MA/MS in History

Wayne State University's history master's serves students with different backgrounds and goals, with small classes led by full-time faculty members. Students choose a major field from American, European or global history, and coursework covers historiography, research methods and career development. The degree is available as a conventional on-campus program and as a fully online program. Students take courses in their major field, may take electives in other fields, and finish with original research written as an essay or thesis under an advisor. Study totals thirty credits and can be finished in two years when studying full-time, or stretched to as many as six years part-time. Students often pair it with a joint degree in library and information science or with graduate certificates in world history, archival administration or nonprofit management.