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Program of Study: Combined MA and Certificate

History Masters of Arts

Degree Requirements: 33 Credits

Hours Application Deadlines

Application Deadlines can be found here: https://cah.georgiasouthern.edu/history/gradprogram/

Admission Requirements

Regular

Applicants seeking admission to the graduate program in history must have:

Completed requirements for the Bachelor’s degree in a college accredited by the proper regional accrediting associations.
A 3.0 (4.0 scale) cumulative grade point average or higher on all undergraduate work, with a 3.0 cumulative GPA in history and no grade in history lower than a “C.”
Minimum Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores of 550 Verbal plus 500 Quantitative or 4.0 Analytical Writing for applicants who took the GRE prior to August 2011; or minimum scores of 156 Verbal plus 144 Quantitative or 4.0 Analytical Writing for applicants who took the exam after July 31, 2011. Lower test scores may be considered but the applicant will need strong evidence of the ability to perform satisfactorily in graduate level work.

An undergraduate major or the equivalent in history. Students with majors in other fields of study are given equal consideration for admission providing they have at least 15 credits (or quarter-system equivalent) of history (at least 12 credits at the upper division level) and a total of 30 credits in the social sciences and humanities.
Two letters of recommendation by individuals who are familiar with the applicant’s potential for successful graduate study.
A statement of purpose (approximately 250 words) outlining the applicant’s interest in graduate study in history.

Provisional

Non-traditional students and applicants not meeting the above requirements may be considered for Provisional (Probationary) admission as determined on a case-by-case basis.

Program of Study

The department offers thesis and non-thesis options and a concentration in public history.

The degree candidate for a Master of Arts in History will take 27 credits of course work (out of a total of 33), which includes the following:

Thesis Option	Credit Hours
Required Courses	21
HIST 7630 Historian’s Craft	3
(3) 7000 level HIST Graduate Reading Seminars*	9
HIST 7638 Research Prospectus	3
(2) HIST 7999 Thesis	6

Electives	12
4 history elective courses	12 (at the 5000 level or above)

Total	33

*One seminar must be outside the candidate’s field of concentration. A seminar in Public History meets this requirement.

Non-Thesis Option	Credit Hours
Required Courses	21
HIST 7630 Historian’s Craft	3
(4) 7000 level HIST Graduate Reading Seminars*	12
HIST 7638 Research Prospectus	3
HIST 7990 Non-Thesis Project in History**	3

Electives	12
4 history elective courses	12 (at the 5000 level or above)

Total	33

*At least one seminar must be outside the candidate’s field of concentration. A seminar in Public History meets this requirement.

** As part of this course the candidate will produce an article-length paper (approximately 10,000 words) that is defended orally before a committee.

Students pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Public History simultaneously with the Non-Thesis Option substitute HIST 7900 Non-Thesis Project in Public History.

Concentration in Public History	Credit Hours
Required Courses	21
HIST 7630 Historian’s Craft	3
HIST 7651 Graduate Seminar in Public History	3
HIST 7638 Research Prospectus*	3
HIST 7781 Professional Internship in Public History**	3
HIST 7900 Non-Thesis Project in Public History***	3
(2) 7000 level Graduate Reading Seminars****	6

Electives	12
4 public history elective courses (at the 5000 level or above)	12

Total	33

*Students who enter the MA program with a concentration in Public History after having completed the Graduate Certificate in Public History will substitute an additional Reading Seminar for Research Prospectus.

**Internships are 150 hours.

***This course concludes with a 6,000 – 10,000 word technical report on the final project that is defended orally before a committee. With the permission of the Director of Graduate Studies this course may be completed simultaneously with the Professional Internship in History.

****One seminar must be outside the candidate’s field of concentration.

Other Program Requirements

The student must also pass a reading-knowledge examination in an appropriate foreign language. (Prior completion of coursework in a foreign language through the fourth semester at the intermediate level with a grade of C or better shall exempt students from the foreign language exam.)
The student must also pass an oral defense of either the thesis, the non-thesis project, or the non-thesis project in public history.
Two elective course may be taken outside the Department of History.

General Requirements