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Graduate Bulletin Homepage |College of Arts & Sciences |Graduate Program Curricula | History Master of Arts Degree Program

Program Leading to the Master of Arts Degree in History

Program of Study (30 - 36 credits)

Track A - Geographic Focus (30 credits)

Major Fields: United States History
                  Modern European History
                  Latin America History
                  African History
                  Asian History

1. Course work in History: 21 credits minimum
    a. Courses, as advised, including at least one research seminar in the
        appropriate major field and one reading seminar
    b. With departmental approval a thesis in history for 4-6 credits may be
        presented in place of or in addition to the research seminar

2. Supporting Course work: 0 - 9 credits - Courses in the social sciences and
    other fields as advised

3. Major Field Exam: Satisfactory completion of an examination in one
    Geographic Focus major field, or an alternate concentration field with
    departmental approval; students completing a master's thesis are exempt
    from the major field exam requirement.

4. Foreign Language Requirement - A reading knowledge of one foreign
    language appropriate to the student's major field is required for M.A.
    candidates writing Master's theses on non-U.S. topics. This requirement
    can be fulfilled by an examination in the Department, by an examination
    administered by a language department with approval of the History
    Department, or by satisfactory completion of a graduate level language
    course that has been approved by the History Department. A student
    may not take the language examination more than twice for the MA degree.


Track B - Thematic Focus (30 credits)

Major Fields: Cultural History
                  Gender History
                  International, Global, and Comparative History Public
                  Policy History 
                  Social and Economic History Work and Society

1. Course work in History: 21 credits minimum
    a. Courses, as advised, including at least one research seminar in the
        appropriate major field and one reading seminar
    b. With departmental approval a thesis in history for 4-6 credits may be
        presented in place of or in addition to the research seminar

2. Supporting Course work: 0 - 9 credits - Courses in the social sciences and 
    other fields as advised

3. Major Field Exam: Satisfactory completion of an examination in one Thematic
    Focus major field, or an alternate concentration field with departmental
    approval; students completing a master's thesis are exempt from the major
    field exam requirement.

4. Foreign Language Requirement - A reading knowledge of one foreign
    language appropriate to the student's major field is required for M.A.
    candidates writing Master's theses on non-U.S. topics. This requirement
    can be fulfilled by an examination in the Department, by an examination
    administered by a language department with approval of the History
    Department, or by satisfactory completion of a graduate level language
    course that has been approved by the History Department. A student
    may not take the language examination more than twice for the MA degree.


Track C - History & Media Focus (36 credits)

1. Course work in History: 28 credits minimum
    a. Courses, as advised, including His 607 and two courses from among
        His 602, 604, 605, and 606; also including at least one research seminar
        and one reading seminar with a thematic focus
    b. His 699 Master's Thesis or His 698 History and Media Masters Project

2. Supporting Course work: 0 - 8 credits - Courses in the social sciences and
    other fields as advised

3. Foreign Language Requirement - A reading knowledge of one foreign
    language appropriate to the student's major field is required for M.A.
    candidates writing Master's theses on non-U.S. topics. This requirement
    can be fulfilled by an examination in the Department, by an examination
    administered by a language department with approval of the History
    Department, or by satisfactory completion of a graduate level language
    course that has been approved by the History Department. A student
    may not take the language examination more than twice for the MA degree.

Last updated on 2/3/2009