Students will be required to take seven courses (21 credits) in History. These include the Historiography/Methodology seminar (3 credits), the Writing Seminar (HIST 2011, 3 credits), a thematic/transnational seminar in History (3 credits), a regional seminar in History (3 credits), two additional seminars or upper-level courses in History (6 credits; one of these can be History of U.S. Education (APS 2306/EDUC 2102)), and an Independent Study in History to complete the M.A. research paper (3 credits). Each incoming student will be assigned an advisor upon admission. The advisor will work with him/her to place the student in a seminar or upper-level course in the Fall semester that will offer the context for the student’s MA paper. The student is expected to define a research question and to begin developing an approach to the material during that semester. Ideally, the student will continue to work with the instructor of that seminar/upper-level course on the MA paper during the Spring semester, while taking the Writing Seminar (HIST 2011), and finish paper before or during the Summer.
Please note that a graduate student pays the same tuition for 9–15 credits. Therefore, a student should register for the Independent Study in the second semester and, if necessary, receive an incomplete for that term and finish the Independent Study (by completing the MA research paper) during the summer without incurring additional tuition costs.
Students will also take Introduction to Social Studies Education (IL 2260, 3 credits) during the Spring semester of the first year. However, IL 2260 may also be taken as IL 1260 prior to entering the MAHE program. In this case, the total number of Education credits will be 30.
Summary of credits required by History and School of Education
Total number of credits in History: 24 (which includes 3 credits earned outside the Department of History satisfied through the School of Education requirement for the 3 credit Introduction to Social Studies Education course).
Total number of credits in Education: 30-33 (which includes 15-18 credits of academic coursework depending on when the 3-credit Introduction to Social Studies Education course is taken) and 15 credits of field experience during the Internship.
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