• The program requires 33 credit hours of graduate work, including required methods classes, electives from a range of geographical and chronological topics, and credits devoted to research and writing an original thesis or research paper. 
  • If students are interested in public history, you will find courses that allow them to add a Graduate Certificate in Public History to their master’s degree. If you plan to teach, they can combine history credits with credits from the Curriculum and Instruction department in the School of Education to earn two degrees and their Virginia teaching licensure. 
  • Graduates of the program have gone on to pursue doctorates or other professional degrees.  They have become secondary and community college teachers. And they are working in museums, archives, and historical sites, introducing history and historical resources to the public.