The Master of Arts in History program consists of course work, a Major Research Paper, and a presentation of research at the annual Graduate Student Conference. It is offered as both a one-year full-time program (three consecutive terms: Fall, Winter, and Spring/Summer) or on a three-year flex-time program (nine consecutive terms). Our program centres on the following fields: International, Gender, Canadian, European, and Environmental history. Our dynamic and award-winning faculty has expertise in areas that include environmental history, the history of genocide, indigenous studies and community history, foreign relations and politics, and military history and the history of espionage.​ The program consists of course work and a Major Research Paper (MRP) and is normally completed within a year. The MRP provides students with an opportunity to engage in primary research as well as the major historiography of their research area. The MA is designed to train students for further graduate work such as entry into a PhD program and to develop research and writing skills useful for a wide array of other educational and career options. A special feature of the program is the annual Graduate Student Conference held each spring at which students present their MRP proposals to a wider audience.<br>Our European history concentration examines Europe from the medieval to the modern era. Our faculty have expertise in the national histories of Britain, Germany, and Russia, as well as topics such as war and society, the Holocaust and comparative genocide studies, military history, and the history of medieval Europe.