(30 credits)
The Master’s degree program offered by Indiana State University’s Department of History is designed to fulfill a variety of academic and professional objectives. The program facilitates preparation for entry into doctoral programs in history and for teaching at the university, community college, and secondary levels. Graduate work in history also provides an excellent background for careers in law, business, government service, and writing, and for specialized work as a museum curator, librarian, archivist, editor, historic site specialist, and research historian. Normally broad in its academic scope, the Master’s degree program in history is also sufficiently flexible to meet the needs of individual students.
The program can be completed either on campus or online. Both options require 30 credit hours which can be completed in two years of full-time study or in about three to five years of part-time study. Typical courses include intensive reading, research, and writing assignments combined with discussion boards and/or synchronous online meetings. The online Master’s degree is designed to meet the needs of educators and working students.
The Accelerated MA in History offers talented undergraduates the opportunity to complete both undergraduate and Master’s degrees within five years.
Students will complete fifteen hours of graduate credit during the final undergraduate year and fifteen hours of graduate credit during the graduate year. Nine hours of 500-level courses will be shared between the two degrees. Students may enroll in six hours of 600-level courses in the final undergraduate year that will count only towards completion of the MA.
Students will apply during the junior year and must be on track to complete their undergraduate degree in four years. Applicants need to have completed at least sixty credit hours and hold a 3.0 minimum GPA.
In their senior year, students will have provisional graduate admission until the Bachelor’s degree is awarded with a final cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above.
Note: Accelerated MA program will follow same program requirements as the existing MA program.
See Graduate Catalog for course details
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