benefit you greatly.
Our department is one of the largest at Nipissing University, and offers students many options. Our faculty study and teach a variety of fields in North American, European and World History. We have expertise in Canadian political and social history, modern and early modern European and British history, the Middle Ages, the colonial and antebellum United States, the Second World War and its aftermath, the history of genocide and war crimes trials, and other areas besides.
It’s possible for a Nipissing history student to study Islam; gender in Canada, Britain, or the pre-modern world; chivalry; the American Revolution; family life in early Ontario and Quebec; the Holocaust; the Cold War; the evolution of food; and a variety of other subjects. Indeed, we cover history from antiquity to the day before yesterday. There’s a lot to discover and we are happy to be your guides!
