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GRADUATE PROGRAMMES
Overview
The History Department offers both Masters and Doctoral degree programmes in a range of geographical and thematic areas of research. Small enough to offer individualized attention and large enough to be known internationally, our programmes are characterized by a vibrant intellectual environment. We invite interested students to contact potential supervisors about their research plans and to visit the university for a tour of its facilities.
Graduate students participate in the weekly Stokes Seminar series and organise an annual graduate history conference. Past and current students have had an excellent record in acquiring major external fellowships, such as the SSHRC and CGS grants. Masters graduates have gone on to doctoral studies at prestigious universities across North America and in Europe, in addition to entering a range of professional programmes and employments. Our Doctoral students have an outstanding record of placements in tenure-track positions.
What you need to know…
About the programmes
Our Masters is a thesis-based degree, in which students take two four-month courses, a seminar on historical method, and then embark on thesis research and writing. Masters students typically take from twelve to sixteenth months to complete the programme and produce a thesis of roughly 120-140 pages in length.
Our Doctoral students pursue three fields of study (two major and one minor), complete comprehensive examinations twelve months after beginning the programme, present a thesis proposal before the department, and then engage in dissertation research and writing with the expectation of finishing at the end of their fourth year of registration.
More detailed descriptions of the programmes can be found in the Department’s Graduate Handbook .
To apply
You can apply on-line by going to our Registrar's Office website - application information (including information on the submission of electronic references) is available to you on this site.
http://www.registrar.dal.ca/forms/index.html
In addition to the application and the application fee which are sent to our Registrar's Office, the following supporting documents should be directly to the History Department:
- a writing sample (a major paper you have done)
- a statement of interest (this can simply be 1 or 2 pages, however, please be very specific about your area of study
- 3 reference letters (in signed and sealed envelopes if not submitted on-line using the Registrar's Office website above)
- official transcripts from any university or college you have attended
- a recognized English competency score (such as a TOEFL or IELTS) if the language of instruction at your university is not English.
All supporting documents (except for the application and application fee which are directed to our Registrar's Office as noted above) should be sent directly to the Graduate Secretary in the History Department.
History Department
Dalhousie University
6135 University Ave.
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
The deadline for Canadian applicants to apply for our graduate programs for September 2012 is June 1st. The deadline for International students is April 1st. For anyone wishing to be considered for university funding, all complete applications must be received by January 31st.
Note: If you are an international student, you will have to allow time for your student visa to be approved.
For tuition fee information, view link below:
http://as01.ucis.dal.ca/staccts/2009-2010/GPS.pdf
For specific information on Graduate Studies at Dalhousie University, please view our Faculty of Graduate Studies weblink:
Once you’re here
Please review the information included in the Faculty of Graduate Studies Handbook and in the History Department’s Graduate Student Handbook.
For further information, contact
Graduate Secretary: Valerie Peck Gradhist@dal.ca
Graduate Coordinator: Professor Colin Mitchell c.mitchell@dal.ca
Items Of Note For Potential Applicants