Master of Arts in History
Department of History
PROGRAM OF STUDY (2014-15)
STUDENT INFORMATION
Student’s Name:
NAU ID:
E-mail Address:
@nau.edu
Enrollment Term:
Phone Number:
Expected Graduation:
(ex. Summer 2013)
(ex. Spring 2015)
Advisor:
Total Required Credits for this Degree Program: 30-33
This is the:
Initial (upon admission)
*
Course No.
Course Title
I.
Core Courses (9-12 units required)
*
HIS 600
Historiography and Methodology
*
HIS 602
Research and Writing Seminar
Final (submitted with Graduation Application) Program of Study
Replacement
Course
Semester
Year
Hours
Grade
T/E/P**
A. Select ONE course from the following courses (3 units required): HIS 550 or HIS 560.
*
II.
Primary Field Coursework (9-12a units required): Select one from the following fields: Colonialism and Nationalism;
Environment and Health; Gender and Sexuality; Race, Class, and Ethnicity; Indigenous Peoples/Native Americans; Asia; Europe;,
Latin America; Unites States; or North American Borderlands/West
Primary Field:
*
*
*
III. Degree Tracks (9-12 units required): Choose from Research, Extended Coursework, Public History, or Public History Research.
A.
Research Track (12 units required)b

*
HIS 699
*Required
Depending on your research interest, your committee may require you to demonstrate competence
in a foreign language before you register for thesis units.
Thesis
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Student’s Name:
*
NAU ID:
Course No.
Course Title
1.
Replacement
Course
Semester
Year
Hours
Grade
T/E/P**
Secondary Field Coursework (6 units required): In consultation with your advisor, choose a field from the list
above, different from the one used to satisfy your primary coursework requirement.
Secondary Field:
*
*
B.
Extended Coursework Track (9 units required)

1.
You must take a comprehensive final exam covering the courses taken. The comprehensive exam will
have written and oral components, and will be structured by the program committee.
Secondary Field Coursework (9 units required): In consultation with you advisor, choose a field from the list
above, different from the one used to satisfy your primary field coursework requirement.
Secondary Field:
*
*
*
C.
Public History Track (9 units required)
 You must take a comprehensive final exam covering the courses taken. The comprehensive exam will
have written and oral components, and will be structured by the program committee.
*
HIS 502
Introduction to Public History
*
HIS 608
Fieldwork Experience
1.
Public History Secondary Field Elective (3 units required): Chosen in consultation with your advisor.
*
D.
Public History Research Track (12 units required)c
*
HIS 502
Introduction to Public History
*
HIS 608
Fieldwork Experience
*
HIS 699
Thesis
1.
Public History Secondary Field Elective (3 units required): Chosen in consultation with your advisor.
*
*Required
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Student’s Name:
NAU ID:
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
1. You must complete a portfolio on the public history secondary field courses taken.
2. Electives, as needed, should be chosen in consultation with your advisory, and may include up to 6 units of nonHistory graduate coursework, and up to 3 units of independent study.
Thesis or Project Title (if applicable)
Comprehensive Exams (if applicable)
Public History Portfolio (if applicable)
Language (if applicable)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
a
b
c
You must complete 12 units of primary field coursework if completing either the Extended Coursework or Public
History option.
You must complete HIS 602 with a grade of "B" or better, before enrolling in HIS 699. Be aware that you may
end up taking more than the 6 units you can count toward your degree because you must enroll each semester
while you work on your thesis.
You must complete HIS 602 with a grade of "B" or better, before enrolling in HIS 699. Be aware that you may
end up taking more than the 3 units you can count toward your degree because you must enroll each semester
while you work on your thesis.
SIGNATURES
By signing below, you agree to the following statement:
“Students are responsible for complete knowledge of Academic Catalog requirements in their degree plan for their
catalog year and adhering to all policies in the Academic Catalog.”
Student:
Date:
Advisor:
Date:
Chair (required for Final):
Date:
**Transfer/Equivalent/Previous Graduate Degree – Must have Advisor approval
Transfer
T = Course transferred from another university
Previous Graduate Degree
P = Course taken at NAU from previous graduate degree
Equivalent
E = Course taken at NAU in place of required course
Transfer Credit Example:
*
Course No.
ABC 123
*Required
Course Title
Fundamentals of English
Replacement
Course
Semester
Year
Hours
Grade
T/E/P**
ASU 456
Fall
2012
3
A
T/ASU
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