History M.A.

Admission Requirements

1. A completed application form accompanied by a $50 nonrefundable application fee.
2. Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.
3. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale in undergraduate course work.
4. A minimum of 24 credit hours of undergraduate courses in history (these courses should not include a Western civilization series or its equivalent).
5. An official report of scores on the Graduate Record Examination.
6. Three letters of recommendation, with two from history professors.
7. A plan of study approved by the advisor and appropriate dean.
8. An interview.

Course Requirements

CHOOSE A or B below

A. Thesis Plan

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
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

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
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

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
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.

Note: HIST 561, HIST 562: (taken twice)

NINE ADDITIONAL CREDIT HOURS OF COURSES, with advisement, from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
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.