History - MS
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Total Credits Required In Program Coursework
Total Credits Required To Earn This Credential
The Plan A option for a master’s degree requires the preparation and defense of a thesis. The thesis option should be taken by anyone intending to do research or enter another program for the doctoral degree.
The program consists of 33 semester credits beyond the bachelor’s degree.
NOTE:
course - Plan A students take 6 credits
Three credits of coursework outside the department that involves methodologies from the social or natural sciences (at the 5000 or 6000 level).
The remainder (15 credits) of the 33 credits may be taken as electives in history. Students may complete relevant courses to the degree outside the department if approved by supervisory committee and the Director of Graduate Studies. Students may apply a maximum of 4 internship credits earned toward the total credits required for the program. No more than 3 credits of HIST 6900 Directed Studies may be applied to the degree. Students interested in public history should also take course.
Please note that only a small selection of courses listed below are offered each semester. Check with the Director of Graduate Studies for the upcoming schedule.
A non-thesis master’s plan can lead a student toward many career paths and is especially suited to those interested in public history. Students completing the Plan B do not write a full-length thesis. Instead, Plan B students develop a project agreed upon by the supervisory committee, such as a digital or physical exhibit or a series of lesson plans, accompanied by a written component.
The program consists of 33 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree.
NOTE:
course - Plan B students take 3 credits
Three credits of coursework outside the department that involves methodologies from the social or natural sciences (at the 5000 or 6000 level).
The remainder (18 credits) of the 33 credits may be taken as electives in history. Students may complete relevant courses to the degree outside the department if approved by supervisory committee and the Director of Graduate Studies. Students may apply a maximum of 4 internship credits earned toward the total credits required for the program. No more than 3 credits of HIST 6900 Directed Studies may be applied to the degree. Students interested in public history should also take course.
Please note that only a small selection of courses listed below are offered each semester. Check with the Director of Graduate Studies for the upcoming schedule.
Additional Information
Upon arrival at USU, students are urged to meet with the departmental graduate advisor, who will direct them to one or more faculty members with similar interests. Through consultations with the graduate and faculty advisor, the first-year student will form a thesis or project committee and formulate a course of study. By the end of the first year, students will have submitted to their committees a proposal for the thesis or project, which they will write under the close supervision of the committee members. The oral defense usually takes place in the spring semester of the second year.
