History Graduate Courses: Fall 2025

For additional course infomation such as slot, room number, and instructor, see our upcoming courses database. 

Note:
Our 4^th year seminars in the Department of History are open to graduate students taking the course for graduate credit (a 6xxx designation). Individual instructors may require additional reading, assignments, and/or engagement from graduate students in the seminar. Instructor’s permission is required to register in these seminars as a graduate student and is subject to capacity.

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History 6000: Advanced Studies in Newfoundland History

This course will be a directed research course in which you will have the opportunity to develop a research paper of 20-25 pages (5,000-6,250 words) on any aspect of nineteenth or twentieth-century Newfoundland and Labrador history. You will develop this paper in specific stages by regular consultation with me.

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History 6190: Theory and Method

This course examines several major theoretical and methodological approaches to historical research and inquiry. While this is not a comprehensive overview, we will examine some key historiographical schools, from the Annales School to poststructuralism. We will also study practical and philosophical approaches to methodological issues in history, such as the use of archival documents and digital history.

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History 6075: Advanced Studies in Labour and Working-Class History

This course will explore the history of working people and the development of
organized labour in Canada since the 19th century. Both empirical and theoretical
aspects of working-class history will be covered, and students will have an
opportunity to examine and evaluate a variety of approaches to the study of this
subject.