This degree is designed to prepare those whose primary interest is teaching history at the undergraduate collegiate level. It places heavy emphasis upon subject matter and a supervised teaching internship. The internship requires teaching a survey course for one semester during the second year of the program, and a second course for one semester at the 200 or 300 level
during the third year.

The department offers five fields of study: Ancient World, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe, United States to 1877, and United States since 1877.

The Doctor of Arts program has been designated a Western Regional Graduate Program by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE) because of its uniqueness and strength. It is, therefore, open to residents of the thirteen western states at resident tuition rates.

Admission Requirements

1. All M.A. admission requirements.

2. A master's degree, preferably in history and with thesis, but at least 15 semester credits of history at the graduate level.

3. A GPA of at least 3.50 for the master's level work.

4. General and advanced (history) tests of the Graduate Record Examination are optional, but strongly suggested for those whose previous academic record makes their admission questionable or those who have been out of school for several years. High GRE scores may indicate sufficient promise to permit admission of applicants with inadequate grade point averages or insufficient courses. The department may require the GRE as a condition of admission if preliminary examination of the student's application indicates that the score would be helpful in determining ability to do graduate level work.

Applicants will be evaluated on an individual basis, with preference given to those with at least two years of teaching experience in history, the social sciences, or the humanities, or comparable experience.

Degree Requirements

1. History 502, 511 or 515, and 551.

2. One 3 credit course taken outside of the department, preferably Psychology 501, Psychological Foundations of Education (other courses acceptable with departmental approval).

3. A teaching internship of 8 credits.

4. A cognate of a minimum of 12 credits from such areas as the social and behavioral sciences or the humanities.

5. A 20-credit-hour area of concentration from one of the fields listed above which includes a 5-credit independent research project representing a sustained creative effort exploring a significant topic of concern to historians and teachers of history.

6. Written examinations in both United States fields and in two of the three European fields selected on the basis of work done in a Master's degree program as well as the doctoral program. (Exams may be taken after 72 hours of the program of study have been completed.)

Students in both D.A. and M.A. programs should consider taking the Public History courses, 480 and 481, and some work in records management; or geography, including cartography; or journalism; to increase non-academic employment opportunities.