Traditional Master's Degree Plan
The master's degree in history is a 30-hour program that can be completed in 1.5 years if you maintain full-time student status.
Other features of the program include:
- Fall, spring or summer start.
- Online, seated or hybrid class formats.
- Twelve (12) credit hours of core courses, and another 12 credit hours in your track
area.
- Track areas are: United States History, World History, and U.S. and World History.
- Six (6) credit hours of research requirements.
Review the admission and program requirements for full details on completing your degree.
Degree options
Use either of the following plans as a guide for your overall schedule.
Track options
You'll select one of three possible tracks in order to complete the program. Each track allows you to focus your studies on a field of specialization.
Depending on your course of study, you may be able to take non-history courses as well.
Graduation research requirement
Regardless of which track you select, you must choose one of two options to fulfill the graduate research requirement:
- Thesis: This option requires that you complete a written thesis and oral presentation of your research to graduate. A thesis typically includes extensive research and analysis on a historical topic of interest.
- Seminar: The seminar option requires the completion of a seminar paper and oral presentation of your research to graduate.
In addition to completing a thesis or seminar paper, all history graduate students must pass a comprehensive exam. Written exams will be taken after course work is completed. An oral exam will be taken after the approval of the research requirement.