历史文学硕士课程提供公共历史的研究生级别的主要和次要领域。公共历史是将历史方法应用于公共领域的研究领域。这个研究生专业需要集中精力进行博物馆研究或历史保护。公共历史专业的学生可以修读该部门当前提供的任何专业。主修美国，欧洲或全球历史的学生也可以辅修公共历史。历史系通过支持学生的学习，教师的研究以及公众的好奇心来鼓励与过去的互动。我们所教的科目制定了有效的政策，而我们不断培养的技能-明智的阅读，清晰的写作和有说服力的口语-仍然是需求。历史研究为研究以及数据，论据和修辞学的解释提供了实践。但最重要的是，历史让
Our program prepares students for a wide variety of professions, including teaching, government service, museum management, and historic preservation, as well as further degree work in history, law, librarianship and business. The department encourages applications from individuals of any age interested in resuming their education.<br>History students will: <br>Identify people, events, and processes significant to their courses of study, examine similarities and differences across chronologies, geographies, and themes, explain how past peoples understood their worlds and how those understandings shaped the ways they acted, analyze the range of social, cultural, political, and economic possibilities available to people in particular contexts, analyze why change occurs.<br>The master of arts in history requires 36 semester hours (12 courses). Students applying for admission to the program should have some background in history, though not necessarily a BA in the subject. The department encourages applications from individuals of any age interested in continuing or resuming their education. Graduate students in history develop skills in critical thinking, writing and independent research. Our program prepares students for a wide variety of professions, including teaching, government service, museum and archive management, and historic preservation, as well as further degree work in history, law, librarianship and business.<br>Public History is a field of study that applies historical methods to the public sphere. The Public History and Preservation Program is offered as either a major or minor specialty of a master's degree. Students can choose to concentrate in museum studies or historic preservation. <br>Students with a major field in Public History must complete a thesis or project. Public History majors can minor in any subspecialty the department currently offers. Students majoring in U.S., European, or Global history can also minor in Public History. In conjunction with the College of Architecture and Planning, an 18-hour graduate certificate program in historic preservation is also available.