History, M.A.

Program Requirements

Credit Hours: 33

Historiography

Elective Requirements

Complete 24 hours from any of the following

• HIST 502 Colonial America and the American Revolution to 1789 (3)
• HIST 504 Civil War and Reconstruction (3)
• HIST 506 The U.S. in the 20th Century (3)
• HIST 521 The American South (3)
• HIST 522 South Carolina History (3)
• HIST 523 Afro-American History (3)
• HIST 525 Introduction to Public History (3)
• HIST 532 Ancient Greece (3)
• HIST 533 Ancient Rome (3)
• HIST 535 Medieval Europe (3)
• HIST 537 Renaissance and Reformation (3)
• HIST 541 Enlightenment and French Revolution (3)
• HIST 542 Nineteenth-Century Europe (3)
• HIST 543 Twentieth-Century Europe (3)
• HIST 562 Colonial Latin America (3)
• HIST 563 Modern Latin America (3)
• HIST 572 Pre-Colonial Africa (3)
• HIST 573 Modern Africa (3)
• HIST 577 Modern Middle East (3)
• HIST 582 China to 1800 (3)
• HIST 583 Modern China (3)
• HIST 586 Japan to 1800 (3)
• HIST 587 Modern Japan (3)
• HIST 590 Special Topics in U.S. History (3)
• HIST 591 Special Topics in European History (3)
• HIST 592 Special Topics in Asian/African/ Latin American History (3)
• HIST 610 Special Topics in U.S. History (3)
• HIST 620 Special Topics in Lowcountry Studies (3)
• HIST 640 Special Topics in European History (3)
• HIST 650 Special Topics in British History (3)
• HIST 670 Special Topics in Asian/African/ Latin American History (3)
• HIST 750 Internship Experience (3)
• HIST 770 Independent Study in History (3)

Capstone Requirement

This seminar sequence will equip students with advanced research skills to produce a publishable, article-length work of original historical research.

• HIST 780 Research Seminar (3)
• HIST 790 Writing Seminar (3)

Notes:

No more than 3 credit hours from HIST 770 may be applied towards the program requirements without department approval.

Transfer Credit Policy

No program specific guidelines. Please refer to the Graduate School’s transfer credit policy .