MA in History Question

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  1. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    On the other hand, I was doing a yahoo search for "online bachelor's art history" when I came across a link to UNK.
     
  2. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

  3. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

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  4. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    From Our Mother England

    The University of Leicester www.le.ac.uk offers the MA in Archaeology and Heritage and the PhD in Archaeology and Ancient History by distance learning.

    The University of London www.lon.ac.uk offers two opportunities for distance learning master's studies in history. Through the Institute of Education, they offer the MA in History Education and through King's College London they offer the MA in War in the Modern World.
     
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  5. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    From the Great State of Texas

    The University of Houston Victoria www.uhv.edu offers an online Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, in which History is one of the possible areas of concentration.
     
  6. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    From the Great State of Massachusetts

    Northeastern University www.northeastern.edu offers an online MLA with Applied History specialization.
     
  7. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    From the Great State of Colorado

    Adams State College www.adams.edu offers a 30-hour MA in Humanities with emphasis in American History www.adams.edu/academics/hgp/ma-amhist/ma-amhist.php in a blended format that involves a combination of online and summer classes www.adams.edu/news/feb0717/feb0717.php. In-state tuition is $180.75/hour for summer classes and $201.40/hour for off-campus classes, while out-of-state tuition is $574.90/hour for summer classes and $578.40 for off-campus classes, thus yielding total program tuition of $5,422.50-$6,042 for in-staters and $17,247-$17,367 for out-of-staters http://www2.adams.edu/administration/business/cost/cost.php. Adams State College is accredited by the North Central Association www.adams.edu/hlc.
     
  8. chrislarsen

    chrislarsen New Member

  9. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    From Our Mother England

    OK, not a master's degree, but worth mentioning is the University of York's www.york.ac.uk Graduate Certificate in Railroad History.
     
  10. bazonkers

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  11. Orson

    Orson New Member

    Ted or anyone: re
    "Sam Houston State University www.shsu.edu offers an online MA in History (formerly MA in Military History)"

    WHEN did this change? How many years ago?
     
  12. bazonkers

    bazonkers New Member

    It has been an MA in History for at least the past year and a half I have been thinking of enrolling into this program.
     
  13. justinstrick

    justinstrick New Member

    This is a bit late, but I recalled seeing this thread, and while researching for my own interest in a masters program, found the MLS degree from Fort Hays. http://www.fhsu.edu/mls/conc/index.shtml

    The degree would be: Transcript notation: Liberal Studies (Social Sciences)

    Just thought I'd pass it along. I am finishing my bachelors at Fort Hays right now. I am 101 credits out of 124 needed to graduate. They have been excellent for me, and a good value for the money. I chose to finish my degree in General Studies, because I had enough transfer credit to meet the requirements for concentration in business already. I am attaching a certificate in leadership studies to the degree just because it interest me and helps in my mind make a general studies degree more stand-out.

    The leadership studies courses have been so interesting and useful for me that I am considering doing their MLS program in organizational leadership, and focusing the 18 hour electives in management. I've always wanted to ability to teach later in life, and so I'd have 18 grad hours in leadership and 18 in management.
     
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  14. Princeofska

    Princeofska New Member

    If you are within the USA, there is no reason to get an MA in history unless you are doing it for personal satisfaction. There are no full time jobs, unless you are one of the lucky few who have a doctorate and get their name called. This is because on average American PhD programs in history put out about 100 more PhDs than jobs a year (some years much more) and then you have what is known as the pipeline clog - all those PhDs from years past that did not land a job, they compete also. The last estimate I saw was that there were nearly 1500 history PhDs clogging the pipeline. That only counts the ones actively trying to find a job.

    Also, any DL doctorate you might find in history will not land you a full time job, unless you somehow accidentally luck into one on a ground campus of UoP, Strayer, DeVry, Everest, Etc... Despite the quality of education you may be getting, you will be laughed at by the academic world if you apply for a full time job in history with a DL doctorate. I have heard of a few with DL MAs and a B&M PhD getting jobs, but never a DL doctorate in history. So to end my gloomfest - don't do it. Take it from a historian, it is a wonderful discipline, heart breaking once you try the waters.

    Not trying to kill any dreams, just want you to know the truth. So if you have an interest in anything more feasible, I would say go with that.
     
  15. I can recommend this degree from the University of New England in Armidale Australia.

    intohttp://www.une.edu.au/humanities/mhist/mhist.php I am doing this degree.

    Without going into huge detail, within Australia there is no stigma attached to a degree like this because all universities here operate under government regulation. Most are actually public.

    If you prefer a less structured approach, UNE has an MA in history as well. As far as I know, with the MA you do not have to do the theoretical core subject or the research project. UNE also offers 100% research MAHons and Ph.D degrees by distance.

    I can tell you it is the friendliest and most welcoming university I have dealt with.
     
  16. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

  17. austinator

    austinator New Member

    thanks for the info. will be using this when selecting my MA program soon
     
  18. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    From the Great State of Louisiana

    Louisiana Tech University www.latech.edu now offers an MA in History through its global campus. (Thanks, Friar Tuck!)
     
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  19. friartuck

    friartuck New Member

  20. bazonkers

    bazonkers New Member

    That is very interesting, thanks for the heads up.
     

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