M.A.T.H. Program Overview

Degree requirements

Credits (30 total)

• Up to 9 credits may be applied from prior Graduate Special coursework
• HIST 783: Historiography (3 credits), taken during the first semester
• One additional 700-level historiography course in the student's field, taken during the second or third semester
• One 600- or 700-level course in the College of Liberal Arts outside the Department of History (3 credits)
• Two graduate-level courses in the College of Education and Human Development (minimum 6 credits)
• HIST 795: Comprehensive Examination (1-3 credits), taken during the final semester

Additional requirements

• Comprehensive examination (bibliographic essay)
• Teaching unit plan

M.A. fields

• First field: Examination
• Second field: Teaching unit plan

Time limit

All degree requirements must be completed within six years immediately preceding the awarding of the degree.

Thesis committee

• Faculty advisor
• One additional faculty member from the Department of History
• One faculty member from outside the Department of History

Typical schedule

Semester 1 (Fall)

• HIST 783: Historiography
• Two courses related to the student's fields of study

Semester 2 (Spring)

• Three courses related to the student's fields of study, including:
  • Preferably a 700-level HIST historiography course
  • A graduate-level course in the College of Education and Human Development
• Declaration of faculty advisor
• Program of Study meeting at the end of the semester

Semester 3 (Fall)

• Three courses related to the student's fields of study
• Program of Study meeting at the beginning of the semester
• Prospectus colloquium at the end of the semester

Semester 4 (Spring)

• One course related to the student's fields of study
• HIST 795 (2 credits)
• Application for graduation submitted to the Graduate School (due mid-semester)
• Final oral presentation
• Submission of the Notice of Completion form