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MA History at Northeastern University

Northeastern University, United States

Programme overview

CSSH Graduate Programs General Regulations The Master of Arts in History offers two concentrations: public history and world history. Public history encompasses the practice of history outside the academy in museums, state and local historical societies, archives, the National Park Service, and more. Offered at: Boston.

Faculty: College of Social Sciences and Humanities  |  Department: History  |  Duration: 32 semester hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Boston, MA, United States

What you will study

Requires 32 semester hours. Required courses include HIST 5101 Theory and Methodology 1; HIST 5237 Issues and Methods in Public History; HIST 7370 Texts, Maps, and Networks: Readings and Methods for Digital History; HIST 8410 Fieldwork in History 1 (2 semester hours course to be taken twice); HIST 8411 Fieldwork in History; HIST 6000 to HIST.

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Application information

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Duration: 32 semester hours

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