Non-Thesis Option

Foundation Course (3 hours)

HIS 800 Historiography and Criticism

American History (9 hours*)

Choose from HIS 716, 860, and/or, if topic is appropriate, 849, 864, or 865

European History (6 hours*)

Choose from HIS 861, and/or, if topic is appropriate, 849, 864, or 865

Asian, African or Latin American History (6 hours*)

Choose from HIS 842, 863, and/or, if topic is appropriate, 849, 864, or 865

History Electives (6 hours)

Choose from graduate courses in U.S., European or Non-Western or Latin American history

TOTAL (30 hours)

*NOTE that the department requires that at least two of the courses used to satisfy the twenty-one credit hours represented by these three requirements cover in a substantial way a period before the year 1800.

The department strongly recommends that students who plan to seek a doctoral degree not choose the non-thesis plan.

Comprehensive Examination

Upon completion of the course work, the student’s knowledge of history will be tested by a comprehensive written examination. The program will culminate in an oral examination designed to test the student’s mastery of graduate course work.