History, M.A. (540101)

Program Admission

Please see the catalog addendum for changes to the admission requirements for this program effective 11/19/2019

In addition to the university requirements for admission to the Graduate School, all applicants for regular admission to the Master of Arts in History degree program must meet the following criteria:

A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 from a regionally accredited university.

OR

A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.50 (based on a 4.0 scale);
AND
A minimum combined score of 283 on the Graduate Record Examination General Test (143 Verbal plus 138 Quantitative);
AND
A minimum formula score of 707.50 (GPA x GRE).


Applicants who fail to meet the above standards may be admitted on conditional status as recommended by the Graduate History Admission and Curriculum Committee in concert with the Dean of the Graduate School.

Program Requirements

At the time of admission, provide a writing sample such as a book review, honors’ thesis or research paper no longer than 10 pages, double-spaced excluding bibliography to the History Graduate Coordinator. 

Undergraduate requirements are 18 semester hours of social sciences and/or humanities, with at least half of those being from history

Basic core requirement for the Master of Arts in History is
HIST 5030 Research Methods  

Additional requirements include:
six semester hours of HIST 5099 Thesis  
and 21 semester hours of history electives and for a total of 30 semester hours.

Non Thesis and ULM Online students are required to take HIST 5030 Research Methods  
and 27 semester hours of history electives for a total of 30 semester hours.

In total, a minimum of 50 percent of the graduate program of study must be taken in History courses restricted to graduate students only (5000 level or above).

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• HIST 4008 - Contemporary History
• HIST 4020 - The Holocaust
• HIST 4030 - World War II
• HIST 4036 - American Civil War
• HIST 4040 - New South, 1865-Present
• HIST 4046 - U.S. Military History, 1775-1865
• HIST 4047 - U.S. Military History, 1865-Present
• HIST 4049 - Native American History
• HIST 4050 - American Colonial
• HIST 4051 - The Revolutionary Generation
• HIST 4052 - The Age of Jefferson and Jackson
• HIST 4053 - The Atlantic World
• HIST 4059 - Voodoo, Hoodoo, and Conjure
• HIST 4060 - The Old South
• HIST 4064 - The American Frontier
• HIST 4070 - Biblical Lands
• HIST 4072 - Colonial Latin America
• HIST 4073 - Modern Latin America
• HIST 4074 - Ancient Egypt
• HIST 4075 - Ancient Near East and Greece
• HIST 4076 - Ancient Rome
• HIST 4077 - The Middle Ages
• HIST 4078 - Renaissance and Reformation
• HIST 4088 - Revolutionary France, 1789-1871
• HIST 4090 - East Central Europe Since 1400
• HIST 4095 - Topics in History
• HIST 5004 - The Rise of Southern Nationalism, 1846-1861
• HIST 5006 - Civil War Military History
• HIST 5008 - Louisiana in the Civil War and Reconstruction
• HIST 5010 - Seminar in American Political History
• HIST 5012 - History of Warfare
• HIST 5013 - The American Heritage
• HIST 5017 - The American Revolution
• HIST 5018 - The Makers of America
• HIST 5019 - The Makers of America
• HIST 5020 - The Makers of America
• HIST 5021 - The Makers of America
• HIST 5022 - The Makers of America
• HIST 5023 - Western Heritage
• HIST 5024 - The Makers of Europe
• HIST 5025 - The Makers of Europe
• HIST 5027 - The Makers of Europe
• HIST 5028 - The Makers of Europe
• HIST 5029 - The Makers of Europe
• HIST 5030 - Research Methods
• HIST 5031 - The Makers of Europe
• HIST 5032 - Seminar in Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe
• HIST 5035 - Historiography
• HIST 5050 - Seminar
• HIST 5091 - Directed Reading and Research
• HIST 5099 - Thesis

Graduate Courses

Note: To receive graduate credit for a 4000-level course designated “For Undergraduate and Graduates,” a student must be in graduate admission status at the time credit is earned in the course. Credit earned in undergraduate admission status cannot be changed to graduate credit.