Master of Arts in Social Sciences
History

I. Required Courses (3 semester hours)

HIST 501, New Interpretations in History, 3 credits
           or
HIST 502, History and the New Social Studies, 3 credits

II. History Electives  (12 - 15 semester hours)

HIST 501, New Interpretations in History, 3 credits
HIST 511, Seminar in American Colonial History, 3 credits
HIST 512, The American Revolution, 1763-1787, 3 credits
HIST 513, Problems of the New Nation, 1789-1828, 3 credits
HIST 514, The Crisis of American Nationalism, 1828-1876, 3 credits
HIST 515, Culture and Consciousness: Women in Nineteenth Century America, 3 credits
HIST 517, Age of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 3 credits
HIST 518, Urban History: National Trends in N.J. Cities, 3 credits
HIST 519, America Since 1945, 3 credits
HIST 520, United States Far Eastern Relations, 3 credits
HIST 521, Civil War and Revolution in Chinese History, 3 credits
HIST 522, Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921, 3 credits
HIST 523, History of Soviet Diplomacy, 3 credits
HIST 524, History of American Business Leaders, 3 credits
HIST 525, History of American Labor, 1870-1970, 3 credits
HIST 526, The Industrialization of America, 1865-1900, 3 credits
HIST 527, Industrialization of Europe, 3 credits
HIST 529, Europe of the Dictators, 1919-1939, 3 credits
HIST 532, Modernization in Japanese Cultural History, 3 credits
HIST 533, French Revolution and Napoleon, 3 credits
HIST 535, Castles, Cathedrals, & Crusades: Europe in the High Middle Ages, 1000-1300, 3 credits
HIST 536, Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800, 3 credits
HIST 537, Nineteenth Century European Intellectual History, 3 credits
HIST 540, Europe as a World Civilization, 3 credits
HIST 541, Asian Civilization-Comparative Cultural History, 3 credits
HIST 550, African Identities: Gender, Ethnicity and Nation, 3 credits
HIST 570, Seminar in Non-Western History, 3 credits

III. Related Social/Behavioral Science Electives
(6 - 9 semester hours)

IV. Free Electives (6 semester hours)

V. Reading Seminar and Comprehensive Examination
(2 semester hours)

HIST 603, Reading Seminar in History, 2 credits

Independent study in preparation for written examination given in March and October. In special cases, candidates may register for Departmental 600 Thesis (4 semester hours) in lieu of the comprehensive examination.

Total Credits: 32

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