History (M.A.)

Master's students are required to complete eight classes (30-32 credits), which can be completed with one year of full-time study (three courses each in the fall and spring, and two courses over the summer). At least six of these courses must be taken within the history department, and students must maintain a "B" (3.0) average in their coursework to qualify for their degree. M.A. students are also required to complete a research paper (40-60 pages), which will be examined by two professors. Each field of study has a different procedure for this final research paper.

Courses should be selected in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies.


Medieval History Concentration

Students concentrating in medieval history will develop a proposal and research paper through the pro-seminar/seminar sequence.

Course Title Credits
One Pro-Seminar Course (see list below)4
One Seminar Course (see list below)4
Three Medieval History courses (see list below)12
Two Modern History, Global History, or Historical Courses Outside of History Department (see list below) 16 to 8
One History elective course 24
Reading Proficiency in one Foreign Language 3
M.A. Research Paper & Oral Examination
Total Credits30-32
1

These courses should encompass a minor field outside medieval history. With the approval of the department, students may take one or both of these courses in another department provided the courses are of a historical nature.

2

Any four-credit course numbered 5000-8999 with the subject code HIST, not otherwise required for the degree, may fulfill this requirement.

3

The foreign language requirement includes any relevant ancient or modern language. In consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies, quantitative methods coursework may be considered to fulfill this requirement. Completion of one of the following courses may count as demonstrating reading knowledge of an ancient language: LATN 6521 Latin PalaeographyLATN 5093 Ecclesiastical LatinGREK 5004 Greek Language and LiteratureGREK 5006 Intensive Ancient GreekGREK 5205 Readings in Greek, and GREK 5300 Advanced Readings in Greek.

More information about the language requirement can be found on our page on the Fordham website.


Modern History Concentration

Students concentrating in modern history will develop (normally within their coursework) a research proposal in the fall semester. In the spring, they will complete the project by taking a research tutorial with a faculty member in which they produce a research proposal and a research colloquium.

Course Title Credits
Research Tutorial (3 credit HIST 8999)3
HIST 8000Research Colloquium1
Five Modern History courses (see list below)20
Two Medieval History, Global History, or Historical Courses Outside of History Department (see lists below) 16 to 8
Reading Proficiency in one Foreign Language 2
M.A. Research Paper & Oral Examination
Total Credits30-32
1

These courses should encompass a minor field outside modern history. With the approval of the department, students may take one or both of these courses in another department provided the courses are of a historical nature.

2

The foreign language requirement includes any relevant ancient or modern language. In consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies, quantitative  methods coursework may be considered to fulfill this requirement. Completion of one of the following courses may count as demonstrating reading knowledge of an ancient language: LATN 6521 Latin PalaeographyLATN 5093 Ecclesiastical LatinGREK 5004 Greek Language and LiteratureGREK 5006 Intensive Ancient GreekGREK 5205 Readings in Greek, and GREK 5300 Advanced Readings in Greek.

More information about the language requirement can be found on our page on the Fordham website.

Medieval History Courses

Courses in this group have the HGVH attribute.

Course Title Credits
HIST 4195The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem4
HIST 5201The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century4
HIST 5202Medieval Interfaith Relations4
HIST 5203Medieval Hagiography4
HIST 5204Medieval Environmental History4
HIST 5310Occitania: Language and Power4
HIST 5420Sin, Crime and Sex in History4
HIST 5961The Age of Suleyman 1453-15744
HIST 6076Noble Culture and Society4
HIST 6077The Angevin Empire4
HIST 6078The Crusader States: The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1099-12914
HIST 6133Medieval Religious Institutions4
HIST 6135Early Medieval Conflict & Peacemaking4
HIST 6136Disease in the Middle Ages4
HIST 6152Medieval Women and Family4
HIST 6153Medieval Economy and Society4
HIST 6155Medieval Towns: Urbanization and Urban Life in Medieval Europe4
HIST 6172Late Medieval and Early Modern Ireland4
HIST 6256Torture and Western Culture4
HIST 7024Proseminar: Making Money in the Middle Ages 4
HIST 7025PSM: Medieval Religious Cultures4
HIST 7026Classics in the Middle Ages4
HIST 7056PSM: Medieval Political Cultures4
HIST 7070PSM: Medieval Intellectual Cultures4
HIST 7110 PSM: Church Law and Medieval Society4
HIST 7150PSM: Medieval England4
HIST 8024Seminar: Making Money in the Middle Ages 4
HIST 8025SEM: Medieval Religious Cultures4
HIST 8056SEM: Medieval Political Cultures4
HIST 8070SEM: Medieval Intellectual Cultures4
HIST 8110SEM: Church Law and Medieval Society4
HIST 8150SEM: Medieval England4
LATN 6521Latin Palaeography3

Modern History Courses

Courses in this group have the HGMH attribute.

Course Title Credits
HIST 5100Disasters, Planning and Prediction in Global History4
HIST 5102Archives and Narratives of Global History4
HIST 5105The Black Radical Tradition in Comparative Perspective: U.S. and the Caribbean4
HIST 5200Renaissance Spain: Festive Republics, Rights, Liberties and Inquisitions4
HIST 5290Luther and Reformation4
HIST 5300History Theory and Methods: The Historian's Tools4
HIST 5302Theory and Method in Intellectual and Cultural History4
HIST 5400Gender and History4
HIST 5401Gender and Sexuality in Modern European History4
HIST 5403The British Empire4
HIST 5405Modern Ireland 1690-19234
HIST 5410Race and Gender in Modern America4
HIST 5411Gender and Sexuality in Early America4
HIST 5420Sin, Crime and Sex in History4
HIST 5421Religion and the Renaissance World4
HIST 542215214
HIST 545620th Century Catholic Cultural Revival4
HIST 545720th-Century Jesuit Moderns: An Intellectual History4
HIST 5472Inventing Total War4
HIST 5506European Nationalisms and Early Modern (Jewish) History4
HIST 5516Nationalisms and Racisms in Modern Europe4
HIST 5517Fascism4
HIST 5520European Mass Culture4
HIST 5553Book History: Texts, Media and Communication4
HIST 5560History of Modern Science in Global Context4
HIST 5563Readings in Environmental History4
HIST 5566Technology and Empire4
HIST 5568Stalinism: Life and Death in Soviet Russia4
HIST 5574U.S. Foreign Relations4
HIST 5575The United States and the World in the Twentieth Century4
HIST 5644Writing Early America: Historians Who Have Shaped the Discipline4
HIST 5645Readings in Early America and the Atlantic World4
HIST 5650Approaches to Global, Transnational, & Intellectual Histories 4
HIST 5725History of American Cities4
HIST 5727History and Fiction in the American West4
HIST 5730History of Capitalism4
HIST 5731History of Wealth & Poverty: U.S. and Comparative4
HIST 5733The Country and the City in American History4
HIST 5734U.S. Culture and Society to 18774
HIST 5904Slavery and Freedom in Early America and the Atlantic World4
HIST 5910Law and Empire in the Iberian World4
HIST 5913Golden Age Spain and Its American Empire4
HIST 5918After Colonialism: Latin America4
HIST 5919United States and Latin American Borderlands4
HIST 5923Atlantic World: Empires, Diasporas, and Migrations4
HIST 5924Latin American History and Culture3
HIST 5926The U.S. and Latin America4
HIST 5961The Age of Suleyman 1453-15744
HIST 6173The Tudor Conquest of Ireland4
HIST 6305The English Reformation4
HIST 6310Early Modern European Intellectual and Political History4
HIST 6315Early Modern European Society and Cultural History4
HIST 6355Late European Political and Intellectual History4
HIST 6360Late European Social and Cultural History4
HIST 6502The Old Regime and the French Revolution4
HIST 6520Europe in Global Perspective4
HIST 6530European City: 1700-20004
HIST 6662Sexuality in America4
HIST 6710The Civil War4
HIST 6721U.S. Culture and Society since 18774
HIST 6724U.S. Thought and Politics to 18774
HIST 6725U.S. Thought and Politics since 18774
HIST 6726The United States and Human Rights: An International History4
HIST 6731U.S. Immigration and Ethnicity4
HIST 6853America Between the Wars4

Global History Courses

Courses in this group have the HGGH attribute.

Course Title Credits
HIST 5100Disasters, Planning and Prediction in Global History4
HIST 5102Archives and Narratives of Global History4
HIST 5105The Black Radical Tradition in Comparative Perspective: U.S. and the Caribbean4
HIST 5201The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century4
HIST 5202Medieval Interfaith Relations4
HIST 5400Gender and History4
HIST 5401Gender and Sexuality in Modern European History4
HIST 5403The British Empire4
HIST 5420Sin, Crime and Sex in History4
HIST 542215214
HIST 545620th Century Catholic Cultural Revival4
HIST 545720th-Century Jesuit Moderns: An Intellectual History4
HIST 5460Jesuits and Globalization4
HIST 5560History of Modern Science in Global Context4
HIST 5566Technology and Empire4
HIST 5574U.S. Foreign Relations4
HIST 5575The United States and the World in the Twentieth Century4
HIST 5645Readings in Early America and the Atlantic World4
HIST 5650Approaches to Global, Transnational, & Intellectual Histories 4
HIST 5730History of Capitalism4
HIST 5731History of Wealth & Poverty: U.S. and Comparative4
HIST 5904Slavery and Freedom in Early America and the Atlantic World4
HIST 5910Law and Empire in the Iberian World4
HIST 5913Golden Age Spain and Its American Empire4
HIST 5919United States and Latin American Borderlands4
HIST 5921Social Movements in Global Perspective4
HIST 5923Atlantic World: Empires, Diasporas, and Migrations4
HIST 5925Global Migrations3
HIST 5926The U.S. and Latin America4
HIST 6077The Angevin Empire4
HIST 6520Europe in Global Perspective4
HIST 6531Bombay–Shanghai–London4
HIST 6726The United States and Human Rights: An International History4
HIST 6731U.S. Immigration and Ethnicity4

Proseminar Courses

Courses in this group have the HGPS attribute.

Course Title Credits
HIST 5300History Theory and Methods: The Historian's Tools4
HIST 7024Proseminar: Making Money in the Middle Ages 4
HIST 7025PSM: Medieval Religious Cultures4
HIST 7026Classics in the Middle Ages4
HIST 7056PSM: Medieval Political Cultures4
HIST 7070PSM: Medieval Intellectual Cultures4
HIST 7110 PSM: Church Law and Medieval Society4
HIST 7150PSM: Medieval England4

Seminar Courses

Courses in this group have the HGSM attribute.

Course Title Credits
HIST 5214 Women and Gender in Medicine in Europe and North America 4
HIST 8024Seminar: Making Money in the Middle Ages 4
HIST 8025SEM: Medieval Religious Cultures4
HIST 8056SEM: Medieval Political Cultures4
HIST 8070SEM: Medieval Intellectual Cultures4
HIST 8110SEM: Church Law and Medieval Society4
HIST 8150SEM: Medieval England4

Historical Courses Outside of History Department

Courses in this group have the HGOH attribute.

Course Title Credits
ENGL 6231Late Medieval Women3
HIST 545620th Century Catholic Cultural Revival4
HIST 545720th-Century Jesuit Moderns: An Intellectual History4
LATN 6521Latin Palaeography3
THEO 6480Christianizing the Barbarians3
 

CIP Code

54.0101 - History, General.


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