This program is designed to help students achieve a greater understanding of the discipline of history and to master the methodology of the historian. Track I and Track I-Cultural History Option. Students wishing to develop expertise in applied history or persons professionally employed as historians in business or government who desire to further their professional careers by earning an advanced degree in history. Students who want to develop master's level skills in history, whether as a vocation or avocation, or for reasons of intellectual self-fulfillment.
Narrow specialization is avoided by allowing great latitude in choice of courses.
Study in methodology of teaching social studies is included in the program. Satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examination. This requirement, at the discretion of the department, may be waived in exceptional cases, e.g., when a baccalaureate degree is ten years old or older or when the applicant possesses another master's degree. Two letters of recommendation from professors of history with whom the applicant has studied, or from others directly familiar with the applicant's professional competence.