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2014-2015 2014-2015 Carleton University Calendar HIST 5311 [1.0 credit] History (HIST) Canada: Politics and Diplomacy A seminar in the history of Canadian politics and History (HIST) Courses diplomacy. The themes and historical period will be specified each year. HIST 5002 [0.5 credit] Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different Historical Practice requirements, as HIST 4304, for which additional credit is Topic selection, thesis and research essay proposals, and precluded. practical skills development. Precludes additional credit for HIST 5000, HIST 5001[1.0] HIST 5312 [1.0 credit] (no longer offered). Canadian Social History A seminar in Canadian social history. The themes and HIST 5003 [0.5 credit] historical period will be specified each year. Historical Theory and Method Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different An examination of the meaning and use of historical requirements, as HIST 4306, for which additional credit is theory. precluded. Precludes additional credit for HIST 5000, HIST 5001 [1.0] (no longer offered). HIST 5313 [1.0 credit] Canadian Regional History HIST 5006 [1.0 credit] A seminar in Canadian regional history. The themes and Seminar in Medieval History historical period will be specified each year. Selected problems relating to medieval history. The Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different themes and historical period will be specified each year. requirements, as HIST 4302, for which additional credit is Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different precluded. requirements, as HIST 4006, for which additional credit is precluded. HIST 5400 [1.0 credit] Seminar in U.S. History HIST 5008 [0.5 credit] Research seminar in American history. The themes and The Early Modern World historical period will be specified each year. An overview of the history of the early modern world. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as HIST 4400, for which additional credit is HIST 5009 [0.5 credit] precluded. Seminar in Early Modern History A selected topic in the history of the early modern world. HIST 5508 [1.0 credit] Seminar in British History HIST 5100 [1.0 credit] Selected problems relating to the history of Britain in the Seminar in Early Modern European History early modern or modern period. The themes and historical A selected problem in the history of Europe during the period will be specified each year. early modern period. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as HIST 4500, for which additional credit is requirements, as HIST 4100, for which additional credit is precluded. precluded. HIST 5509 [1.0 credit] HIST 5200 [1.0 credit] Seminar on Women and Gender Seminar in European History Selected problems relating to the history of women and A selected problem or period in the history of Europe. gender. The themes and historical period will be specified Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different each year. requirements, as HIST 4200, for which additional credit is Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different precluded. requirements, as HIST 4505, for which additional credit is HIST 5310 [1.0 credit] precluded. Canada: Culture and Ideas HIST 5600 [1.0 credit] A seminar in the history of Canadian culture and ideas. Seminar in Russian History The themes and historical period will be specified each An examination of primary sources available for research year. on revolutionary Russia, 1898-1921. A sound reading Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different knowledge of Russian is required for admission. requirements, as HIST 4302, for which additional credit is precluded. 2014-2015 Carleton University Calendar 1 HIST 5603 [0.5 credit] HIST 5705 [0.5 credit] Imperial and Soviet Russia Museums, National Identity and Public Memory Legacies of the tsarist empire and the Soviet Union that Explores how national museums and similar institutions influence the region today. Topics discussed include construct narratives and represent histories through political culture, empire, socialism, class, gender, and non- processes of collection, preservation and exhibition. Russian peoples. Topics include memory and identity; theory of museums; Also listed as EURR 5203. contestation; inclusivity and authority; cultural politics and Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different heritage. requirements, as HIST 4603, for which additional credit is precluded. HIST 5708 [1.0 credit] Seminar in World History HIST 5604 [0.5 credit] A selected problem or period in the history of Asia- Central Europe, Past and Present Oceania, Africa, or Latin America. Evolution and current status of Central Europe, from Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different periods of foreign control in the late nineteenth and requirements, as HIST 4700, for which additional credit is twentieth centuries to independent statehood. Emphasis precluded. on national accommodations and conflicts. Also listed as EURR 5204. HIST 5800 [1.0 credit] Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different International History requirements, as HIST 4604, for which additional credit is A seminar in international history; the themes and precluded. historical period will be specified each year. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different HIST 5700 [0.5 credit] requirements, as HIST 4802, for which additional credit is Introduction to Public History precluded. Introduction to critical thinking about history’s place in the public sphere, including history and popular culture, HIST 5802 [1.0 credit] exhibiting history, the politics of the past, historical Selected Topics: Transnational or Thematic presentation and impact of digitization and other new A seminar on a transnational or thematic topic. The information technologies, through lectures, readings, and particular topic will be specified each year. field trips. Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as HIST 4308 or HIST 4805, for which HIST 5701 [0.5 credit] additional credit is precluded. Archival Theory and Practice Theories, methodologies and problems relating to archives HIST 5803 [0.5 credit] and records management including principles and History of Women, Gender and Sexuality: Foundations concepts guiding the work of archivists; records appraisal, Selected problems in the historiography of women, gender collection, arrangement, description; special attention and sexuality. to archival communities including Library and Archives Precludes additional credit for HIST 5807 (no longer Canada. offered). HIST 5702 [0.5 credit] HIST 5804 [0.5 credit] Public History Special Topics Problems in the History of Women, Gender and Theoretical and practical instruction in topical areas such Sexuality as digitizing history, oral history, local history, photography, Selected problems in the historiography of women, material history, performance, etc. gender and sexuality, focusing on a topic to be announced annually. HIST 5704 [0.0 credit] Precludes additional credit for HIST 5807 (no longer Internship in Public History offered). Placement for a term, normally over the summer following the first year of study, to put into practice the precepts HIST 5805 [0.5 credit] learned in course work. Students will be jointly supervised Historiography of Canada I by their employers and a faculty member. A written A seminar primarily for graduate students in Canadian report on work will be required from the student and an history, which examines the trends and methods of assessment from the employer. Canadian historical writing and the influences upon it. Precludes additional credit for HIST 5808 (no longer offered). 2 History (HIST) HIST 5806 [0.5 credit] HIST 5903 [0.5 credit] Historiography of Canada II Directed Studies - Canadian A seminar primarily for graduate students in Canadian A program of supervised reading and preparation of history, which examines the trends and methods of written work in an area not covered by an existing Canadian historical writing and the influences upon it. graduate seminar. Precludes additional credit for HIST 5808 (no longer offered). HIST 5904 [0.5 credit] Directed Studies - Non-Canadian HIST 5809 [1.0 credit] A program of supervised reading and preparation of Historiography: Directed Studies written work in an area not covered by an existing Selected problems in the historiography of a geographical graduate seminar. or thematic area not covered by a scheduled course. HIST 5905 [0.5 credit] HIST 5810 [0.5 credit] Selected Topics - Canadian Field Medieval and Early Modern European Historiography A seminar in an area not covered by an existing graduate An introduction to trends and methods in the writing of course. medieval and early modern European history, exploring the major schools of historical scholarship and thought HIST 5906 [0.5 credit] through the study of selected problems. Selected Topics - Non-Canadian Field A seminar in an area not covered by an existing graduate HIST 5811 [0.5 credit] course. Modern European Historiography Trends and methods in the writing of modern European HIST 5908 [1.0 credit] history, exploring the major schools of historical M.A. Research Essay scholarship and thought through the study of selected An examination of an approved topic in an area of problems. departmental specialization or in an appropriate area of Public History. HIST 5812 [0.5 credit] Non-Western Historiography HIST 5909 [2.0 credits] Selected problems in the historiography of geographical M.A. Thesis
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