Degree Plans
- Master of Arts (MA) in History
- Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) with a Concentration in History
Master of Arts (MA) in History
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Required Course (3 graduate hours)
HIST 6300: Historiography and Methods
Choose one of the following options:
Thesis Option
| History Courses (21 graduate hours) | History courses at the 5000 and 6000 level, 3 hours of which must be at the 6000 level. |
| Free Electives (6 graduate hours) May be chosen from one or two outside fields | |
| Capstone Requirement (6 graduate hours) | |
| Thesis | HIST 7300: Thesis I (3 graduate hours) HIST 7301: Thesis II (3 graduate hours) |
| Total graduate hours for degree: 36 | |
Non-Thesis Option
| History Courses (27 graduate hours) | History courses at the 5000 and 6000 level, 3 hours of which must be at the 6000 level. |
| Free Electives (6) graduate hours) | May be chosen from one or two outside fields. |
| Capstone Requirement | Written Comprehensive Exam |
| Total graduate hours for degree: 36 | |
Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) with a Concentration in History
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Required Course (3 graduate hours)
HIST 6300: Historiography and Methods
Choose one of the following options:
Thesis Option
| History Courses (9 graduate hours) | History courses at the 5000 and 6000 level |
| Free Electives from a second discipline (9 graduate hours) | |
| Free Electives from a third discipline (9 graduate hours) | |
| Capstone Requirement (6 graduate hours) | |
| Thesis | HIST 7300: Thesis I (3 graduate hours) HIST 7301: Thesis II (3 graduate hours) |
| Total graduate hours for degree: 36 | |
Non-Thesis Option
| History Courses (15 graduate hours) | History courses at the 5000 and 6000 level, no more than 12 at the 5000-level. |
| Free Electives from a second discipline (9 graduate hours) | |
| Free Electives from a third discipline (9 graduate hours) | |
| Capstone Requirement | Written Comprehensive Exam |
| Total graduate hours for degree: 36 | |