黑料老司机's MA in History develops advanced skills for deeper study or career achievement. Our students choose from a thesis or seminar plan, both of which involve independent research from a variety of theoretical, investigative and pedagogical approaches and the widest possible range of historical writing.
Our program consist of a mix of seminars and advanced lecture courses that address the most recent scholarship and trends in a wide variety of historical specialties. We explore history across a variety of chronological, regional and thematic frameworks.
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鈥淥ur M.A. in history program prepares students to think, research, analyze and write critically and skillfully about history. This degree will enhance your career, your intellectual acumen and your personal development.鈥
All students must choose between a thesis plan and a seminar plan. In both the seminar and thesis plans, you will pursue independent research from a variety of theoretical, investigative and pedagogical approaches and the widest possible range of historical writing.
Students in the thesis plan will produce a major research paper that is based on extensive independent research in primary sources and that comprises an original contribution to the historical literature of the topic. The thesis plan requires a minimum of 30 credit hours, including HIST 501, 521, 561, 562 and 571. Six credit hours must be in HIST 599, which culminates in a written thesis. With your advisor's approval, 3 credit hours may be elected in a related discipline, such as languages, statistical methods or computer science. After completion of the program, you must pass an oral examination on your thesis and your major field.
The seminar plan also requires a minimum of 30 credit hours, including History 501, 521, 561, 562, and 571. In addition, HIST 561 must be taken a second time. With your advisor's approval, 3 credit hours may be elected in a related discipline, such as languages, statistical methods or computer science.
Whether you鈥檙e in the thesis plan or the seminar plan, you may take up to 6 credit hours of graduate courses at the University of Rhode Island from the university's 400- and 500-level Department of History course offerings, with the consent of your advisor or department chair.
Upon completion of this program, students will demonstrate:
History is a multidimensional field that historians and students have approached in a multitude of ways. At its core, history tackles fundamental questions of human society.
