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Dec 06, 2025
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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
History, Non-licensure, M.Ed.
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Program Description
The program is designed to provide qualified students with the opportunity to pursue graduate-level training in American history. Students in this program may be teachers seeking an advanced degree, or others whose primary interest is in receiving a master’s degree with a concentration in history. The academic goal of the program is three-fold: - to increase the students’ knowledge of the facts related to historical developments, including the significance of important events, institutions, people, cultures and ideas throughout the world,
- to provide the students with a familiarity with questions of interpretation and methods of study of major aspects of history,
- to help students develop expertise in historical research and question design as well as evaluation of primary and secondary historical materials.
This program does not lead to teaching licensure. Admission Requirements
Admission decisions are made by the department’s graduate committee. Minimum Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
- at least 18 semester credit hours in history or related humanities courses as assessed by graduate advisors.
- an overall cumulative average of 3.0 for the last 48 credits of undergraduate work.
- a cumulative average of 3.0 in history.
- Pre-admission consultation with program coordinator.
Program Requirements
- Completion of a total of 36 credits, of which 30 must be in history and six in education;
- Six graduate credits reflecting coursework appropriate to the degree may be transferred from other graduate-level institutions, at the discretion of the department’s graduate committee;
- Satisfactory completion of a master’s thesis, approved by the thesis director and the program coordinator.
History (18 Credits)
Completion of 18 graduate level credits in history, which must include the following 3-credit courses, or their equivalents in transfer credits: Independent Research (6 Credits)
Completion of 6 graduate level credits of independent research, selected from the following: Research and Evaluation (6 Credits)
Research and evaluation, as evidenced by the completion of 6 graduate level credits as follows: Note:
With the exception of the courses listed below, which will be directed study under the supervision of a thesis director, no directed study will be allowed as part of this program, and neither the department chairperson nor the graduate committee shall accept any courses as equivalent to any degree requirements. |
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