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M.A. Program GuidelinesTransfer of CreditUp to nine hours of graduate credit may be applied to the requirements. Please refer to the University of Colorado (Boulder) Catalog. Advisory CommitteeA student's advisory committee will consist of the student's advisor, to be designated at the beginning of a student's program through consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies, and two other members of the departmental faculty selected by the advisor and the student. Since it plays a decisive role in shaping the student's M.A. program, this committee should be established as soon as possible during the student's first year in the program. After an initial meeting with the committee, the student will meet regularly with his or her advisor and with the full committee if needed. Each spring the student and advisor will meet to assess the student's progress; the advisor will then prepare a report for the student's file. Course RequirementsAll courses completed at the University of Colorado must be taken in the Department of History, except for courses recommended by the advisor and approved by the Graduate Studies Committee. Only those courses designated 5000 or above will fulfill the requirements for the degree. Required: for all MA students: HIST 5000 - "Historical Methods: Introduction to the Professional Study of History." For European history students, both semesters of HIST 5012, "Colloquium in European History" ("To 1789" and "Since 1789"). For US history students, both semesters of HIST 5106, "Colloquium in US History" ("To 1864" and "Since 1865".) For students who opt not to write an M.A. thesis, six hours of 7000-level research seminars. Fields Of StudyEach student must demonstrate competence in one of the fields of study listed below:
Within each field, a student may complete six to nine hours of a more specialized field of focus defined by the student's advisory committee. Combinations of broader and more specialized fields might be for example, Modern Europe and Modern Germany, the United States since 1865 and American Social History during that period, or World Areas and Latin America. With the concurrence of the student's advisory committee and the Graduate Studies Committee, a student may complete a minor field of six to nine hours of graduate-level courses in a field related to history but outside the Department of History. (List of faculty by field.) Foreign Language RequirementFor students working in fields of history that require the use of foreign languages, their advisory committees may require a demonstration of language proficiency. Grade Point AverageA cumulative grade point average of 3.3 is required for the award of the M.A. degree. No grade lower than "B-" will count toward completion of any course work requirements for the MA degree. If a student's grade point average should fall below 3.0, the student will be placed on probation with one semester to raise the grade point average to at least 3.0; failure to accomplish this will terminate the student's participation in the program. Comprehensive ExaminationUpon nearing completion of the course work requirements, each candidate for the MA degree must pass a written comprehensive examination designed by the student's advisory committee. Students must have a 3.3 cumulative grade point average to take the comprehensive examination. Students must register for the comprehensive examination by filing the "Application for Admission to Candidacy" with the Graduate Secretary no later than the first week of the semester in which the examination is to be taken. Students preparing for comprehensive examinations should meet with the members of their committee in residence one semester before they expect to take the exam. In this meeting, the committee will review the student's academic progress and note areas of strength and weakness. The student's three-member committee will meet early in the semester in which the examination is to be given to prepare a comprehensive examination consisting of six questions. The student's major advisor is responsible for convening and chairing this meeting. For those students in the MA program who have identified an area of specialization within one of the designated major areas of concentration, the MA comprehensive examination will have the following structure: The examination will comprise six questions of which the student will have to answer three. The examination will be divided into sections A and B, with three questions given in each section. Questions given in Section A will be of a broad nature in the general field (for example, Modern European History). Questions given in Section B will be based on the student's identified area of specialization (for example, Modern France). Students taking such an examination will be required to answer at least one question from Part A and at least one question from Part B, and will have to answer three questions in total. For MA students who have not declared a specialized field, the comprehensive exam will consist of six questions from the general field, from which students may pick any three. All three members of the student's committee must certify that they find the examination to be acceptable. The chair of the committee will then submit the examination to the Director of Graduate Studies, who, in consultation with the Graduate Studies Committee, will review the examination and approve it or return it to the student's committee for revision and resubmission. When two or more students are to be examined in the same field, the Director must ensure that the several examinations are of comparable difficulty. After the examination has been administered, the three members of the student's committee will read and grade it. Copies of the examination will be sent simultaneously to all three members. Results of the grading will be kept confidential even from members of the student's committee until all three readers have reported their grades in writing and a pass or failure has been certified by the Director of Graduate Studies. Comprehensive Examination Grading Rules: Each Grade from A to F will be evaluated as follows:
All nine grades will then be averaged together. A passing score of B- will be defined as 2.666. . . or better. If a student fails the examination, Graduate School rules allow the student to retake it only once. Thesis and Non-Thesis PlansEach student, with the advice of his or her advisor and advisory committee, will complete requirements for either Plan I or Plan II. Plan I — ThesisFor the MA degree, a student must complete twenty-four hours of 5000, 6000, and 7000-level courses and six hours of thesis credit (HIST 6950). The thesis will be supervised by the student's advisor and a second reader from a similar or related field of scholarship. All members of the student's advisory committee shall have at least two weeks prior to the oral defense to read the thesis. Thesis Defense: The student will defend the completed thesis before his or her advisory committee. Plan II — Non-ThesisFor the MA degree, a student must complete thirty hours of course work at the 5000, 6000 and 7000 levels, including at least six hours of seminar work at the 7000 level. Time LimitBeginning fall 1993, students must take the MA comprehensive examination in the semester following the completion of thirty hours of required course work, i.e., no later than the sixth semester of the student's MA program. Masters degree students have four years to complete all degree requirements, including the filing of the thesis with the Graduate School if Plan I is followed. If a student has failed to complete his or her MA degree during this period, the department may appeal to the Graduate School for an extension of time; but any course work taken more than five years before the master's comprehensive examination or the filing of the thesis with the graduate school must be validated by special examination(s).
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