MA in History
The Department of History at Mississippi State University offers programs leading to the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
Duration
2 years
Starting Date
January, August
Tuition Fee
$ 26,580/year
Location
Starkville, United States
About the program
The History Department at Mississippi State University expects an applicant to have either an overall GPA of 3.00 or a GPA of 3.00 in the last two years of undergraduate study. The prerequisite for admission to a graduate program in history is a minimum of 18 hours of undergraduate history courses; for a graduate minor in history, 12 hours of undergraduate history courses are required.
A Ph.D. applicant must submit the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and must submit a writing sample with their application packet to the Office of the Graduate School. Applicants who received the M.A. in History from MSU are not required to take the GRE. Examples of acceptable writing samples are publications, chapters from a thesis, or a seminar paper.
Courses Included
- Historiography and Historical Method
- Colloquium in Colonial and Revolutionary America
- Colloquium in the U.S. History from 1787-1877
- Colloquium in the U.S. History from 1877-1945