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192 Graduate Catalog 2010-2012 HISTory (MA) TRACKS: HISTORY, HISTORY TEACHING, PUBLIC HISTORY Faculty Paul Bookbinder, PhD, Brandeis University • History of Germany • Holocaust • Political Violence Vincent Cannato, PhD, Columbia University • 20th Century American Political History • Urban History • Immigration Jonathan M Chu, MSL, Yale Law School, PhD, University of Washington • Colonial America • American Revolution • American Legal History Spencer DiScala, PhD, Columbia University • Modern Italy • History of Socialism • 19thand 20th-Century Europe C Tracy Goode, PhD, University of Arizona • Global Economy in the Early Modern World James Green, PhD, Yale University • US Labor and Working Class History • Public History Timothy A Hacsi, PhD, University of Pennsylvania • 19th- and 20th-Century United States • History of Public Policy • History of Poverty and Welfare • History of Education David Hunt, PhD, Harvard University • French Social History • Peasant Society • Vietnam Esther Kingston-Mann, PhD, Johns Hopkins University • Modern Russian Soviet and Post-Soviet History • Peasants and Issues of Economic Development • The Cold War Elizabeth McCahill, PhD, Princeton University • The City of Rome • The Papal Court • Humanism in early 15th Century Ruth Miller, PhD, Princeton University • Modern Middle East • Ottoman Islamic Law in the Modern Period William A Percy, PhD, Princeton University • Medieval History • Gay History Joshua Reid, PhD, University of California Davis • American Indian and Indigenous • Borderlands • Environment Woodruff Smith, PhD, University of Chicago • German and Modern European History • African History Malcolm Smuts, PhD, Princeton University • History of England to 1850 • Early Modern Europe Darwin Stapleton, PhD, University of Delaware • Archival Studies • Technology, Medicine, and Public Health Ananya Vajpeyi, PhD, University of Chicago • South Asian History • Colonialization and Decolonialization in 19th-Century Asia and Africa • Indian and European Intellectual History Julie Winch, PhD, Bryn Mawr College • AfroAmerican History • Maritime History Roberta L Wollons, PhD, University of Chicago • American Progressive Era History • Women’s History • History of Education Weili Ye, PhD, Yale University • East Asian Studies • China • Women in China satisfied in coordination with the History MA Program. Public History Public historians are scholars who study the ways the past is remembered, interpreted, and presented to the public in parks, graveyards, monuments, heritage districts, museums, historic houses, battlefields, and so forth; they also study public awareness and consciousness of the past and how various actors, including public intellectuals and public interest groups, attempt to enhance historical awareness or “raise” historical consciousness. The Public History track trains people to mount exhibits, conduct walking tours, preserve and interpret heritage sites, collect and interpret oral histories, research the production of radio, and teach students in K-12 courses how to study history outside the classroom. Public historians are employed by religious groups, government agencies like the National Park Service, business corporations, genealogical and historical societies, museums and historic houses, and libraries. Public historians are playing a larger and larger role as scholars and practitioners in the professional field of American History. Part-Time Faculty Maryann Brink, PhD, Brown University • Medieval • Legal History • Renaissance and Reformation Thomas Johnson, ABD Boston University • African History Gary Miller, PhD, Yale University • Early Modern Europe Robert Sauer, PhD, Boston College • Germany • Military The Program The History Department offers a master’s degree in history with a choice of three tracks: History, History Teaching, and Public History. History The Master of Arts Program in History offers a rigorous, individually planned set of courses and supervised research and writing. Both demanding and flexible, it suits those students who intend to pursue a PhD or a career in secondary-school teaching, as well as those who seek to test their capacity for graduate work. Not all students enter directly from college; many return at the beginning graduate level after long absences from school. Students who simply wish to pursue advanced studies for their own intellectual enjoyment and development also benefit from the program’s design. Graduate enrollment is small, affording the graduate student close faculty attention and support. All graduate courses consist of seminars that are capped at 15 students. Degree requirements History This track requires 30 credit hours: seven 3-credit courses, a 3-credit thesis preparation course, and the MA thesis (6 credits). A maximum of two undergraduate courses at the 300 level or above may be counted toward graduate credit; extra work is required of all graduate students in these courses. There are three required courses: HIST 600 (Research Seminar), an introduction to historical research and methods, with special attention to primary sources; HIST 605 (Colloquium), an introductory course in historiography, with topics varying each semester; and HIST 690 (Thesis Preparation), a course in which the student works with an advisor to develop a thesis topic and produce a formal proposal. Other courses are electives, chosen according to the student’s interests. The thesis, normally undertaken after completion of course work, should be approximately 60 pages long and based on original research. It is prepared under the guidance of an individual faculty advisor and defended before a committee of three faculty members. History Teaching The history teaching track is specially designed to meet the needs of current and prospective secondary-school teachers of history/social studies. It emphasizes extensive and varied course work in history, culminating in a teaching-oriented capstone project rather than a thesis. It is not a teacher licensure program. Students interested in teacher licensure should consult with the Graduate College of Education and Human Develoment's Teacher Education Program to determine the requirements for licensure at either the initial or professional level. Those requirements may be

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UMass Boston - Graduate Studies 2011
Table of Contents
Graduate Program Affiliations
UMass Boston at a Glance
Foreword
Mission Statement
Trustees of the University
Administrative Officers of the University
Academic Calendar, 2010-2012
Admissions
Tuition, Fees, and Payments
Payment Information
Residency Status
Assistantships and Financial Aid
Facilities and Services
Regulations, Procedures, and Degree Requirements
Graduate Programs
Accounting
American Studies
Biology
Biology
Environmental Biology
Molecular, Cellular, and Organismal Biology
Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (Multicampus Joint Program)
Biotechnology and Biomedical Science
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Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Clinical Psychology
Computer Science
Database Technology
Counseling: Degree Programs
Counseling: Family Therapy
Counseling: Mental Health Counseling
Counseling: Rehabilitation Counseling
Counseling: School Counseling
Creative Writing
Critical and Creative Thinking
Dispute Resolution
Education
Higher Education Administration
Leadership in Urban Schools
Education: Educational Administration
Education: Special Education
Special Education
Orientation and Mobility
Teaching of the Visually Impaired
Vision Studies
Education: Teacher Education
Education: Applied Behavioral Analysis for Special Populations
Education: Technology, Learning, and Leadership
Education: Teaching Writing in the Schools
English
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Environmental Sciences
Geographic Information Science
Professional Science Master’s™
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Historical Archaeology
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Latin and Classical Humanities
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Applied Linguistics
School of Marine Sciences: Intercampus Graduate School
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Population Health
Acute/Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Family Nurse Practitioner
Applied Physics
Public Affairs
Public Affairs
International Relations
Women in Politics and Public Policy
Public Policy
School Psychology
Applied Sociology
Spanish and Hispanic Studies
Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies
Road Map and Directions to Campus
Campus Map
Telephone Directory
Index

UMass Boston - Graduate Studies 2011