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Master of Arts in History
- Major: History
- Degree Level/Code: Masters/MA (Master of Arts)
- Area/Department: History
- Graduate School: Graduate School Website / Requirements, Deadlines and Directors
- More Info: More info about the History MA
- Career Options: Careers suited for graduates with a History degree include work as a museum curator, education and academic research, legal and law studies and library studies.
Applying to the History MA Program
Contact Us
Martha L. Hildreth
Associate Professor
Mack Social Sciences, MSS 205
Phone: (775) 784-1964
hildreth@unr.edu
Insight into the past and how it may affect the future
The Master of Arts in History offers the student understanding in the scholarly discipline of history through the expansion of historical knowledge, the comprehension of historiography, and the practice of critical inquiry. Framing the questions that define particular scholarly debates underlies critical analysis of primary and secondary sources. Students gain exposure to these questions in course work and demonstrate their familiarity with them in comprehensive examinations. In the thesis, they display awareness of the scope and challenges of historical research: They define what questions can and cannot be addressed with a limited body of sources. They situate their research and analysis in the historiography of a field. Ultimately they discuss their work at a final thesis colloquium.
Learn more about the History M.A. program here.
General Information and Requirements
Applicants to the MA program must hold the baccalaureate degree from an accredited four-year college or university, with a major, or a 24-semester-credit minor, in history or a closely related discipline (acceptable fields outside history to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the Graduate Studies Committee). A cumulative grade point average of 2.75 (unless the applicant has demonstrated unusual promise during his or her junior and senior years) and satisfactory scores on the GRE general test are also required for admission to Graduate Standing in History. Detailed information on applying to the MA program is found in the "How to Apply for Admission" page.
Groups
The following are the groups and fields of historical study open for MA candidates. For more information about these groups and how you can tailor your studies toward your own interests, please contact the Department.
Group I:
- American Colonial History to 1750
- U.S. 1740-1815
- U.S. 19th Century
- U.S. 20th Century
- U.S. Social History
- U.S. Cultural/Intellectual History
- U.S. Political/Constitutional History
- African-American History
- American Environmental History
- Nevada and the West
- U.S. Diplomatic History
Group II:
- Medieval European history
- Renaissance
- Early Modern Europe
- Europe 1789-1914
- Europe 1890-present
- European Cultural/Intellectual History
- European Social History
- British Isles since 1688
- Modern Irish History
- British Empire
- Russia to 1900
- 20th Century Russia
Group III:
- Colonial Latin American History
- 19th century Latin America
- Contemporary Latin America
- Traditional East Asian History
- Modern East Asian history
- 20th Century East Asia
- Latin American Cultural/Social history
- East Asian Cultural History
- Ancient Africa
- Modern Africa
Group IV:
- Cultural Theory
- Gender Studies
- History of Science
- History of Medicine
- History of the Book
- Popular Culture and Diaspora Studies
- Comparative fields (such as slavery, socialism, environmental history, 16th-century studies)
- Fields in other departments (such as Basque Studies, historical archaeology)
