Catalog Year: 2023-2024
Banner Code: LA-MA-HIST-AH3
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
Students should be aware of the specific policies associated with this program, located on the Admissions & Policies tab.
Students pursuing this degree must complete the requirements for a concentration.
This concentration is for students who want to study history for intellectual self-fulfillment or vocational reasons. It allows more flexibility in the selection of courses and does not have a foreign language requirement.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 610 | The Study and Writing of History 1 | 3 |
| Total Credits | 3 | |
Must be taken within the first 9 credits.
Students complete one of the following specializations.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Civil Rights and Citizenship | ||
| Disasters in History | ||
| The Gilded Age and Progressive Era | ||
| Reconstruction Era | ||
| Technology and Power | ||
| History of Disease and Medicine | ||
| 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 | ||
| Civil Rights and Citizenship | ||
| Disasters in History | ||
| Interwar America: 1918-1939 | ||
| Technology and Power | ||
| History of Disease and Medicine | ||
| 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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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 | ||
| Nineteenth-Century Europe | ||
| Modern Metropolis | ||
| Technology and Power | ||
| History of Disease and Medicine | ||
| 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 | ||
| Technology and Power | ||
| History of Disease and Medicine | ||
| Problems in European History (when topic applies with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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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 course with department approval
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 797 | Research Seminar in History | 3 |
| Total Credits | 3 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select one course from U.S., European, or world history (listed above) that is not in their chosen specialization. | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 3 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Students can choose to pursue a Thesis in lieu of two electives | 9 | |
| Select three elective courses | ||
| Thesis | ||
| Thesis | ||
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Select one elective course
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| Total Credits | 9 | |