History, Thesis Track, M.A.

Admission

Applicants must fulfill the following requirements for admission to the M.A. program in history:

• At least 30 credit hours of acceptable undergraduate history courses, including at least 12 hours of work at the junior and senior level and sufficient courses to provide a basic understanding of American and European history;
• A 3.0 grade point average in all undergraduate work and a 3.0 average in undergraduate history courses; and
• Acceptable scores on the General Tests of the Graduate Record Examination.

Applicants must submit a Graduate School application, GRE scores, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to the Graduate School.

Students who are deficient in history credits but meet grade-point requirements may be admitted on a conditional basis.

There is no deadline for admission to the M.A. program in history. Students may apply throughout the year.

Curriculum Requirements

Students enrolled in the thesis track must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate coursework with a grade point average of not less than 3.0. No more than 12 credit hours of 6000-level coursework may be applied toward the degree. Students admitted with deficiencies in undergraduate history credits may be required to take up to 9 hours of upper-level undergraduate history courses in addition to the specified degree requirements.

Students may elect one of the following primary fields: European history; United States’ history; or comparative history, a thematic field defined by the advisor and relevant faculty.

Students are expected to complete a written comprehensive examination. With the assistance of a faculty committee, students will present a public lecture on a particular historical moment or issue in the last semester of graduate work.