North Dakota State University - Graduate School
M.A. in History
Fargo, USA
MA
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* we admit students year-round, for both fall and spring semesters
Key Summary
About: At North Dakota State University (NDSU), the Master of Arts (MA) in History links students with faculty researching agricultural history, American history, American religious history, Asian history, environmental history, European history, history of Native peoples, Latin American history, medieval Europe, public history, and women's history/gender studies. NDSU is a student-focused land-grant research university with about 2,000 graduate students across 75+ programmes, low tuition, professional development and events like Three Minute Thesis in Fargo, ND, a Midwestern community of about 230,000.
Career Outcomes: archivist, curator, historian, teacher, researcher, analyst, heritage-manager, editor, library-specialist, consultant, policy-officer, doctoral-study, education-coordinator, digital-curator, archives-manager, museum-educator, editor-in-chief.
At NDSU, History faculty research areas include:
- Agricultural History
- American History
- American Religious History
- Asian History
- Environmental History
- European History
- History of Native Peoples
- Latin American History
- Medieval Europe
- Public History
- Women's History/Gender Studies
The department recommends that students intending to continue to study history at the doctoral level enroll in the MA program. MA students must be proficient in at least one foreign language and complete a thesis that reflects original thought and research using primary and secondary materials.
MA Requirements:
- Foreign Language Proficiency
- HIST 702: Historiography (3 credits)
- Readings courses (6 credits): Choose two from the following:
- HIST 730: Readings in North American History
- HIST 740: Readings in Public History
- HIST 760: Readings in European History
- HIST 780: Readings in World History
- HIST 710: Research Seminar (3 credits) Taken with advisor who will determine the topic.
- Courses at 600-level or higher (9 credits)
- No more than 3 credits may be taken outside of History department
- HIST 705: Directed Research (1 credit) Thesis prospectus
- Written comprehensive exam with advisor
- HIST 798: Master’s Thesis (8 credits)
- Oral defense of thesis
