History - Master of Arts

Thesis Program

Thirty-six credits (27 of which must be at the 500 level) are required for the thesis program:

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With permission of the graduate advisor, a maximum of 6 credits may be taken in related fields from courses numbered 450 and above outside the Department of History. 

A student choosing the thesis program must receive permission for his/her thesis by passing a thesis proposal defense after earning 12 graduate credits in History. The department will provide guidelines for the thesis defense. Students who choose the thesis program must pass a final oral examination over their graduate course work and their thesis. All graduate students will be required to present a research paper in a public forum approved by the department's Graduate Director.

Dual Track M.A. (Public History and Thesis)

Students choosing to pursue both the thesis track and Public History concentration must complete the course hours required for the public history concentration, perform an internship, and defend the proposed thesis before undertaking it using guidelines provided by the department, present the public history portfolio at a public presentation, complete the thesis, and defend their course work, thesis and public history portfolio at a final oral examination. In order to satisfactorily complete both programs, such students would complete 39 credits, including three hours of internship credit and six hours of thesis work.

Master's Accelerated Program (MAP)

Master's Accelerated Program (MAP)

The Master’s Accelerated Program allows academically qualified Undergraduate students to complete up to 12 credit hours towards a Master's degree during their junior and/or senior years while still completing the Bachelor's degree. The courses only apply to classes they would take within the Master of Arts program in History. 

NMSU General Eligibility:

Must have completed 60 hours of undergraduate coursework (minimum 25 hours at NMSU). GPA larger or equal to 3.00. 

NMSU MAP Regulations/Stipulations:

Courses will count toward both degrees; they will show on Undergraduate and Graduate transcripts and count toward both GPAs. Graduate level courses included in the Master's Accelerated Program are those courses numbered 450 and above or those chosen by the graduate academic departments. Students must receive a grade of B or higher in all MAP coursework to be counted as Graduate credit. Students apply for the Graduate program in their final semester or second to last semester of their Undergraduate degree, depending upon the deadlines set forth by the Department of History. Acceptance of MAP credits does not imply acceptance into the Department of History Master's program. Final admissions and acceptance into the Graduate program are based on academic performance at the Undergraduate level and completion of the eligible Undergraduate degree.  Tuition is based on the level of the student, not the course. Students may become ineligible for MAP if their undergraduate or graduate GPA drops below 3.0. Students who are accepted into the Master's Accelerated Program must participate in the Developing New Scholars Program (DNSP), offered by the Graduate School. Students must be advised each semester for the MAP program by their potential graduate program and cleared for registration in Graduate courses by the Graduate School.

How to Apply to the MAP Program:

A student may apply, or the department may invite students to participate in MAP. Departments accept students based on the Master's Accelerated Program requirements as set by the department. A History faculty member, Graduate Coordinator, or Department Head will forward the Master's Accelerated Program Letter of Intent Slate Form to the Graduate School. Graduate School will hold the application until the student has completed their undergraduate degree. This application will be used as part of the graduate school's final admissions into the master's program. The following courses are eligible for the History MAP Program. Other courses may be considered after consultation with the Graduate Coordinator.  An exception will need to be made to the degree audit for the additional course(s) to be included on both the Undergraduate and Graduate degrees.