Master of Arts - History

University of Lethbridge - Lethbridge Campus

Canada,Alberta

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24 Months

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CAD 13,532/year

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Canada, Alberta

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1967

Total Students: 8,984 +

Int. Students: 548 +

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4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada

Master of Arts - History

Program Overview

The Master of Arts in History at Lethbridge is taught on campus and requires both a thesis and substantial coursework. As an MA student, you may complete your degree in either a full- or part-time capacity. Full-time students complete a 24-month program while part-time students complete a 48-month program. Students are encouraged to finish earlier and often do: most of our full-time students finish between 20 and 24 months while one of our part-time students finished in 28 months.

Full-time students complete all required coursework in the first two semesters of the program while part-time students will normally complete all required course work in the first two academic years, with, in both cases, the subsequent months committed to continued research and production of the thesis.

Graduate work requires close collaboration between supervisor and student. Consequently, it is necessary for you as a candidate to establish contact with potential supervisors prior to application for admission. Applicants who do not have the endorsement of a potential supervisor will not be admitted into the program. Candidates seeking potential supervisors should contact them or the History Department directly. The member of faculty who has agreed to supervise the student usually then approaches other faculty members to form a Supervisory Committee.

Courses are determined in consultation with the supervisor before the student begins the program. All History students take the core graduate seminar in Historiography (History 5000), with the remaining courses a mixture of half-semester courses in Cultural, Social, and Political Thought (CSPT); undergraduate seminars elevated to graduate level; and Independent Studies. Students are required to take the equivalent of 3 – 6 full-times courses before beginning their thesis research.

Graduate degrees in History are awarded for the successful completion of a satisfactory thesis. This forms the central requirement of the program and expresses the fundamental tradition of academic scholarship, combining the analysis and synthesis of ideas, empirical investigations of primary sources, the construction and articulation of arguments, and writing skills. As a rough guideline, we ask for MA Theses to be 100 pages long, but there are many exceptions.