History M.A.
Admission Requirements
- A completed application form accompanied by a $50 nonrefundable application fee.
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.
- A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale in undergraduate course work.
- A minimum of 24 credit hours of undergraduate courses in history (these courses should not include a Western civilization series or its equivalent).
- An official report of scores on the Graduate Record Examination.
- Three letters of recommendation, with two from history professors.
- A plan of study approved by the advisor and appropriate dean.
- An interview.
Course Requirements
CHOOSE A or B below
A. Thesis Plan
| HIST 501 | Historiography | 3 | Fall. |
| HIST 521 | Topics in Comparative History | 3 | Spring. |
| HIST 561 | Graduate Seminar in History | 3 | Fall. |
| HIST 562 | Graduate Reading Seminar | 3 | Spring. |
| HIST 571 | Graduate Reading Course in History | 3 | As needed. |
| HIST 599 | Directed Graduate Research | 3-6 | As needed. |
NINE ADDITIONAL CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES, with advisement, from
| HIST 521 | Topics in Comparative History | 3 | Spring. |
| HIST 550 | Topics in American History | 3 | As needed. |
| HIST 551 | Topics in Western History | 3 | As needed. |
| HIST 552 | Topics in Non-Western History | 3 | As needed. |
| HIST 561 | Graduate Seminar in History | 3 | Fall. |
| HIST 562 | Graduate Reading Seminar | 3 | Spring. |
| HIST 571 | Graduate Reading Course in History | 3 | As needed. |
| Total Credit Hours: | 30 | |
Note: Three credit hours of courses in a related discipline may be substituted for one of these courses, with advisor’s consent.
ORAL EXAMINATION on the thesis and the major field
B. Seminar Plan
| HIST 501 | Historiography | 3 | Fall. |
| HIST 521 | Topics in Comparative History | 3 | Spring. |
| HIST 561 | Graduate Seminar in History | 3 | Fall. |
| HIST 562 | Graduate Reading Seminar | 3 | Spring. |
| HIST 571 | Graduate Reading Course in History | 3 | As needed. |
NINE ADDITIONAL CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES, with advisement, from
| HIST 521 | Topics in Comparative History | 3 | Spring. |
| HIST 550 | Topics in American History | 3 | As needed. |
| HIST 551 | Topics in Western History | 3 | As needed. |
| HIST 552 | Topics in Non-Western History | 3 | As needed. |
| HIST 571 | Graduate Reading Course in History | 3 | As needed. |
| Total Credit Hours: | 30 | |
Note: Three credit hours of courses in a related discipline may be substituted for one of these courses, with advisor’s consent.