• The master’s program, which requires students to complete 30 credits of graduate study with a grade of B or higher, allows students to explore the history and historiography of their chosen area of concentration.
  • Students in the master’s program have the option of choosing between a Professional Track and an Academic Track, based on their goals and interests. Students in both tracks follow a course of study similar to that followed by doctoral students during their first two semesters, and the oral examination during the third or fourth semester serves as the capstone experience for the master’s program.
  • The Ph.D. program is designed to prepare students to carry out original research and to ultimately pursue a career at the university level. Doctoral students may choose to focus their study on a particular region and period or they may concentrate in one of the thematic areas of study described above, and all students are encouraged to work with faculty in other departments.