History (MA) at Simon Fraser University

Programme overview

The History MA is a graduate research degree with major study areas in the Americas, Asia, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. Students choose between a thesis option and a course-intensive option.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Department: Department of History | Duration: Four to six terms | Study mode: full-time | Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

All students take Historical Methods and a Professional Development Workshop. The thesis option adds three graduate courses (minimum 13 units) and an 18-unit MA thesis of 15,000 to 21,000 words; the course-intensive option adds six graduate courses (minimum 26 units) and a field directed essay or project examined orally.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must satisfy the university admission requirements as stated in Graduate General Regulations 1.3 in the SFU Calendar. Normally, an undergraduate 3.33 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is required in history or its equivalent over the last two years of the undergraduate program. A degree in a discipline related to history may be accepted in exceptional cases.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Trimester system: Fall term runs September through December, Spring term January through April, Summer term May through August. Admission is specific to each programme.

The application fee is 112 CAD for applicants with Canadian transcripts and 160 CAD for applicants with international transcripts, paid online after submitting the application form. Deadlines are set by each programme.

Apply through the official page: https://www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/apply.html

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