Degree Requirements
Graduate Advisor :
Dr. Mary Brennan
Graduate Advisor
Office: TMH-209
Email: mb18@txstate.edu
Phone: (512)245-2110
Master of Arts (with thesis)
33 hours of graduate level history, or 27 hours of graduate level history with an optional 6 hour cognate in a discipline outside of history approved by the director of graduate studies.
3 hours––general or United States historiography
3 hours––general research seminar
6 hours thesis credit
9-15 hours in major field of history
6–9 hours history electives
6 hours (optional) outside cognate
Master's thesis
University comprehensive exam (thesis defense)
Master of Arts (non-thesis)
36 hours of graduate history, or 30 hours of graduate history with an optional 6 hour cognate in a discipline outside of history approved by the director of graduate studies.
3 hours--general or United States historiography
3 hours--general research seminar
15-18 hours in major field of history* 6-9 hours history electives*
6 hours (optional) outside cognate
Written or oral comprehensive examination
*Note: at least 6 hours of graduate history must be taken in "research" seminars in which a formal paper based on research into "primary" sources constitutes a significant portion of the course grade.
Master of Arts Degree with specialization in Public History
36 hours of graduate history, or 30 hours of graduate history with an optional 6 hour cognate in a discipline approved by the director of graduate studies and the director of the Public History program.
3 hours United States historiography [5360]
3 hours The Practice of Public History [5371]
3 hours Internship [5374]
3 hours Public History Project [5377] (if possible)
9 - 12 hours of Elective Public History courses
9 - 15 hours of United States history seminars
6 hours outside cognate (optional, on approval, as indicated above)
Written or oral comprehensive examination
Master of Education (non–thesis)
21 hours of graduate level history and 15 graduate hours from a discipline outside of history or 21 hours of graduate level history, 9 graduate hours in one discipline outside of history, and 6 hours in a second outside discipline
3 hours––general or United States historiography
9 –12 hours in major field of history 6–9 hours history electives
15 hours outside minor(s) in one or two academic disciplines, or 15 hours Education (which, with student teaching hours and experience, would qualify the student for certification) Written or oral comprehensive examination.
Links :
Graduate Program in Public History
Additional Program Information :
Forms:
History Department Application for Graduate Studies
Graduate College Application
Additonal Graduate Student Forms
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