History Concentration, M.A.Ed.

Foundation Courses (6 Education credits)

Two foundation courses chosen with the advisor.

Concentration Courses (15 Graduate History credits)

The concentration courses focus on a discipline other than Education. A minimum of 15 credits of the degree program must be taken in History the remaining credits must be in Education.

Concentration courses are selected from the following:

• HS 540 Ancient Greece, from Homer to Alexander the Great
• HS 541 Special Studies in Ancient History: Ancient Rome
• HS 542 The Italian Renaissance
• HS 544 Women/Man’s World
• HS 455 The City in American History
• HS 546 The Soviet Union
• HS 550 Turning Points in Western History
• HS 555 The World at War, 1914 to 1945
• HS 556 Civil War and Its Aftermath: 1850-1890
• HS 560 Modern Italy
• HS 566 World in Turmoil: The Mediterranean World, from the Fall of Rome to the First Crusade
• HS 577 Labor in American History
• HS 580 Dangerous Continent: Europe 1945-2005
• HS 585 Topics in History
• HS 689 Independent Research

Electives in Education (9 Education credits)

Electives (9 credits) chosen in consultation with adviser.

Culminating Activity (3 credits)

Culminating Activity

• ED 596 Curriculum Project (3 credits)

Please Note:

All students completing a graduate Education degree are required to complete a Degree Candidacy Form with their academic adviser after completing 15 Arcadia graduate credits. Degree Candidacy is the academic program plan required for the degree and must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies.

All graduate forms can be found on the graduate forms page at www.arcadia.edu/gsforms

Additional Requirements:

• HS 520 Topics in American History
• HS 522 Sports in America
• HS 525 European Fascism: Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
• HS 526 Age of Dictators—Hitler and Stalin
• HS 530 America from 1877-1945: From Gilded Age to Global War
• HS 531 Contemporary America, 1945 to Present
• HS 535 Vietnam Wars
• HS 536 Women in Western Society