I am just curious, but what schools offer an MA in History. The only one I have seen so far is Norwich's MA in Diplomacy, which is not history but I find it an interesting subject too. I did a net search and really did not turn up anything. William
This question comes up periodically and so a search through the archives will get you some information. This thread can get you started: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18092 Beyond that I believe you're limited to the HUX program at CSUDH, AMU, the Historical Archeology program at U of Wales-Lampeter, one or two of the Australian universities and UNISA. Jack
Various history-related master's (and, where applicable, doctoral) programs are listed below. American Military University www.apus.edu offers history-related online MA degrees in American Revolutionary Studies, Air Warfare, Civil War Studies, History, Humanities, Land Warfare, Naval Warfare, and World War II Studies (and forgive me if I forgot any of the other history-related majors). They may be offering PhDs soon, when they achieve RA. California State University, Dominguez Hills www.csudh.edu offers a totally non-residential MA in Humanities with History emphasis. John Bear likes this program, as his wife graduated from here with her MA in Humanities/Philosophy. Central Queensland University www.dtls.cqu.edu.au offers the MLitt in Cultural Studies or History. Charles Sturt University www.csu.edu.au/study/de.html offers the MA in Cultural Heritage Studies. Fort Hays State University www.fhsu.edu/virtual_college offers an MLS in History via DL. Goddard College www.goddard.edu at one time offered short-residency MA degrees in Social & Cultural History and Feminist Studies, so named; while I no longer see those majors so listed, I'd bet one could create such concentrations within their MA in Humanities and Social Sciences. Goucher College www.goucher.edu offers a short-residency MA in Historic Preservation. Harvard University http://extension.dce.harvard.edu offers an ALM degree through Harvard Extension School that offers concentrations in History, Museum Studies, Classics, and Government, among many others. It does require some residency, which could be accomplished through Harvard Summer School. Perhaps our friend Alarming Idea could comment. University of Kent at Canterbury www.ukc.ac.uk offers dissertation-only MPhil and thesis-only PhD degrees in Classical Archaeology, History, History & Theory of Art, and Mediaeval & Tudor Studies. University of Luton www.luton.ac.uk offers a PhD by publication in History. Macquarie University www.coe.mq.edu.au offers MA degrees in Ancient History (with concentrations in Church History and Egyptology), History, and Modern History via DL. Madurai-Kamaraj University www.mkuniversity.org offers MA and MPhil degrees in History via DL as well as the dissertation-only PhD in History. University of Melbourne www.unimelb.edu.au/research offers dissertation-only MPhil and thesis only PhD degrees in American Studies, Ancient & Mediaeval Studies, Archaeology, Art History, Asian Studies, Australian Studies, Classical Studies, Computer Applications in the Humanities & Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, History, History & Philosophy of Science, Mediaeval Studies, and Women's Studies. University of New England www.une.edu.au offers master's (and presumably also doctoral) degrees in Ancient History, Asian Studies, Classics, Economic History, History, and Women's & Gender Studies. Norwich University www.norwich.edu used to offer a self-designed MA in History back when they still owned Vermont College. They now offer the MA in Diplomacy and the MA in Military History. Royal Roads University www.royalroads.ca offers a short-residency MA in War Studies (which I think is the Brits' way of saying Military History). Sam Houston State University www.shsu.edu offers a non-residential MA in Military History. Savannah College of Art and Design www.scad.edu offers an MA in Historic Preservation. University of South Africa offers master's (and probably doctoral) degrees in Ancient History, Ancient Languages & Cultures, Archaeology, Art History, Church History, Classics, Gender Studies, History, and History of Education. Syracuse University www.yesu.syr.edu offers a short-residency MSSc in History/Political Science, among many others, through their ISDP (Independent Study Degree Program). University of Teesside www.tees.ac.uk offers dissertation-only MPhil and thesis-only PhD degrees in History. Vermont College of the Union Institute www.tui.edu offers short-residency MA degrees, from which one could carve out a History major. University of Wales Aberstwyth www.aber.ac.uk offers dissertation-only MPhil and thesis-only PhD degrees in History & Welsh History. University of Wales Lampeter www.lamp.ac.uk offers entirely non-residential taught master's degrees in British Empire & Commonwealth Studies, Celtic Christianity, Church History (ThM), and Visual Representation in History, and research doctorates are available in Archaeology, Classics, History, and Theology. At any rate, I say all of the above with the usual caveats, disclaimers, qualifiers, etc., to the effect that one should never ask British-system (including Australian, Indian, and South African) universities about "distance" or "external" programs, but rather, instead, only ask about "part-time" programs.
That's a very nice list, Ted. It made me think of John Ryans page of DL offerings (Arts & Sciences Away Page): http://www.freewebs.com/dlasap/ I probably should have mentioned it earlier. Jack By the way, this thread should be somehow marked for later reference. It has probably become the single best answer to this periodic question.
American Public University has an MA in History that is not as military focused at the program at it's sister school, American Military University. I am considering this program at some point down the road just for personal satisfaction.
There has also been recent talk about The University of West Alabama and its online offerings, including the MAT. It is possible for History to be the concentration for this degree. I have recently applied to this program, but am going with the English option. clint
Oh my gosh! I forgot that the University of Florida www.fcd.ufl.edu offers MA and PhD degrees in Classics by extension, with concentrations in Classical Civilization and Latin.
I think I heard my user name... First, I will reiterate that I don't recommend doing the ALM as a distance degree because you would miss out on the use of Harvard's resources and on close contact with the faculty, which I think is the major benefit of doing a degree at Harvard Extension as opposed to another program. Also, the program isn't designed to be done via DL, so someone who chooses to take that path would need to be quite vigilant in their course selection and might find the degree taking longer than they had expected, depending on what courses happen to be offered when. As best I can tell, the ALM could not be done with just a summer's residency. The ALM proseminar is offered via the summer school. (And has the benefit of being priced as though it were being offered in Extension, so it's about $500 cheaper than other Summer School classes.) However, there is a required in-field seminar, which is not offered in the summer or via distance learning. (The point of the seminar requirement is to get you sitting in a room with your fellow students and a Harvard professor. I don't know why they don't offer them in the summer, unless it's for reasons of time. I do know that they're not at all likely to change the nature of the requirement, and I don't anticipate DL seminars.) At a minimum you would be looking at one full (four-month) semester in Cambridge. There is a further requirement that you take a seminar or writing-intensive course in a field outside your own. While the limited offerings might make it hard to find something closely related to your interests, you could fill this requirement by taking a writing-intensive course via DL. The thesis itself can be done from anywhere as long as there is access to a library, but again, I can't see the benefit of having access to the Harvard libraries and not using them. It's a matter of personal choice, though. (And as a Harvard degree candidate, you would have access to considerable online resources irrespective of where you were located.) So, bottom line, you could probably earn the ALM from Harvard with as little as four months on campus and a lot of hassle in selecting your courses.
M.A History Don't forget Sheffield Hallam University (History: Imperialism and Culture) for less than $5000 US Roy Maybery
I've got a post-it note stuck to a piece of paper inside a manilla folder. I suppose that I could just Bookmark the thread but I've already got too many Bookmarks. I've had to start making categories for my categories. Jack
Actually, both American Military University and American Public University www.apus.edu offer non-military history master's programs: MA in American History, Ancient History, Asian History, European History, History, History & Culture, Humanities, and Middle Eastern History. It seems that American Military University and American Public University are the same program, with AMU being marketed to the military and APU being offered to the public.
You know, Ted, I was going to jump up and down and say "No! I looked!", but now I just looked again. The website for the APUS has changed significantly, and I agree it looks like the programs are pretty much the same. I wonder if the old site focused on military history more? In doing a Google search (eh, DesElms?), I see a lot of references from other documents and pages that talk about Military History there as well. I remember being turned off of AMU when I was looking because they didn't "seem" to have what I was looking for, but they had lots of military history courses (which bore me to tears). Maybe they weren't marketing to people like me, though.
The original graduate offerings in 1993 were the MA degrees in Land Warfare, Naval Warfare, and Air Warfare. In 1998 (?), they expanded their offerings to include the MA in Civil War Studies and even more recently (2001-2003?) added MA degrees in American Revolutionary Studies and World War II Studies. The non-military history master's degrees are relatively recent.
AMU or APUS According to my counselor at AMU you can acutally pick whether you want your diploma to read AMU or APUS. They added, according to him, the APUS for those folks who didn't want the military feel. I told him I preferred AMU as it sounded better.
AMU Masters in History with concentrations in American and Ancient. Though I'm thinking of changing Ancient to World War Two. I'm seven weeks into my first class.
Re: AMU Cool! I was in their MA program in Civil War Studies from 2001 to 2003, but was disenrolled after a rash of incompletes that lapsed to F's caused my GPA to tailspin drastically. I've just been re-admitted and I think I'll be able to fix my GPA by my projected graduation date. - Ted.
