Catalog Year: 2022-2023
Banner Code: LA-MA-HIST-AH1
The faculty in the Master of Arts in History program are at the forefront of traditional historical study, digital approaches to the past, and applied history. Students select from a variety of course topics while also selecting an area of historical specialization that accommodates their interests and furthers their career objectives. Students come to the program with diverse career objectives, and the program is designed with that diversity in mind. Students take classes in which they discuss history alongside future academics, public historians, teachers, military officers, non-profit professionals, government officials, entrepreneurs, and future academics.
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Total credits: 30
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Students pursuing this degree must complete the requirements for the 30 credit concentration.
This concentration is for students planning to pursue doctoral studies. Students choose one of three geographic specializations and a chronological or thematic minor field within that specialization. Students complete coursework and a research seminar in their geographic specialization and an additional independent project or thesis in their minor field.
| Code | Title | Credits |
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| HIST 610 | The Study and Writing of History 1 | 3 |
| Total Credits | 3 | |
| 1 |
Must be taken within the first 9 credits |
Students complete one of the following geographic specializations.
| Code | Title | Credits |
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| Select four courses from the following: 1 | 12 | |
| Origins to 1861 | ||
| Colonial North America | ||
| The Age of Jackson, 1815-1854 | ||
| Development of the Early Republic, 1783-1815 | ||
| Disasters in History | ||
| Era of the American Revolution | ||
| Religion in North America to 1870 | ||
| Indigenous North America | ||
| Problems in American History (when topic applies and with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1861-1914 | ||
| Topics in the American Civil War Era | ||
| U.S. South Since 1865 | ||
| Disasters in History | ||
| The Gilded Age and Progressive Era | ||
| Reconstruction Era | ||
| U.S. Religion since 1870 | ||
| Indigenous North America | ||
| Problems in American History (when topic applies and with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1914 World War I to the Present | ||
| U.S. South Since 1865 | ||
| US Political History 1940-1990 | ||
| Disasters in History | ||
| Interwar America: 1918-1939 | ||
| U.S. Religion since 1870 | ||
| Indigenous North America | ||
| The Vietnam War | ||
| Problems in American History (when topic applies and with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1 |
Select at least 3 credits from each group |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select four courses from the following: 1 | 12 | |
| Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern to 1789 | ||
| The Crusades | ||
| Problems in European History (when topic applies and with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1789-1914 | ||
| Society and Politics in Western Europe, 1750-1914 | ||
| Modern Metropolis | ||
| Problems in European History (when topic applies and with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1914 to the Present | ||
| Modern Metropolis | ||
| Stalinism | ||
| Problems in European History (when topic applies with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1 |
Select at least 3 credits from each group. |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select four courses from the following: | 12 | |
| Approaches to Modern World History | ||
| Problems in Latin American History | ||
| Problems in Global History | ||
| Problems in Asian History | ||
| Problems in African History | ||
| Approaches to Middle East and Islamic History | ||
| The Crusades | ||
| Problems in Middle Eastern History | ||
| Disasters in History | ||
| World War II Era | ||
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Other appropriate courses with department approval
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 797 | Research Seminar in History | 3 |
| Total Credits | 3 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| In consultation with the graduate director and other faculty, students identify a chronological or topical subspecialty and select two courses that relate directly to that subspecialty. | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 6 | |
Language proficiency sufficient to conduct primary source research in the student's intended area of concentration, as demonstrated by thesis or independent research project.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 6 credits of Project or Thesis | 6 | |
| Project and additional Elective | ||
| Directed Research and Writing in History 1 | ||
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Additional 3 credits from Specialization
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| Thesis | ||
| Thesis | ||
| Total Credits | 6 | |
| 1 |
Requires the completion of a major paper that is a substantial and original contribution to historical knowledge on the model of an article in a scholarly journal. If students choose to take , they complete an additional 3 credits in their specialization. |