History (M.A.)

The University's online master of arts (M.A.) in history is designed to fulfill a variety of academic and professional objectives. The program facilitates preparation for entry into doctoral programs in history and for teaching at the university, community college, and secondary levels. Graduate work in history also provides an excellent background for careers in law, business, government service, and writing, and for specialized work as a museum curator, librarian, archivist, editor, historic site specialist, and research historian. Normally broad in its academic scope, the master's degree program in history is also sufficiently flexible to meet the needs of individual students. The program can be completed either on campus or online.

• The master of arts (M.A.) in history includes 33 credits that can be completed entirely online in three to five years of part-time study. The University allows students to take up to seven years to earn the degree. Students who have the flexibility to blend on-campus and online coursework can complete the program in two years of full-time study.
• The program is sufficiently flexible to permit students to develop courses of study tailored to meet their individual needs and interests. Students may choose to concentrate their study in United States history, European history, or history of the wider world. We also encourage work that crosses traditional geographic and disciplinary boundaries.
• The University library provides facilities for research in a wide variety of archival sources and in periodical and newspaper collections. Special collections include the Eugene V. Debs Collection of papers and documents dealing with the American labor movement. The University library is also a United States government depository library. Cooperative agreements with other major universities in Indiana, the Center for Research Libraries, and the Educational Research Information Center extend the scope of the University's research potential, as does an extensive interlibrary loan operation.
• This online program is open to eligible students in the U.S. (including the District of Columbia and all U.S. territories). The program also is open to students in Canada (all provinces). The program is closed to students residing in countries other than the U.S. and Canada except for U.S. military and State Department personnel and their family members with APO/FPO addresses.