Arkansas State University
Department of History
P.O. Box 1690
State University, AR 72467
Phone (870) 972-3046
Fax (870) 972-2880
http://www2.astate.edu/a/chss/departments/history/degree-programs.dot

Dr. Erik Gilbert
Program Director
Professor
Email egilbert@astate.edu


Program Description
The Department of History offers a 30 credit hour Master of Arts (M.A.) with emphasis on Public History. The student is required to take 12 hours of U.S. History, 12 hours of Public History and 6 hours of Thesis or Internship. Those who did not take the Practice of History as undergraduates, will have to take this course on a graduate level for additional credit hours. The Department will allow up to 15 hours of earned graduate credit hours to holders of an M.A. in History degree from Arkansas State University or up to 6 credit hours from another institution.


Admission Requirement
Applicants must have completed a minimum of 18 undergraduate semester hours in history in addition to three semester hours of freshman-level world history and three semester hours of sophomore-level United States History (as general education requirements). Students who have not completed a research seminar will be required to complete HIST 6213, The Practice of History, which will not count toward the 30 semester hour degree requirement. Applicants for the M.A. in History, Public History Emphasis, will also be evaluated by the department for academic qualification based upon their undergraduate academic records and letters of reference. Students must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School.

Holders of the M.A. in history from ASU or another accredited graduate program may apply up to 15 hours of earned credit from a previous degree program to the completion of this degree, provided that those credits were earned within the six-year limit for completion of the second degree.


Deadline: Fall - July 1 and Spring - November 15

gradsch@astate.edu