Master of Arts in History

University of Illinois Chicago

The Department of History offers work leading to degrees in History at both the master’s and doctoral levels. In addition to the regular master’s degree program, the department offers a special program, designed to meet the needs of current and future middle and high school teachers, which leads to the Master of Arts in the Teaching of History (MAT). Students must select one of the following major fields for the MA: Africa, East Asia, early modern Europe, modern Europe, Great Britain and Ireland, Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia, South Asia, Latin America, and Colonial America and the United States. The PhD major fields are Africa, early modern Europe, modern Europe, Great Britain and Ireland, Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia, South Asia, Latin America, Colonial America, and the United States. Each major field is further subdivided into minor fields, of which there are more than 60 for the MA and the PhD. Consult the department’s graduate student handbook for more information.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences