History, MA

Overview

The M.A. in history is offered through one of the following two paths: 

1. by direct enrollment through the Accelerated B.A./M.A. program, limited to qualified Clark undergraduate history majors (please see that program for specific program requirements);

2. or en route to the Ph.D. (whether ultimately earned or not) upon successful completion of required coursework, language exam(s), comprehensive exams as well as defense of the dissertation prospectus. 

History Faculty

Graduate History Courses

Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Years

• HIST 301 - Era of the American Revolution
• HIST 302 - The Early American Republic
• HIST 304 - Special Topics in US History
• HIST 306 - Africans in the Americas, 1500-1888
• HIST 307 - Exploring Public History through Old Sturbridge Village
• HIST 311 - American Consumer Culture
• HIST 312 - History of Sexuality: 1750 to the Present
• HIST 313 - Gender and the American City
• HIST 314 - The American Civil War
• HIST 317 - Reconstruction: America after the Civil War, 1865-1877
• HIST 319 - History of American Women
• HIST 323 - The Civil Rights Movement
• HIST 325 - Blacks & Reds: African Americans, Socialists, and Communists in the 20th Century
• HIST 326 - Comparative Colonialism
• HIST 328 - Early Modern Britain
• HIST 330 - The Topics in Genocide in Comparative Perspective
• HIST 331 - Origins of Modern America, 1877-1914
• HIST 334 - History of Racism in Modern Europe
• HIST 335 - The Atlantic World
• HIST 336 - SEM: Gender, War & Genocide
• HIST 337 - The Holocaust Perpetrators
• HIST 339 - Special Topics Course in Global History
• HIST 343 - American Antiquarian Society Seminar in American Studies
• HIST 353 - Beauty, Gender, and Power around the World, 1800 to the Present
• HIST 360 - Rescue and Resistance During the Holocaust
• HIST 362 - Genocide, Denial, Facing History and Reconciliation
• HIST 368 - Special Topics:
• HIST 376 - Collective Memory and Mass Violence
• HIST 385 - Proposal Writing
• HIST 393 - African American Social and Political Movements
• HIST 395 - Dangerous Women
• HIST 397 - Master’s Thesis
• HIST 399 - Directed Study