The Department of History offers MA degrees in United States, European, Latin American, Ancient, Modern Arab/Middle East, Transnational, and Public History in all chronological periods. Furthermore, coursework is available in African, Asian, Modern Arab/Middle East and World history. The Public History Non-Thesis Track is considered the primary degree plan for public history, due to its focus on applied use of skills in practical settings. It serves students who intended to pursue careers in public history fields such as institutional history, cultural resources management, historical policy and analysis, community history, historical editing, historical archives and records management, and the creation, interpretation, and management of historical exhibits. Thirty-six (36) hours of credit in graduate-level (6000) courses are required, including coursework and nine (9) hours of Public History Internship. A foreign language is not required.