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  • History
  • History for Teachers concentration
  • Public History concentration

 

I. MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (6 credit hours)
Course Title Credits
HIST 61001 Methods of Historical Research 3
  61002 Historiography 3
 II. CONCENTRATIONS (27-30 credit hours)
History (27)  
History for Teachers (30)  
Public History (27)  
MINIMUM TOTAL 33


*May be in either thesis or non-thesis format; may be an empirical research study, theoretical project, or student-contracted field internship in an agency.

 

History

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27 credit hours)
Course Title Credits
Choose either a Thesis or Non-Thesis Option 15
Thesis Option (15 credit hours)  
  69199 Thesis I (6)  
Graduate level History courses* (9)  
or  
Non-Thesis Option (15 credit hours)  
Graduate level History courses* (6-9)  
Individualized Study (6-9)
Choose two or three courses from the following:
a.) Education, History or another Departmental discipline
or  b.) Interdisciplinary: Humanities, Social Science		  
Choose four courses from the following: Seminar and/or Colloquia*
at least one Seminar course must be taken		 12
HIST 52497 Colloquium: Women in Modern Europe (3)  
  53097 Colloquium: Medieval Russia (3)  
  54297 Colloquium in African History (3)  
  55597 Colloquium in Russian History (3)  
  56597 Colloquium in 20th-Century European Diplomacy (3)  
  58697 Colloquium on U.S. Middle Period, 1820-1900 (3)  
  58797 Colloquium in African-American History to 1877 (3)  
  58897 Colloquium in African-American History Since 1877 (3)  
TOTAL 27


*Must include coursework in all three of the following areas, can include Colloquia: European History since 1500; United State History; African, Ancient, Medieval, Latin American or East Asian History.

 

History for Teachers concentration

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (30 credit hours)
Course Title Credits
Graduate level History courses
one from each of the following areas: European History since 1500; United States History; African, Ancient, Medieval, Latin American or East Asian History		 9
Relevant Coursework in another discipline
most likely students will choose courses from the Department of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies.		 9
Interdisciplinary Master's Project 6
Choose from the following: Seminar and Colloquia
one Seminar and one Colloquium course		 6
HIST 52497 Colloquium: Women in Modern Europe (3)  
  53097 Colloquium: Medieval Russia (3)  
  54297 Colloquium in African History (3)  
  55597 Colloquium in Russian History (3)  
  56597 Colloquium in 20th-Century European Diplomacy (3)  
  58697 Colloquium on U.S. Middle Period, 1820-1900 (3)  
  58797 Colloquium in African-American History to 1877 (3)  
  58897 Colloquium in African-American History Since 1877 (3)  
TOTAL 30

 

 

 

 

 

Public History

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27 credit hours)
Course Title Credits
HIST 51000 Public History 3
  62097 Public History Colloquium 3
Choose either a Thesis or Non-Thesis Option 12
Thesis Option (12 credit hours)  
HIST 60092 Public History Internship (3)  
  69199 Thesis I (6)  
Choose one course from one of the following areas: (3)*
Architechture and Environmental Design; Art; Business Administration; English; Journalism and Mass Communication; Library Science		  
or  
Non-Thesis Option (12 credit hours)  
HIST 60092 Public History Internship (6)  
Choose two courses from one of the following areas: (6)*
Architechture and Environmental Design; Art; Business Administration; English; Journalism and Mass Communication; Library Science		  
Choose three courses from the following: Seminar and Colloquia*
must include at least one Seminar and one Colloquium course		 9
HIST 52497 Colloquium: Women in Modern Europe (3)  
  53097 Colloquium: Medieval Russia (3)  
  54297 Colloquium in African History (3)  
  55597 Colloquium in Russian History (3)  
  56597 Colloquium in 20th-Century European Diplomacy (3)  
  58697 Colloquium on U.S. Middle Period, 1820-1900 (3)  
  58797 Colloquium in African-American History to 1877 (3)  
  58897 Colloquium in African-American History Since 1877 (3)  
TOTAL 27


*Courses should be selected with consultation and permission of the faculty member responsible for Public History and the Graduate Program Coordinator.