Academic
Catalog August 2006 - August 2007 Undergraduate
and Graduate
You may pursue this degree under either the research or extended coursework plan, as we describe in the following sections.
Under this 39-unit program, which involves preparing a thesis, you take:
HIS 600 (3 units)
12 units in a major geographic field (United States, Europe, Latin America, or Asia)
9 units in one or two minor fields of history or in a thematic and/or cognate field relevant to your program
HIS 687 (3 units )
one research seminar (3 units)
9 units of HIS 699, for the research, writing, and oral defense of an approved thesis
Please be aware that your enrollment in thesis units is contingent on demonstrating proficiency in research and writing in courses designated as research seminars.
Also note that you can count up to 9 units of thesis credit toward your degree. However, master's students in history end up taking an average of 12 units because you must register for HIS 699 each semester while you’re working on your thesis.
Depending on your research interest, your committee may require you to be competent in a foreign language before you register for thesis hours.
Under this 39-units program, you must:
complete HIS 600 (3 units)
complete 12 units in a major geographic field (United States, Europe, Latin America, or Asia)
complete 9-12 units in a minor field of history
complete 9-12 units in a second minor field of history
(Please note that you may substitute up to 12 units in a thematic and/or cognate field relevant to your program for one of the minor fields in history.)
complete HIS 687 (3 units)
take a comprehensive final exam on your coursework
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