History

An acceleratedHistory Master’s option is available for eligible Trent University undergraduate students. If you are currently studying at Trent and are interested, please contact the program department directly for more details and information on how to apply.

Students in the History MA program from Trent University conduct extensive research in primary sources and hone their skills of writing and critical analysis through their research projects. The coursework also provides ample opportunity for students to develop transferrable skills in oral and written communication, to grapple with the complexities of evidence and interpretation, and to benefit from the lively exchange of ideas with faculty and peers.

Key Facts

The skills to uncover the past and change the future. Work alongside award-winning scholars and delve deep into diverse areas of study — many of which are one-of-a-kind in Canada. Through dedicated mentorship with world-class scholars, students can achieve their academic goals and pursue careers in a wide range of fields.

Become a professional researcher and analyst under the supervision of groundbreaking historians and authors in a diverse range of topics, including political history and foreign relations, gender history, environmental history, the history of sports, food history, the history of childhood, war and memory, dictatorship, and the history of medicine. Choose between a major research paper or a thesis, and structure your studies over one year or two.

Graduates of our esteemed program are sought-after professionals known for their superior professional writing, research, and analytical skills leading successful careers as lawyers, teachers, university faculty and staff, political workers, and policy advisors, to name a few.

Courses include

• The Historian's Craft: Historiography, Theory, Method

• Feminist, Gender & Women's Studies

• Themes in Social and Cultural History

• Themes in Canadian History

• Indigenous Settler Relations

• Themes in Modern European History