Admission Requirements

Applicants must have completed a minimum of 18 undergraduate semester hours in history in addition to one three hour freshman-level world history survey course and one three hour sophomore-level U.S. history survey course. Applicants for the M.A. History program will also be evaluated by the department for academic qualification based upon their undergraduate academic records and letters of reference. In addition to meeting graduate admissions requirements, applicants must submit two letters of reference from professors familiar with the applicant’s work. Applicants who finished their undergraduate degrees seven or more years prior to applying are urged to contact the department if they are having difficulty getting letters of reference.

There is no foreign language requirement for any A-State M.A. History degree. Students who plan to pursue a Ph.D. degree, however, are encouraged to complete at least the intermediate level of a foreign language.

Applicants to any A-State M.A. History degree may apply up to 15 hours of earned credit from a previous history graduate degree program to the completion of this degree, provided that those credits were earned within the 6-year limit for completion of the second degree.