History (MA)

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Offered by the Department of History , College of Arts and Sciences .

Admission to the Program

Admission is based on academic record, letters of recommendation from two professors with whom work was taken recently, personal statement, writing sample, and favorable judgment by the department graduate committee and chair.

Degree Requirements

30-33 credit hours of approved graduate work:
- History concentration: 30 credit hours
- Public History concentration: 33 credit hours
Tool of research: Relevant foreign language, quantitative methods, oral history, history and new media, material culture or a methodology approved by the graduate committee of the Department of History
Capstone Experience:
- History concentration: complete one of the following as approved by student’s advisor:
  - Comprehensive examination in one field (e.g. US I)
  - Comprehensive examination in combined field (e.g. US I/US II)
  - HIST-751 Graduate Research Seminar (3) (6 credit hours)
  - Thesis
- Public History concentration: HIST-751 Graduate Research Seminar (3)

Course Requirements

Complete one of the following concentrations:

History (30 credit hours)

Required (3 credit hours)

Complete 3 credit hours from the following with grade of B or better:

Note: HIST-744 The Historian’s Craft (3) is usually taken in the student’s first fall semester in the program.

HIST-744 The Historian’s Craft (3)

Colloquia (6 credit hours)

Complete 6 credit hours from the following with grades of B or better:

Note: Another approved course may be substituted for one colloquium.

Research Seminar or Thesis (6 credit hours)

Complete 6 credit hours from one of the following options:

HIST-751 Graduate Research Seminar (3) (with grade of B or better)
HIST-797 Master’s Thesis Research (1-6)

Electives (15 credit hours)

Complete 15 credit hours from the following, or other courses approved by advisor:

Public History (33 credit hours)

Required (3 credit hours)

Complete 3 credit hours from the following with grade of B or better:

Note: HIST-744 The Historian’s Craft (3) is usually taken in the student’s first fall semester in the program.

HIST-744 The Historian’s Craft (3)

Colloquia (6 credit hours)

Complete 6 credit hours from the following with grades of B or better:

Note: Another approved course may be substituted for one colloquium.

Research Seminar (3 credit hours)

Complete 3 credit hours from the following with grade of B or better:

HIST-751 Graduate Research Seminar (3)

Public History (8 credit hours)

Complete 8 credit hours from the following with grades of B or better:

Electives (13 credit hours)

Complete 13 credit hours from the following, or other courses approved by advisor: