HISTORY DEPARTMENT HOMEPAGE

Degree Requirements, M.A. in History [NOTE: These are the requirements up to 2006; they are not the CURRENT requirements]

Degree requirements:

     The MA in History requires 32 graduate credits, with all graduate courses designated at four credits, for a total of eight courses. Students must take at least one course in each of four of the program's five areas of concentration, the Historical Methods course, and the two thesis seminars.

     Students with initial certification in Adolescence Education (social studies) wishing to obtain professional certification will complete a program of 36 credits. In addition to the 32 credits of coursework required for the MA in History, they will take EDS 691 (Advanced Studies in Teaching Secondary School Social Studies) (3 credits) and an independent study course (1 credit) in the Department of Education.

Areas of concentration:

     History of Africa and the Middle East
     History of Asia
     History of Europe
     History of Latin America and the Caribbean
     History of the United States

Thesis:

     Students in their third semester will take the four-credit HST 798 (Preparation of Thesis Proposal Seminar) with an additional four-credit HST 799 (Thesis Tutorial Seminar) during the fourth semester.

a. In the preparation of a proposal seminar, thesis students will develop their topic, begin research, collect bibliography, and receive instruction in research methodology and historical writing. Students will choose a thesis director and second reader, normally from the department faculty.

b. The thesis director will continue to supervise the thesis student during the fourth semester in the tutorial seminar. The thesis will be accepted in partial completion of the degree when it is approved by the thesis director and the second and third readers, and is deposited in the department's archives.

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