Campuses:
Twin Cities campus
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Twin Cities Campus
History M.A.History Department
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of History, 1110 Heller Hall, 271 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-5840; fax: 612-624-7096)
Email:
histdgs@umn.edu
Website: http://www.hist.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
Note: The Department of History does not currently admit students to the terminal master's degree; however, Ph.D. students often earn their M.A. on the way to the doctoral degree.
Areas of concentration in the history degree include Africa; ancient history; East and South Asia; comparative women's history; medieval, early modern, and modern Europe; the early modern world; Middle East; Latin America; and the United States and its colonial background. Scholarly resources include Center for Austrian Studies, Center for German and European Studies, Center for Medieval Studies, Immigration History Research Center, Minnesota Population Center, Modern Greek Studies, Center for Early Modern History, and Institute for Advanced Study.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
The Department of History does not currently admit terminal master's students; however, Ph.D. students often earn their M.A. on the way to the doctoral degree.
For Ph.D. admissions, the average GPA is approximately A-/B+, with more weight placed on history classes, where students are expected to have earned mostly A or A- grades. The program accepted approximately 9 percent of applicants in the past year, although in better economic times, 20-25 percent might be accepted.
Special Application Requirements:
We prefer GRE scores above the 90% percentile in verbal (usually over 600).
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
The preferred English language test is Test of English as Foreign Language.
Key to test
abbreviations
(TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Plan A: Plan A requires
15
major credits,
6
credits outside the major,
and
10
thesis credits.
The final exam is oral.
Plan B: Plan B requires
24
major credits and
6
credits outside the major.
The final exam is oral.
A capstone project is required.
Capstone Project: The Plan B project requires students to substitute three expanded seminar papers for the thesis.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
Language Requirement: Reading knowledge in one foreign language
A minimum GPA of 3.00
is required for students to remain in good standing.
Students are only admitted to the Ph.D. program. They may complete an M.A. while studying for the Ph.D. The M.A. is offered under Plan A and Plan B.
Plan A requires six history courses (including HIST 8015), two non-history courses, 10 M.A. thesis credits, and submission of a defendable thesis. Plan B requires eight history courses (including HIST 8015), two non-history courses, and three Plan B papers (see department website for details).
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