The Department offers graduate courses in United States, European, African, and Latin American history.  In fall and spring semesters, courses are offered at night and, occasionally, on Saturday mornings; in the summer, day as well as night graduate courses are available. 

Students with bachelors degrees in fields other than history are welcome to apply, as are students who received history degrees years ago.

Students in the M.A. Program may choose the option of either Thesis or Non-Thesis for their program of work. The 30-credit hour Thesis program requires 24 hours of coursework and 6 hours of thesis; the Non Thesis program requires 33 hours of coursework and 3 hours in a capstone course designed to prepare students for the MA exam. Both programs require students to take a two-course sequence in Theory and Method and in Issues and Interpretations (U. S. or European), but otherwise students have the flexibility to construct a course curriculum that suits their individual interests. Within the Non-Thesis program, two areas of study--in archival certification and public history--are also available to students interested in these career goals.  Both the Thesis and Non-Thesis programs require the completion of the language requirement for graduation.

Archival certification. Students intending to work in corporations, museums, libraries, archives, or government agencies, can take a 12-hour sequence--two courses, plus an internship--in the archival certification program as part of their Non-Thesis option. Students who already hold an advanced degree may earn certification by completing only the 12 hours of archival coursework.

Public History. Students interested in learning how historians work in non-academic settings (such as corporations, historical societies, historic preservation organizations, or privately) can take an 18-hour sequence -- four courses, plus an internship -- in the public history program as part of their Non Thesis option.

Enrollment in the Masters program of History averages between 70-80 students each semester. Graduate course enrollments, which also includes non-history graduate and degreed students, recently reached the highest level yet recorded--162--for any single fall semester.

The History Department makes available each year Graduate Teaching Assistantships positions for MA students.  Two Graduate Research Assistantships are available for students interested in the history of the Greater Southwest. All GTA’s and GRA’s, whatever their home state, qualify for the Texas resident tuition rate. Students should contact the Graduate MA Advisor for more information about GTA and GRA opportunities.

In addition, the George Wolfskill Award annually recognizes student academic excellence in the M. A. History program.

The History Department will award each fall one entering graduate student a History MA Program Scholarship totaling $2,000 of support over a two year period, $500 for each of four successive semesters, beginning with the first semester of fall admission into the UTA History MA Program.

Qualifications:

1. Students must be accepted for admission to the UTA History MA Program for the fall semester.  Students admitted into the direct Transatlantic Ph.D. Program or the Transatlantic Ph.D. Program are not eligible for this award.

2. Students must remain enrolled in a minimum of 6 hours of graduate history courses each of the four successive semesters to be eligible.

3. Students may also be Graduate Teaching Assistants or Graduate Research Assistants during the award period.

4. Students must have a minimum 3.6 GPA in upper level undergraduate history courses.

5. Students must demonstrate financial need by submitting a FAFSA form online (www.fafsa.ed.gov).

6. Students may be either graduates of UTA or of any other accredited four year college or University. No preference will be given to either a UTA graduate or a non-UTA graduate.

7. Students graduating in the spring semester proceeding the fall commencement of the award period are eligible to apply.

Application:

1. Students must have applied to the History MA Program no later than April 1^st of year in which the Scholarship will be awarded .  Letters of Recommendation for admission to the program must be received also by April 1^st of the year in which the Scholarship will be awarded.

2. Students must submit to the History MA Graduate Advisor no later than April 1^st of the year in which the Scholarship will be awarded a letter indicating a desire to be considered for the scholarship and a copy of a paper (minimum 10 pages in length) written in an upper level undergraduate history course.

3. Students must submit the FAFSA form online no later than April 1^st of the year in which the Scholarship will be awarded.

The Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography was created by the History Department in 1991 to promote regional interdisciplinary scholarship and enhance university and community relations. Other major libraries and institutions located in the Dallas-Fort Worth region include the Fort Worth Federal Records Center, Amon Carter Museum, Dallas Historical Society, and the libraries of universities other than UTA.

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