History (MA)
Interpret historical data and study how the past can affect the present.
Overview
Gain critical thinking skills as you interpret, assess, and use data to study social movements, environmental changes, and political issues.
Excel at historical analysis with critical thinking, research and communication skills. Pursue your research interests in Northern Ontario, North American, or European history in either full- or part-time programs.
Complete your degree in two years in the thesis stream, or one year in the research essay stream.
Think critically about the past and its influence on the present. Collect and study historical documents, interpret, assess, and use the most reliable documents to describe and explain what happened in the past.
Key Features
Career Opportunities
Business, entrepreneurship, government, graduate studies, journalism, law, politics, teaching at primary or secondary schools or in college and universities, archivist, curator in museums and art galleries, librarian, community development worker, costumer and teacher of the history of clothing and textiles, financial planner, civil service, historical interpreter, counsellor, researcher, member of a historical board.
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Program DetailsFaculty Members
Linda Ambrose
Department of History
Joel Belliveau
Department of History
Arnaud Bessière
Department of HistoryDaniel Byers
Department of HistoryPierre Cameron
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Patrick Cavaliere
Department of History
Mark Kuhlberg
Department of HistoryDavid Leeson
Department of History
Janice Liedl
Department of History
Serge Miville
Department of History