History (MA)

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

Admission to the Program

In addition to meeting the minimum university requirements for graduate study, applicants must earn a satisfactory score on the Graduate Record Examination (verbal, quantitative, and analytic). Admission is based on academic record, test scores, 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

30-36 credit hours of approved graduate work:
- 30 credit hours: 12 credit hours in core courses, 3-6 credit hours of research seminar or thesis, and 12-15 credit hours of approved electives.
- Public History concentration (36 credit hours): 12 credit hours in core courses, 3 credit hours of research seminar, 9 credit hours of public history requirements, and 12 credit hours of approved electives.
- No more than 50 percent of coursework may be done in 400/600 level courses.
Tool of research: a relevant foreign language, quantitative methods, oral history, history and new media, or a methodology approved by the graduate committee of the Department of History
Capstone experience: one of the following as approved by the student’s advisor:
- Comprehensive MA examination in one field (e.g. US I)
- Comprehensive MA examination in combined field (e.g. US I/US II)
- Two research seminars (HIST-751 )
- MA thesis

Course Requirements

Core (12 credit hours)

Required

HIST-500 Studies in History (3)
HIST-744 The Historian’s Craft (3) with a grade of B or better, usually taken in the student’s first fall semester in the program

Two colloquia from the following:

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

HIST-720 Colloquium in Modern European History 1789-1900 (3) with a grade of B or better
HIST-721 Colloquium in Modern European History since 1900 (3) with a grade of B or better
HIST-727 Colloquium in United States History I: to 1865 (3) with a grade of B or better
HIST-728 Colloquium in United States History II: since 1865 (3) with a grade of B or better

Research Seminar or Thesis (3-6 credit hours)

HIST-751 Graduate Research Seminar (3) with a grade of B or better
or
Other approved course
or
HIST-797 Master’s Thesis Research (1-6) (6 credit hours required) with grades of B or better

Electives (12-15 credit hours)

12-15 credit hours in approved graduate coursework

Public History Concentration (36 credit hours)

Core (12 credit hours)

Required

HIST-500 Studies in History (3)
HIST-744 The Historian’s Craft (3) with a grade of B or better, usually taken in the student’s first fall semester in the program

Two colloquia from the following:

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

HIST-720 Colloquium in Modern European History 1789-1900 (3) with a grade of B or better
HIST-721 Colloquium in Modern European History since 1900 (3) with a grade of B or better
HIST-727 Colloquium in United States History I: to 1865 (3) with a grade of B or better
HIST-728 Colloquium in United States History II: since 1865 (3) with a grade of B or better

Research Seminar (3 credit hours)

HIST-751 Graduate Research Seminar (3) with a grade of B or better
or
other approved course

Public History (9 credit hours)

HIST-691 Internship (1-6) (3 credit hours required)
HIST-729 Public History Seminar (3) with a grade of B or better
HIST-730 Public History Practicum (3) with a grade of B or better

Electives (12 credit hours)

12 credit hours in approved graduate coursework