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Department of History College of Liberal Arts

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Dr. Thomas Knight
Department Chair
Email: thomas.knight@utrgv.edu
Phone: 956-665-7027

Julie Ann Silva
Administrative Assistant II
Brownsville Campus
Email: julie.silva01@utrgv.edu
Phone: 956-882-8260

Maria A. Cano
Administrative Assistant II
Edinburg Campus
Email: maria.cano1@utrgv.edu
Phone: 956-665-3561

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

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Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) with a Concentration in History

View the PDF version of this overview, an overview of the History MAIS as well as a list of courses.

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

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