Master

In Muncie (USA)

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Muncie (USA)

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Ball State’s master of arts program in history will prepare you to enter a doctoral program or enter the workforce as a teacher, among other career options. This program is also useful if you are looking to professionalize your secondary school teaching license.

To best meet your academic and career goals, our program is divided into three options:

Option 1: Prepare for a PhD by adding a thesis to your coursework
Option 2: Prepare for a PhD and develop immediately employable skills by creating a digital project.
Option 3: For certified teachers, this option focuses on two specialized pedagogical courses and prepares you to offer advanced-placement and dual-credit courses at your high school.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Muncie (USA)
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About this course

Our curriculum will give you a strong background in:

American society
politics and culture
women’s history
other historical topics

The master of arts (MA) in history may serve a terminal degree or as a prelude to an additional graduate degree. In addition, the degree may be used to professionalize the standard secondary school teaching license. Students with an MA in history may go on to pursue careers in:

community colleges or universities
museums
private corporations
public agencies
private individual or small firms
private nonprofit organizations

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2020

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Subjects

  • Options
  • School
  • European
  • History
  • Historical
  • Historiography
  • Research
  • American
  • Students
  • However

Course programme

Program Requirements

You will complete 33 credits of courses in historical research, historiography, and courses in American, European, and/or world history.

If you intend to continue your education after getting your master's, you must complete a thesis. You will have the opportunity to defend your thesis, which is great practice for a doctoral program. However, students working toward a terminal degree in history can write a thesis or complete six credits of coursework in lieu of a thesis.

Credits

Total: 33

  • 27 credits of core courses and directed electives
6 credits in one of four concentrations:
  • thesis concentration
  • general concentration
  • digital concentration
  • history concentration
Courses

A few of the classes you will take include:

  • HIST 612 Seminar Modern Historiography
  • HIST 613 Seminar in Historical Research
  • directed electives
  • 6 credits in your chosen concentration

History

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