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The purposes of the Department of History and Political Science are to:
The purposes of the Master of Arts (M.A.) in History program are to:
To be accepted for admission into the M.A. in History program, a student must:
Applicants for admission and for graduate assistantships should submit completed application forms, transcripts, and GRE scores by April 1. Applicants received after that date will be accepted, but priority in awarding assistantships and in scheduling graduate classes will be given to those who meet the April 1 deadline.
To remain in good standing in the M.A. in History program, all students must:
To register for courses in the M.A. in History curriculum, students must:
To receive the Master of Arts (M.A.) in History degree, students in the Thesis Option must:
Required for All M.A. Candidates
HIST 600: Historical Research | 3 hours |
American History (9-18 hours)
European History (9-21 hours)
Elective (0-9 hours)
HIST 602: Readings in History | 3 hours |
HIST 621: Independent Study in History | 3 hours |
HIST 698: Seminar in Selected Topics in History | 3 hours |
Non-History Elective (0-6 hours)
Option 1
POLI 600: Seminar: Special Topics in American Politics | 3 hours |
POLI 610: Seminar: Special Topics in International Politics | 3 hours |
Option 2
Graduate courses (not including UG lecture courses) approved in advance by the Graduate Coordinator in Anthropology, Art, Communication, Criminal Justice, Education and MAT, English, Foreign Language, Geography, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, or Sociology.
Required for Thesis Option
HIST 770: Thesis Research and Thesis | 6 hours |
Required for Public HIstory Option1
HIST 637: Pubic History Internship | 6 hours |
Required for Secondary Teaching Option2
1Students in the Public History Option may also elect to do a Master’s Thesis in addition to the required Internship.
2Students in Secondary Teaching Option may elect to simultaneously pursue Alternate Certification in Social Studies Education. Please consult the Alternative Certification section of the catalog and obtain advising from the College of Education for policies and courses to meet certification requirements. Note that a Practitioner's Licensee allows students to teach while pursuing Alternate Certification but is limited to 3 years. There is no limit for students who are not teaching while pursuing Alternate Certification; however, the M.A. in History must be completed within 6 years, and it is possible to complete both Alternate Certification and the M.A. in History in 3 years.
During or after their last semester of course work, students must satisfactorily complete a Comprehensive Examination on three historical fields determined in consultation with the Graduate Coordinator and each consisting of questions from two faculty members with whom the student has completed course work. Possible fields include Europe to 1500 (including Britain), Europe since 1500 (including Britain), America to 1877, America since 1877, and Political Science. A student who passes all three fields will have completed the process. A student who fails one field will take an oral exam on that field within ten working days of the written examination. A student who fails the oral exam must retake and pass the exam on that field within one year of the original exam or be dismissed from the program.
Students in the Thesis Option must defend their theses and receive approval from the Thesis Committee, Graduate Coordinator, Department Head, and the Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Theses must conform to the style prescribed by the Graduate Council. Students must submit at least 2 copies of the final approved version to the Graduate Coordinator for binding by the Sims Memorial Library.
All faculty in the Department of History and Political Science who are members of the University Graduate Faculty are members of the department’s graduate faculty and are eligible to teach graduate courses, supervise Master’s Theses, serve on Thesis Committees, and participate in Comprehensive Examinations. The University Graduate Council must renew member status for graduate faculty every six years. Temporary graduate faculty status must be renewed annually; adjunct faculty must be renewed each semester.
The Graduate Coordinator serves as academic advisor for all graduate students, supervises their progress toward the M.A. degree, approves all graduate degree plans, authorizes all students for registration in courses in the M.A. curriculum. The Graduate Coordinator supervises the work of all departmental graduate assistants, appoints the Major Professor, and Thesis Committee for students in the Thesis Option, and approves Internship sponsors for students in the Pubic History Option.
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