History, M.A. (540101)

Program Admission

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.

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

Students may choose from two concentrations.  In addition, face-to-face students may choose either the thesis or non-thesis option.  The non-thesis option is available to online students.

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   

 

Military History Concentration

Basic core requirement for thesis students in the Master of Arts in History - Military History Concentration is

• HIST 5012 - History of Warfare   
• HIST 5030 - Research Methods 
• HIST 5035 - Historiography 
• HIST 5099 - Thesis  (6 hours required)

Fifteen semester hours of history as defined by the following:

• Choose three courses (9 hours) from:

HIST 5006 - Civil War Military History  
HIST 5017 - The American Revolution  
HIST 5120 - The Holocaust  
HIST 5121 - The Holocaust through Graphic Novels  
HIST 5130 - World War II  
HIST 5136 - American Civil War  
HIST 5146 - U.S. Military History, 1775-1865  
HIST 5147 - Military History, 1865-Present  
HIST 5151 - The Revolutionary Generation  
​HIST 5188 - Revolutionary France, 1789-1871  

• Six hours of non-thesis HIST courses at the 5000 level.

• Basic core requirement for non-thesis students in the Master of Arts in History - Military History Concentration is

• HIST 5012 - History of Warfare   
• HIST 5030 - Research Methods  
• HIST 5035 - Historiography  

Twenty-one semester hours of history as defined by the following:

• Choose 5 courses (15 hours):

HIST 5006 - Civil War Military History  
HIST 5017 - The American Revolution  
HIST 5120 - The Holocaust  
HIST 5121 - The Holocaust through Graphic Novels  
HIST 5130 - World War II  
HIST 5136 - American Civil War  
HIST 5146 - U.S. Military History, 1775-1865  
HIST 5147 - Military History, 1865-Present  
HIST 5151 - The Revolutionary Generation  
HIST 5188 - Revolutionary France, 1789-1871  

• Six hours of non-thesis HIST courses at the 5000 level. 

General History Concentration

A basic core requirement for the Master of Arts in History - General History Concentration is

• HIST 5030 - Research Methods    

Additional requirements for thesis students include:

• six semester hours of HIST 5099 - Thesis    
• 21 semester hours of history electives

for a total of 30 semester hours.
 

Additional requirements for Non-thesis students include:

• 27 semester hours of HIST electives

for a total of 30 semester hours.

Courses

• HIST 5006 - Civil War Military History
• 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 5051 - Early American History
• HIST 5052 - The National Period of American History
• HIST 5053 - European History
• HIST 5054 - Latin American History
• HIST 5055 - Miscellaneous Topics
• HIST 5091 - Directed Reading and Research
• HIST 5099 - Thesis
• HIST 5101 - Internship
• HIST 5120 - The Holocaust
• HIST 5121 - The Holocaust through Graphic Novels
• HIST 5130 - World War II
• HIST 5136 - American Civil War
• HIST 5140 - New South, 1865-Present
• HIST 5146 - U.S. Military History, 1775-1865
• HIST 5147 - Military History, 1865-Present
• HIST 5149 - Native American History
• HIST 5150 - American Colonial
• HIST 5151 - The Revolutionary Generation
• HIST 5152 - The Age of Jefferson and Jackson
• HIST 5153 - The Atlantic World
• HIST 5159 - Voodoo, Hoodoo, and Conjure
• HIST 5160 - The Old South
• HIST 5164 - The American Frontier
• HIST 5165 - Ancient Egyptian Religious Texts and Beliefs
• HIST 5166 - Ancient Egyptian Biographical Texts
• HIST 5170 - Biblical Lands
• HIST 5172 - Colonial Latin America
• HIST 5174 - Ancient Egypt
• HIST 5175 - Ancient Near East and Greece
• HIST 5176 - Ancient Rome
• HIST 5177 - The Middle Ages
• HIST 5178 - Renaissance and Reformation
• HIST 5180 - Myths and Creatures in Eastern Europe
• HIST 5188 - Revolutionary France, 1789-1871
• HIST 5190 - East Central Europe Since 1400
• HIST 5195 - Topics in History