History (MA)
Peer into the past with the Master of Arts in History at the University of Regina.
Our thesis-based program is structured to foster intensive examination of topics from a variety of approaches, including political history, social history, economic history, cultural history, military history, and gender history.
Graduate students studying history develop advanced research, analytical, writing, and presentation skills. The master’s degree is a stepping stone to an academic career, or a variety of professional careers.
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Why Study History at the University of Regina?
Studying history helps us understand and grapple with complex questions and dilemmas by examining how the past has shaped (and continues to shape) global, national, and local relationships between societies and people.
Due to our small yearly intake, we can offer master’s students close and careful supervision.
Research opportunities
Fully-qualified students have the opportunity to work as research assistants for faculty who hold SSHRC and other research grants.
Expert faculty members
Our faculty research interests include:
- 20th century Canadian social and political history
- Canadian and Saskatchewan legal history
- Indigenous history
- Indigenous women's political organizing
- Métis history and political activism
- Women's and gender history
- Contemporary Japanese history
- Processes of modernization and development in Asia
- American history
- African American history and U.S. race relations
- British social history
- German history
- Russian and Soviet history
- Holocaust history and genocide studies
- Jewish history
- Renaissance and Reformation
- Labour history
- Food history
- History of popular protest
- History of sexuality and medicine
- Witch hunts
Resources
The resources of the University and Legislative Libraries, the City of Regina Archives, the University of Regina Archives, and the Saskatchewan Archives Board are of particular value to researchers working in the field of Western Canadian history.History Frequently Asked Questions
HIST 800 Theories of History
This is a seminar course examining the variety of approaches to the study of history from 1900 to the present. Movements studied include Marxism, the Annales School, Feminist Theory, and Post-Modernism.
HIST 815 The Writing of History
A study of the evolution of historical writings in terms of major historians, schools of thought, changing frameworks of analysis and contested interpretations of significant events. The course aims to instil a theoretical and methodological understanding of historiography for graduate students.
HIST 900 Research Methods in History
This course is intended to teach the research methods, writing, and critical and analytical skills necessary for successful research at the master’s level in History. This is a compulsory two semester course.
Yes! Once you have been accepted as a fully-qualified graduate student with no conditions or holds on your admission, then you are eligible to apply for our scholarships, awards, and graduate teaching assistant positions.
History
- Sam and Bella Mills History Scholarship
Arts
- Dean of Arts Building Dreams and Futures Scholarship
- Tommy Douglas Graduate Scholarship
Apply for these scholarships and more by visiting our Graduate Awards Portal (GAP), the U of R online graduate scholarship application system.
All Graduate Funding Opportunities
Visit our Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research website to learn about all graduate funding opportunities including:
- National Scholarships (including Tri Council funding)
- Awards to Study Abroad
- FGSR Funding/Special Awards
- Funding for Indigenous Students
- Funding for International Students
- Other Awards and Scholarships
- External Scholarship Opportunities
- External Student and Faculty Awards
What Can You Do With a Master’s Degree in History?
Graduates from the master’s program in history have gone on to careers in academia, museums, archives, public service, law, education, and journalism. Our graduates are employed by universities in Canada and the UK, the federal government, the provincial government, and numerous law firms.
- Historian
- Professor
- Archivist
- Curator
- Librarian
- Teacher
- Lawyer
- Heritage manager
