M.A. IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
Concentration in History
 Graduate Advisor: Dr. Robert Cray
( crayr@mail.montclair.edu )


The Master of Arts program in Social Sciences is designed to accomplish four main objectives:

1. To provide the opportunity for students to acquire advanced knowledge in one of the major areas of the social sciences and/or history. 

 2. To acquaint the student with the interrelatedness of these various fields as well as their relationship to other disciplines. 

 3. To familiarize students with the particular methodologies and specialized problems of his or her field.

   4. To provide students with the background to do creative and independent  work both during and after their graduate careers.

While teachers seeking to keep up-to-date in their fields or preparing for specialized secondary school subjects will constitute an important segment of the graduate student body, degrees in the social sciences and history are increasingly being pursued by (a) individuals seeking to change fields or professions, (b) individuals planning career advancement, and (c) individuals returning to the academic world after a hiatus of some time.  A significant number of graduates of the program have pursued doctoral work successfully at major universities.  The program’s flexibility has also been utilized to enhance careers in business, government, politics, community service agencies, museum work, urban planning, etc.  Student constituencies are able to achieve their respective purposes by following one of the tracks or specializations within the program. 

HISTORY CONCENTRATION

This degree program requires 32 credits.  Of these, 12 to 15 must be in history. 

1. Required Course  

HIST 501 New Interpretations in History OR
HIST 502 History and the New Social Studies

3 shrs.
2. History Electives  
 Select from the following list - all courses are 3 shrs.

HIST 511 Seminar in American Colonial History 
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 Nineteenth Century America
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
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

12-15 shrs.
3. Related Social/Behavioral Science Electives

Choose from graduate courses in Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology.

6-9 shrs.
4. Free Electives

Choose from graduate courses in any department.

6 shrs.
5. Reading Seminar and Comprehensive Examination

HIST 603 Reading Seminar in History - Independent study in preparation for a written examination given in March and October. 

2 shrs.
MINIMUM:

32 shrs.
Please Note:  You may substitute a maximum of two 400-level undergraduate courses within this program.

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