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Program Details

The online Master of Arts in History degree program from Western Kentucky University is designed to prepare students to teach history on the junior or senior college level and to provide the initial graduate work for those who intend to pursue a doctoral degree.  This history degree features courses that are offered on a rotating basis, flexibility, and a non-thesis option for a Master of Arts degree.  The faculty believes in engaging students in the pursuit of knowledge and that asking questions and seeking knowledge is one of the worthiest of all pursuits.  You will examine how humans have tried to turn their hopes into reality with this degree in history. 

The curriculum is built around the student’s areas of interest and requires you to select one of the following concentration areas:

• Pre-Modern Europe/World (Ancient World to Early Modern Europe)
• Modern Europe (Enlightenment to Present)
• Non-Western World
• Pre-Civil War United States (including Civil War)
• Post-Civil War United States

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