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History MA

The Department of History offers intense academic training in a supportive, close-knit, open-minded environment. The department has particular strength in Early Modern Societies, Race, Empire, and Nation, The Twentieth Century World, and Medicine, Disability and Science, but its small size also encourages contacts across standard disciplinary boundaries. Our students are doing research in the history of the Atlantic world, disability studies, public history, immigration history, gay and lesbian studies, and other emerging fields. Our graduates hold positions in universities, museums and libraries across the country.

General Curriculum

Required Core (3 credits)

Core Seminars (6 credits)

Select 2 courses in any combination according to your interests:

American History Area

European History Area

Asian History Area

North /South American History Area

Latin American and Caribbean History

Research Seminar (3 credits)

Select 1:

  • HIS 6XX SEM - 600-level seminar 3 Credits

Elective & Culmination Experience (18 credits)

Electives (12-15 credits)

Number of elective credits may vary depending on choice made to complete the culminating experience. Be sure to complete enough elective credit to reach 30 minimum total credit hours. 

  • Select at least 1 course outside of History/HIS department/major.
  • Select from all graduate level 500 and 600 level HIS courses to complete remaining elective credits. 
  • Up to 6 credits of HIS 598  (Project) will be applied toward the degree.

Culminating Experience: Project (3-6 credits)

Total Credit Hours: 30

3.0 Degree GPA required

 

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1) Development of historical knowledge: Students should gain knowledge of the historical facts of their field of concentration and integrate them into a compelling narrative of historical change and/or continuity over time. 

2) Development of historiographical knowledge: Students should become familiar with major historical works, interpretations, methods, and/or theories central to the discipline and to their field of concentration. 

3) Development of analytical thinking: Students should recognize patterns and connections in primary sources and critically evaluate secondary sources. 

4) Research skills: Students should develop a research topic of appropriate scope, identify the appropriate primary and secondary sources to carry out the project, present an analytical argument in clear prose appropriate to a specialist reader, and make oral presentations on their findings. 

5) Gaining awareness of career skills and options: Students will gain awareness of how the skills they acquire through advanced study of history prepare them for careers in academic and non-academic settings.

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).

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