Required Courses—24 Credit Hours

Core—6 Credit Hours

• HIS 6159 Historiography (3 credit hours)
• HIS 6905 History Capstone Class (3 credit hours)

Specialization—18 Credit Hours 

Students may specialize in one of the two areas below.  Specialization courses must be approved by the student's adviser.

Eastern Hemisphere: African, Asian, European, or Middle Eastern;

• AFH 5259 Colloquium in African History (3 credit hours)
• AFH 5806 The Historiography of Slavery in Africa(3 credit hours)
• ASH 5408 Colloquium in Modern China (3 credit hours)
• ASH 5485 U.S. China Relations  (3 credit hours)
• ASH 5227 The Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 credit hours)
• EUH 5247 Colloquium in Europe from 1919-1939 (3 credit hours)
• EUH 5285 Colloquium in Europe Since World War lI (3 credit hours)
• EUH 5371 Colloquium in Spanish History (3 credit hours)
• EUH 5415 Rome and Early Christianity (3 credit hours)
• EUH 5459 Colloquium in French History (3 credit hours)
• EUH 5546 Colloquium: British History (3 credit hours)
• EUH 5579 Colloquium in Soviet Russia (3 credit hours)
• EUH 5595 Colloquium in Czarist Russia (3 credit hours)
• EUH 5608 Colloquium European Intellectual History (3 credit hours)
• EUH 6939 Seminar in European History (3 credit hours)

Western Hemisphere: Caribbean, North American, or South American         

•  AMH 5116 Colloquium in U.S. Colonial History (3 credit hours)
•  AMH 5137 Colloquium in U.S. Revolutionary Period (3 credit hours)
•  AMH 5149 Colloquium in Early U.S. History, 1789-1815 (3 credit hours)
•  AMH 5169 Colloquium in Age of Jackson (3 credit hours)
•  AMH 5176 Colloquium in Civil War and Reconstruction (3 credit hours)
•  AMH 5219 Colloquium in Late 19th Century U.S. (3 credit hours)
•  AMH 5296 Colloquium in 20th Century U.S. (3 credit hours)
• AMH 5378 History of Technology (3 credit hours)
• AMH 5391 Colloquium in U.S. Cultural History (3 credit hours)
• AMH 5406 Colloquium in American South (3 credit hours)
• AMH 5446 Colloquium in U.S. Frontier (3 credit hours)
• AMH 5515 Colloquium in U.S. Diplomatic History (3 credit hours)
• AMH 5566 Colloquium: Women in American History (3 credit hours)
• AMH 5937 AP American History (3 credit hours)
• AMH 6429 Seminar in Community and Local History (3 credit hours)
• AMH 6591 Seminar in Documentary Editing (3 credit hours)
• AMH 6592 Seminar in Oral History (3 credit hours)
• AMH 6939 Seminar in U.S. History (3 credit hours)
• LAH  5713 Colloquium in U.S.-Latin American Relations (3 credit hours)
• LAH  6936 Seminar in Latin American History (3 credit hours)

Elective Courses—6 Credit Hours

Students will choose history courses outside their area of specialization.

• Electives (6 credit hours)

Thesis—6 Credit Hours

• HIS 6971 Thesis (6 credit hours minimum)

The culminating event of the program is six credit hours at the 6000-level developing and sustaining a historical argument in writing according to the accepted professional and ethical standards of the discipline.

Thesis Defense

The final step in completing the thesis requirement is a one-hour oral defense before the thesis committee.

Comprehensive Examinations

Each candidate for the Master of Arts in History must pass written examinations in two fields upon conclusion of regular course work and before beginning a thesis. These examinations must be taken and passed as part of the requirements for the capstone course. Students are provided two attempts at successfully passing the examinations. Each student will also submit a thesis prospectus and preliminary bibliography, which the three members of the student’s thesis committee judge acceptable as the preliminary step to beginning the thesis. An oral defense of the written exams and the thesis prospectus and bibliography is also a requirement of the capstone course.

Foreign Language

Students will also be expected to demonstrate a reading competency in one foreign language. The foreign language examination must be completed one semester prior to the thesis defense.