Programs - Master of Arts

Master of Arts
The Master's degree is flexible, with a thesis/project and an examination (non-thesis) option. Students intending to pursue a doctorate in history are advised to take the thesis option, which requires the research and writing of a substantial original work. The examination option may be chosen by those who intend to use their degree for non-academic careers. Both options require 36 semester hours and approximately two years to complete. Students select a major field from these four fields: Gender and Comparative Women's History, Europe Since 1500, Origins and History of the United States, and World and Comparative History.

In core courses in methods and theories of history, you will explore the critical problems and issues facing the discipline of history today, and delve into the tools and techniques historians use in their soundings of the past. Colloquia in specific subjects explore a narrower subject in depth. Recent colloquia have included "Gender, Religion, and Print in Early Modern Europe," "Revisionism in African History," and "The United States in the 20th Century." Foreign language requirements for the Master's degree are determined by the adviser.

M.A. Program Requirements

Recent M.A. Thesis Topics

 

Doctor of Philosophy

The History Department is not accepting applications to the PhD program at this time.