M.A. in HISTORY

I. General Program Overview:

The Masters of Arts in History is designed to be a “user friendly” degree program in two very important ways. First, students may pursue the degree on either a part-time or a full-time basis, with graduate assistantships available for full-time students. And second, the program allows for considerable flexibility in student choice of courses, with each student free to choose nine of the eleven courses needed for the degree. While six of those nine elective courses must be in History, the other three may be chosen from any departments in the entire university, whether in the social sciences, education, the arts, business or other areas of the humanities such as literature, philosophy or additional History. This flexibility in course selection allows students to tailor the program in ways that will meet a wide variety of personal and/or professional goals, such as preparing for doctoral-level study in History, seeking to improve subject matter knowledge for secondary school teachers, advancing one’s career in business or government, preparing for a career change, or simply for personal satisfaction.

Overall, it is a 32-credit program in which students take three sets of related courses:

- 1^st: two required courses – one introductory and the other a culminating reading course

- 2^nd: six courses in History chosen by students on an individual basis

- 3^rd: three additional courses chosen from any departments throughout the university

An applicant need not have majored in history as an undergraduate in order to be admitted to the program, but all applicants are expected to have some training in the field and in relevant social sciences at the undergraduate level. Applicants are also required to take the Graduate Record Examination.

II. More Specific Information:

1. One Required Introductory Course 3 credits
HIST 501 New Interpretations in History

OR
HIST 502 History and the New Social Studies

2. Six History Electives (all courses 3 credits)  18 total credits
HIST 511 Seminar in American Colonial Historytory 
HIST 512 The American Revolution, 1763-1787 
HIST 513 Problems of the New Nation, 1789-1828
HIST 514 The Crisis of American Nationalism, 1828-1876
HIST 515 Culture and Consciousness:  Women in 19^th Century US
HIST 517 Age of Franklin D. Roosevelt
HIST 518 Urban History:  National Trends in New Jersey Cities
HIST 519 America since 1945
HIST 520 United States Far Eastern Relations
HIST 521 Civil War and Revolution in Chinese History
HIST 522 Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921
HIST 523 History of Soviet Diplomacy
HIST 524 History of American Business Leaders
HIST 525 History of American Labor, 1870-1970
HIST 526 The Industrialization of America, 1865-1900
HIST 527 Industrialization of Europe
HIST 529 Europe of the Dictators, 1919-1939
HIST 532 Modernization of Japanese Cultural History
HIST 533 French Revolution and Napoleon
HIST 534 France of the Republics
HIST 535 Castles, Cathedrals and Crusades:  Europe in the High Middle

Ages, 1000-1300
HIST 536 Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800
HIST 537 Nineteenth Century European Intellectual History
HIST 540 Europe as a World Civilization
HIST 541 Asian Civilization-Comparative Cultural History
HIST 550 African Identities:  Gender, Ethnicity and Nation
HIST 570 Seminar in Non-Western History

HIST 580 Seminar in Western History

3. Three Free Electives 9 credits

May be taken in any departments in the entire university

4. Culminating Reading Seminar 2 credits
HIST 603 Reading Seminar in History

TOTAL: 32 credits

III. Any Questions?

Contact Professor Robert Cray, Program Coordinator

- 973-655-5256

- crayr@mail.montclair.edu