The 30-hour Master of Arts in History emphasizes historiographical analysis and research skills, while offering students a flexible curriculum in the history of Europe and the United States. With a focus on quality, affordability and accessibility, this graduate program helps students acquire a sophisticated knowledge of the past and a greater understanding of the present world.
- Fully online and fully on-ground
- 30 credit hour program
- Thesis and non-thesis tracks offered
- Start dates in fall, spring, summer
- Full and part-time options available
- Can be completed in as few as 18 months
Each graduate class is taught from a Christian perspective by full-time faculty with doctorates. The program is designed for those wanting to enter academia, teach history or social studies, or work as historians, archivist, archaeologists, museum curators, lawyers, journalists and in many other fields. The curriculum is flexible with a focus on historical analysis and research skills.
Accelerated Option
The accelerated track makes it possible for qualified students to complete both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in history in five years or less. Students with 90 hours of undergraduate coursework and a minimum 3.25 GPA may take up to 12 hours of approved 5000-level graduate history classes to fulfill their undergraduate requirements. In addition to 12 dual-credit hours, the Master of Arts requires completion of an additional 18 graduate hours, including the 9-hour core, for a total of 30 hours. To be admitted to the accelerated program, students must have at least 12 history credit hours and SOCS 2600; these courses must have been passed with a B or higher.
The following programs have an accelerated pathway to the Master of Arts in history:
Bachelor of Arts in American Studies
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Bachelor of Arts in Social Science
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Bachelor of Arts in Social Science (Teacher Licensure)
The Loading... is for students who plan to teach civics, history and social science at the secondary level. They will take a variety of courses in history, political science, geography, sociology and economics as well as courses within the College of Education. Students who complete this program may receive certification to teach grades 7-12 in the state of Arkansas, a license that easily transfers to many other states.
Bachelor of Arts in History
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Meet our Faculty
Dr. Shawn Fisher, chair of the department of history and political science, wrote a 400-page dissertation on “How federalized National Guardsmen from Searcy protected the Little Rock Nine and helped advance the cause of racial justice.” Learn more.
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History & Political Science Department is part of the College of Arts & Sciences
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