BA/MA Advising Worksheet
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I.Admissions and General Information
This program allows qualified students (history majors with a minimum 3.5 GPA, though most of those accepted have a 3.8 or better) to earn both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in history in five years. Students in the program will complete 30 credits of graduate study in history and follow the same course of study as first-year students in the M.A./Ph.D. program. Three of the graduate history courses may be counted towards the satisfaction of the requirements of the history major, so you should aim to complete all of your major and DEC requirements in 111 credits or less. Neither the BA nor the MA will be awarded until the requirements of both programs have been satisfied.
Students need to apply to the program no later than the beginning of the fall semester of junior year. Application forms can be downloaded from the History Department web site. Completed applications (including recommendations) must be submitted to the graduate coordinator (Roxanne Fernandez) no later than August 15, and admissions decisions will be made by the beginning of classes.
Students who are accepted into the program will take two graduate courses during the second semester of their senior year and then complete the remaining requirements for the master’s degree during the fifth year. Please note that this schedule is rather inflexible because the required core seminar is only offered as a fall/spring sequence.
Important Note
At the beginning of the 9th semester students in the BA/MA program will be classified as graduate students. You will also have to pay graduate tuition for your courses, and your eligibility for undergraduate financial aid and housing will also be affected. For more information on these matters, please contact the Graduate School or the responsible office. All graduate students are reviewed annually, and continuation in the graduate program is dependent upon satisfactory performance.
Registration for Graduate Courses
Until you have advanced to graduate status, you will have to get permission to register for graduate courses. Download the permission form from the departmental web site, complete it, and bring it to the director of graduate studies for signature. Students are required to take the following graduate course: two field seminars, two theme seminars, the two-semester core seminar, three electives, and a reading workshop to prepare for the oral exam.
HIS ______Core seminar
HIS ______Core seminar
HIS ______Field seminar
HIS ______Field seminar
HIS ______Theme seminar
HIS ______Theme seminar
HIS ______Elective
HIS ______Elective
HIS ______Elective
HIS ______Reading workshop
Oral examination ______
(date)
Sample Course of Study
(with US history as primary field)
HIS 103-F / 3 / HIS 101 or 102 (DEC I) / 3
Foreign language / 3 / Foreign language / 3
DEC A Writing I / 3 / DEC C Math / 3
DEC A Writing II / 3 / DEC D Fine Arts / 3
DEC B Humanities / 3 / HIS 213 – Colonial Latin America (DEC J) / 3
15 / 15
Sophomore
DEC E Natural Sciences I / 3 / HIS 346 – Political & Social History of Africa / 3
DEC E Natural Sciences II / 3 / POL 325 – Civil Liberties & Civil Rights (outsideprimary field I) / 3
HIS 268 – American History 1919 to the Present / 3 / DEC G – Humanities I / 3
HIS 263 – Age of the American Revolution / 3 / DEC G – Humanities II / 3
HIS 281 – World History and Geography / 3 / Elective / 3
15 / 15
Junior
HIS 333 – Women in US HIstory / 3 / HIS 377-K American Politics & Diplomacy since 1945 / 3
POL 320 – Constitutional Law (outside primary field II) / 3 / History 301 - Writing seminar / 3
Elective / 3 / Elective / 3
Elective / 3 / UD Elective / 3
Elective / 3 / UD Elective / 3
15 / 15
Senior
HIS 4XX - Seminar / 3 / DEC H – Science & Technology / 3
Elective / 3 / Elective / 3
Elective / 3 / HIS 521 – US History to the Civil War (field) / 3
Elective / 3 / HIS 502 – Modern Europe (field) / 3
UD Elective / 3
15 / 12
Graduate(from this point on you will be responsible for Graduate School tuition and regulations, including financial aid)
HIS 524/Core Seminar / 3 / HIS 526/Core Seminar / 3
HIS 553 – Nation-State and Civil Society (Theme) / 3 / HIS 543 – Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction (theme) / 3
HIS 522 – US History since the Civil War (field) / 3 / Elective / 3
Elective / 3 / Masters workshop - directed reading for MA oral exam / 3
12 / 12
Oral Examination