The graduate program in history is intended to prepare students for teaching and research at the college and university level, for secondary school teaching, and for a variety of other pursuits. Applicants are expected to have completed 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours of undergraduate history courses. An exception to this requirement may be considered if you have an outstanding undergraduate or M.A. record. Deadline for application to either the M.A. or the Ph.D. program for fall quarter admission is July 1; for financial assistance, the deadline is February 1.
The M.A. program offers work in the following fields: United States, modern Europe, ancient and medieval, Balkans and Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and southeast and east Asia. The general requirements in the thesis program consist of eight 500-level courses, a two-quarter seminar, and an acceptable thesis. The general requirements for the nonthesis program are ten 500- level courses, plus a two-quarter seminar in which an acceptable research paper is written. No foreign language is required for admission, but students in the thesis program must demonstrate a reading proficiency in one foreign language prior to graduation. The nonthesis M.A. program is usually regarded as terminal.
You must offer a minimum of six quarters of residence credit as a full-time equivalent student beyond the master's degree. You are required to show reading proficiency in two foreign languages; in particular cases, demonstrated proficiency in quantitative methods may be substituted for one language. You must complete a nonhistory minor of three graduate courses in one cognate field or four courses in two cognate fields. Within the area of concentration, you normally will select two fields, in one of which the dissertation will be written. You also will do coursework in two fields outside the area of concentration. Areas and fields are as follows:
Area one. American history: colonial, 19th century, 20th century, U.S. foreign relations, U.S. social-intellectual, U.S. economic (in cooperation with the Department of Economics).
Area two. European: western Europe, European diplomatic, Tudor-Stuart England, England since 1815, Balkans, Russia, ancient, medieval Europe, Renaissance, and Reformation.
Area three. Third World: Africa, east Asia, southeast Asia, Middle East and Mediterranean, Latin America.
For additional details as to requirements, consult the publication Ohio University: Graduate Study in History, available from the department.
University Publications and Computer Services revised this file (https://www.ohio.edu/~gcat/01-03/areas/hist.htm) September 17, 2001.
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