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American University Catalog 2016-2017

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American University Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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:
- History concentration (30 credit hours): 9 credit hours in core courses, 6 credit hours of research seminar or thesis, and 15 credit hours of approved electives
- Public History concentration (36 credit hours): 9 credit hours in core courses, 3 credit hours of research seminar, 9 credit hours of public history requirements, and 15 credit hours of approved electives
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)
- HIST-751 Graduate Research Seminar (6 credit hours)
- MA thesis

Course Requirements

Complete one of the following concentrations:

History Concentration (30 credit hours)

Core (9 credit hours)

Required

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

Colloquia

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

Research Seminar or Thesis (6 credit hours)

Complete one of the following:

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

Electives (15 credit hours)

15 credit hours in approved graduate coursework

Public History Concentration (36 credit hours)

Core (9 credit hours)

Required

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

Colloquia

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

Research Seminar (3 credit hours)

HIST-751 Graduate Research Seminar (3) with grade of B or better

Public History (9 credit hours)

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

Electives (15 credit hours)

15 credit hours in approved graduate coursework