History (MA)

The M.A. in History program is a 30-credit-hour degree program.

Catholic University’s Department of History offers the M.A. in the following areas:

• medieval European history
• modern European history (with options to emphasize either early modern or recent modern eras)
• colonial-era and post-revolutionary American history
• Religion and Society in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World (described elsewhere in this site), which capitalizes upon the department’s unique concentration of faculty expertise in these fields and upon the centrality of religious history to the department’s mission.

The M.A. requirements include

• 10 courses (up to 6 graduate-level credit-hours may be transferred from another university)
• of these courses one must be History 601 (Historical Analysis and Methodology), two must be research seminars (800-level courses or History 793, Directed Research), and the remainder are colloquia or readings courses
• proficiency in one foreign language (except for students in medieval history, who must demonstrate proficiency in two foreign languages of which one must be Latin)
• a comprehensive examination lasting four hours per day on two consecutive days, after or near completion of coursework

The M.A. usually requires three or four semesters of full-time study.

$1,250 / credit hour

More information about this degree is available on the School website or by request from our Admissions team.