Current Graduate Courses Offered

HIST*6280
Topics in Canadian History: Rural History Part I
A seminar course based on selected secondary readings from the historiography of Canadian rural history. This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to Canadian rural history, its themes, debates and sources.
It is not intended to be a comprehensive reading list. Instead of exposing students to a wide range of topics and authors, they are invited to read some of the best literature in the field. As well as gaining a thorough understanding of each author's thesis and her/his contribution, we will examine how books are written, how arguments develop over several chapters and how authors make their work pertinent to the larger historical narrative. Students will also be given an opportunity to experience first hand the pleasures and challenges of working with primary documents. This focus on research and writing are designed to assist students in developing skills they can take with them into their own individual research projects in the future.

HIST*6280
Topics in Canadian History: Rural History Part II
In this course a research project is carried out over one term on a historical or historiographical topic in Canadian rural history. The research paper is developed as part of the requirements of a seminar course, in this case Topics in Canadian History: Rural History, Part II . The aim of this project is for the student to acquire practise in the advanced research and writing skills necessary for independent research at the graduate level. It is designed so the student can explore a topic of her/his choice, demonstrate a thorough grasp of the secondary literature on the topic, work with a body of primary sources, and arrive at an independent conclusion.