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Nov 25, 2024
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University General Course Catalog 2020-2021 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
History, M.A.
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The Master’s degree is designed to prepare students for careers in applied history, teaching and for application to Ph.D. programs in history.
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Contact Information
Edward Schoolman, Graduate Program Director
Department of History
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nevada 89557-0308
(775) 682-89647
eschoolman@unr.edu
Program Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes
- Scholarly understanding of the discipline of history demonstrated in written work and in seminars.
- Demonstrated comprehension of historiography and methods.
- Demonstrated ability to frame scholarly questions.
- Knowledge and ability to write analytically and historiographically in three fields demonstrated in three examination essays.
- Ability to frame a research question and present scholarly finding demonstrated in a thesis and thesis oral examination.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited four-year college or university, with a major or 24 semester credit minor in history or a closely related discipline (acceptable fields outside history are determined on a case-by-case basis by the Graduate Studies Committee). A cumulative grade point average of 2.75 (unless the applicant has demonstrated unusual promise during his or her junior and senior years) and satisfactory scores on the GRE general test are also required for admission to Graduate Standing in History.
A. Required Courses (9 units)
B. Fields of Study (15 units)
Five (5) additional courses to be determined by the student’s committee or the Graduate Program Director, at least one must be a seminar.
C. Thesis Requirement (6 units)
Student will write a thesis in their major field of study that demonstrates knowledge of historiography, use of primary sources, analytical and expository skill.
D. 700-Level Requirement
Students are required to complete at least 18 units in 700-level courses, including 6 units of thesis credit.
E. Foreign Language Requirement
Reading knowledge of one foreign language other than the student’s native language (not English) is required, the selection to be determined by the committee. Students undertaking thesis research which focuses on a foreign culture should expect to be examined in the principal language of that culture. The language requirement may be satisfied by: (1) two years of successful college work in one language, the fourth semester to be completed with at least the grade of “C”; (2) passing the foreign language placement test given at the University of Nevada, Reno (by the Department of World Languages and Literatures) at the second-year college level. This requirement must be satisfied before taking comprehensive examinations.
II. Program Total Hours (30 units)
- The MA program requires a total of 30 units, including a six-unit thesis and 24 units of course work; reading knowledge of one foreign language; a public prospectus colloquium; and a final oral examination (thesis colloquium).
- MA students are required to complete at least 18 units in 700-level courses, including 6 units of thesis credit.
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