Master’s Program
While most history graduate students at TCU seek the Ph.D. degree, the master’s degree may be of benefit for some students. TCU does not provide funding for Masters students.
Master’s Program
The MA degree requires a total of 30 hours of graduate credit, which may be earned in one of two ways:
Research Track
A total of 24 hours of coursework in the Department of History, of which 3 hours will be earned in HIST 50963, Historiography and Bibliography, and at least 3 hours will be earned in an 80000-level research seminar in the first year. An additional 6 hours of credit will be earned in the second year towards completion of a Master’s thesis (HIST 70980 and 70990). The final requirement is an oral defense of the thesis before the Thesis Committee.
Professional Track
A total of 30 hours of graduate coursework, of which 24 hours must be earned in the Department of History. Three of those hours will be earned in HIST 50963, Historiography and Bibliography, and at least 6 hours will be earned in 80000-level research seminars, one of which must be taken in the first year. The final requirement is an oral defense of two article-length research papers before the student’s advisor and one other supervising faculty member.
A Master’s student may not take more than 33 hours of coursework unless that student has been accepted to the PhD program in history at TCU or has written permission from the graduate committee.
