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Program
Requirements
History,
MA
Campus
Location:
Main Campus, Center City
All the courses are given in the evening at Center City, except thesis writing or preparation for the comprehensive examinations. Comprehensive examinations and thesis defenses are conducted on the Main Campus.
Full-time/Part-time
Status
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered after 4:30 p.m.
General
Program Requirements:
Number of Didactic credits
required beyond the Baccalaureate:
30
Required Courses:
Students must take one of the following courses: His 401, Introduction to World History; His 402, Introduction to the United States; His 408, Introduction to the Third World; and His 409, Introduction to European History. In addition, students must complete one writing seminar. Other coursework will be determined by the student's program of study.
All M.A. students also must meet the following requirements: 15 semester hours in a primary field of study, 9 semester hours in a secondary field of study, 6 hours of electives if appropriate, and as already indicated, 1 introductory course and 1 seminar course.
Internship:
False
Language Examination:
False
Culminating
Events:
Culminating Exam
Comprehensive Exam Description - The Comprehensive Examination tests the student's mastery of the leading scholarship in his/her primary and secondary fields.
Comprehensive Exam Subject - Subject areas covered by the examination include the course of study in the student's primary and secondary fields.Comprehensive Exam Complete - Students take the examination after completing 30 hours of coursework.Comprehensive Exam Write - Two graduate faculty members selected by the student can write questions for one three-hour examination.Comprehensive Exam Grade - The graduate faculty members who write the questions also evaluate the answers. Each examination is evaluated by two faculty members, each voting a grade of high pass, pass, or fail. If the two faculty members are not in agreement, a third faculty member reads and evaluates the examination and his/her vote determines the outcome.Comprehensive Exam Pass - The student must answer every question on the exam in order to be evaluated. The evaluators look for an understanding of the core concepts and their application.Comprehensive Exam Schedule - Comprehensive exams are administered at the M.A. student's request after he/she has completed 30 hours of course work.Thesis
Thesis 1 - The Master's thesis is an original empirical study that demonstrates the student's knowledge of research methods and mastery of his/her primary and secondary areas of interest.Thesis 2 - A student preparing to defend a thesis should confirm a time and date with the Master's Evaluator and his/her Thesis Committee, and register with the Graduate Secretary.Thesis 3 - The thesis is read by the student's adviser and another member of the History Department's graduate faculty chosen by the student. Once the Thesis Committee approves the thesis, the student must defend it.
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