Graduate Programs
Graduate History Degrees & Programs
Through values of careful and thorough research, knowledge expressed in evidence-based arguments, critical thinking, empathy in approaching human difference, and clarity and creativity in self-expression, the UCCS Department of History leads students to a deeper understanding of the complex global world we live in while strengthening students' professional abilities in many areas.
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History, MA
Through the MA program, History graduate students learn to write professional academic research papers with well-evidenced arguments grounded in historiography and theory. Through coursework and practicums with tenured or tenure-track faculty, MA students take three sequences tailored to their interests.
Our graduates have been admitted to prestigious doctoral programs around the world, run historical organizations, head historical institutions and museums, and engage in related professional work.
More information History, MA
UCCS's history MA is unique and includes many resources for supporting our students:
- Our students are exposed to a breadth of regions, time periods, and historical approaches by taking three distinct sequences, focusing on the history of various regions with different professors
- Within this structure students also have opportunities to tailor their program to highlight specific central thematic or theoretical interests
- The History MA trains graduate students in the process of writing primary-source-based research papers, which make well-evidenced arguments, grounded in historiography and theory
- The History MA program offers a high-quality educational experience since only graduate students may enroll in MA History seminars, all of which are taught by tenured or tenure-track faculty with appointments to the University of Colorado Graduate Faculty
- Our MAs apply their skills in many ways: presenting their work at professional conferences; teaching at universities, community colleges, and K-12 schools; and engaging in professional work (internships) at museums, archives, and other organizations regionally and nationally
- Many graduates of our Master's degree pursue doctoral studies. Our graduates are competitive and have secured admission domestically at the University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Utah, Temple University, University of Arizona, University of Minnesota, University of Cincinatti, Princeton University, University of Texas, as well as internationally at Oxford University (UK), Newcastle University (UK), University of Wuerzburg (Germany), and University of Toronto (Canada), among others