International Relations concentration is of particular interest ot those in professional military careers, those wishing to supplement their professional training in certain civil service careers, and those desiring an interdisciplinary background for teaching. Prepares historians for careers as scholars and teachers in schools, community colleges, four-year and professional schools or in libraries, archives or museums, or in other fields where research capabilities, analytical methods, and communications skills are valued. The Master of Arts in history allows the student to emphasize United States or European history. The major is designed to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of Western culture and thought. In the quest to make sense of our collective and individual past, this program develops research, analytical, and communication skills, and offers a diversity of historical perspectives.
Students design their own focus of study within a broader context of flexible program requirements.
Davis offers comprehensive advanced study in the fields of United States, ancient, medieval, early modern and modern European, Russian, East Asian, Indian, Islamic, and Latin American history, and the history of science and medicine. UC Irvine's Graduate Program in History combines a distinctive approach to graduate study with an outstanding faculty. The program is designed to provide students with both advanced historical skills and a rigorous grounding in historical theory. This combination of theoretical study with training in historical method reflects the Department's conviction that scholars should be encouraged to deal with significant questions about the past and to approach these questions in a methodologically sophisticated way. The Department is small enough to offer close attention to students' specific needs and to function as an intellectual community.