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History M.A.
Degree Requirements - 30 Credits
Required Courses - 3-6 hours
HIST 600 Introduction to Graduate Historical Study (3)
HIST 580 Seminar in History (3) (Required for all students writing a thesis.)
Elective Courses - 24-27 hours
Elective courses may be taken from any HIST 500-HIST 600 level course.
Note(s): Candidates for the M.A. in history should consult with the director of the School of History, Philosophy & Political Science or school graduate coordinator as soon as possible during the first semester of graduate work so that a major field advisor may be assigned. A plan of study will be approved by the advisor and the graduate coordinator. Candidates, in consultation with the major field advisor, will select two other program members who together will constitute the candidate's examining committee. Candidates are urged to consult frequently with the faculty who compose their committee.
Thesis Option
A minimum/maximum of six hours may be earned in HIST 699 by writing a thesis on a subject that falls within the student's concentration. Additionally, each thesis candidate must take HIST 580. At least 15 hours of coursework, in addition to the six thesis hours, must be concentrated in one of the following areas: United States; European; Africa/Asia/and Latin American history. The remaining three hours in history that round out the candidate's program should be taken from outside the concentration area. Research and writing of a thesis precludes comprehensive examinations. An oral examination will be held after the student's major professor has accepted the thesis for presentation to the candidate's committee. Students will be responsible on the oral for a mastery of their field, including the reading list they received during their first week in the program.
Non-Thesis Option
Candidates must concentrate fifteen hours of coursework in one of the following areas: American History, European History, African/Asian/Latin American History. The area chosen will become the student's major field. Twelve additional hours of history courses at the 500/600 level must be completed outside the student's concentration area.
Students who elect this option are required to pass written and oral examinations in their concentration area. The written examination will be three hours in length and may be taken no earlier than the second semester of graduate study. Within two weeks of the written examination, candidates receiving a passing grade from each member of their examining committee on the comprehensive will be examined orally, usually for two hours, over the concentration. Students will be responsible on the oral for a mastery of their field of study, including the reading list they have received during their first week in the program.
Comprehensive and Thesis Fields In History:
Note(s): Candidates must obtain a permit from the School of History, Philosophy & Political Science allowing them to take their comprehensive or thesis/oral examination. The student must return the permit to the school office no later than the end of the sixth week of the semester in which the examination will be taken. At this time a specific date will be set by the school director with the advice of the candidate's major professor and committee.
The maximum credit that may be earned in HIST 622, Directed Studies, is six hours. Candidates must obtain prior approval and the signatures of their advisor and the school director before enrolling.
The minimum/maximum credit that may be earned in HIST 699, "Thesis," is six hours.
See:"Variable Topic Courses" .
All students will be examined orally by a committee during their second semester in residence. A "pass" or "conditional pass" recommendation by the committee will permit a student's continuance in the program. A "fail" recommendation will eliminate the student from the History M.A. program. All students without exception must satisfy the thirty hours master's degree requirement.
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