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Degrees Offered

Graduate Certificate, Master of Arts, Master of Arts for Teachers

Graduate Certificate

The IU Online Graduate Certificate in History provides graduate-level instruction to students interested in obtaining advanced skills and knowledge in this area. 

As a student in this certificate program, you gain a depth of knowledge in a variety of historical subjects, practice historical interpretation, think critically, employ research and analysis methods, and communicate concepts and ideas with precision and clarity.  

Upon successful completion of the program, you will have:   

• Effective oral and written historical communication skills
• The ability to perform research
• The ability to construct original historical arguments
• The ability to effectively teach dual-credit history courses

Participating Campuses

IU Bloomington, IU East, IUPUI, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest, IU South Bend, and IU Southeast

Admissions

To be accepted to this program, you must have a bachelor's degree and a 3.0 GPA or above on a 4.0 scale

Requirements

To earn the Graduate Certificate in History, you must complete 18 credit hours. 

Requirements are broken down as follows: 

• Core course (3 credit hours)  
• Electives (15 credit hours) 

Courses

Sample courses for the Graduate Certificate in History include the following:

• HIST-T 510 Historical Methodology (3 credits)
• HIST-T 520 Teaching College History (3 credits)
• HIST-T 560 US and the World – Comparative History (3 credits)
• HIST-T 590 Historical Seminar (3 credits)

Master of Arts

By studying the past, we are better able to understand and communicate the importance of issues in our contemporary world. The IU Online Master of Arts in History explores geographic regions of the world in both modern and pre-modern time periods to identify historical actors, events of significance, and social movements.

As a student in the program, you gain graduate-level historical knowledge, critical thinking skills, and techniques for clear and persuasive writing. You learn to recognize historiographic trends and their meanings, perform research, and construct original historical arguments. Your studies will culminate in at least one semester-long research project of original scholarship.

Specific areas of focus include:

• Early America (1400–1800)
• The long 19th century in the US (1800–1917)
• Modern United States (1917–present)
• The US and the world
• European history
• Latin American history
• Asian history
• African history

Participating Campuses

IU Bloomington, IU East, IUPUI, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest, IU South Bend, and IU Southeast

Admissions

To be accepted to this program, you must have a bachelor's degree and a 3.0 GPA or above on a 4.0 scale

Requirements

To earn the MA in History, you must complete a total of 30 credit hours. Requirements are broken down as follows: 

• Core courses (9 credit hours)
• Major courses (12 credit hours)
• Minor courses (6 credit hours)
• Additional research seminar or thesis (3 credit hours) 

Courses

• HIST-T 510 Historical Methodology (3 Credits)
• HIST-T 570 Digital and Public History (3 Credits)
• HIST-T 590 Research Seminar in History (3 Credits)

Master of Arts for Teachers

The IU Online Master of Arts for Teachers in History combines coursework in education and history to prepare you to be a dual-credit instructor at the high school and community college levels.

The educational component of the program teaches you how to apply the science and art of teaching to college-level instruction. Coursework covers instruction and curriculum, assessment, diversity and inclusive teaching, and research.

As a student in the history component of the program, you focus on the historiographic trends and historical context necessary to properly analyze current events. You gain a depth of knowledge in a variety of historical subjects while learning the most effective methods to teach those subjects to an undergraduate audience. You learn to perform historical research and construct original arguments while assessing the validity of the historical sources you use.

Areas of focus include:

• Historical methodology 
• Early America 
• The 19th century 
• Modern US history 
• Comparative history

Participating Campuses

IU Bloomington, IU East, IUPUI, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest, IU South Bend, and IU Southeast

Admissions

To be accepted to this program, you must have a bachelor's degree. To apply, you must have completed two courses from the Graduate Certificate in History with a minimum grade point average of 3.0. 

Requirements

To earn the MAT in History, you must complete 30 credit hours.

Requirements are broken down as follows:

• Core course (3 credit hours) 
• Electives (15 credit hours)  
• Education component (12 credit hours)

Courses

Core

• EDUC-H 520 Social Issues in Education (3 Credits)
• EDUC-J 500 Instruction in the Context of Curriculum (3 Credits)
• EDUC-Y 520 Strategies for Educational Inquiry (3 Credits)
• HIST-T 510 Historical Methodology (3 Credits)
• HIST-T 520 Teaching College History (3 Credits)
• HIST-T 560 US and the World – Comparative History (3 Credits)
• HIST-T 590 Historical Seminar (3 Credits)