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  Why Study History?
   
   
   


Required Core (12 credits/4 courses)
HIST 501: Information Technology and the Historical Profession
HIST 698: Thesis Seminar
HIST 699: Independent Thesis Research

Global History Seminars (Choose one of the following four)
HIST 536: Seminar on Intellectual and Cultural History: Selected Topics
HIST 537: Seminar on the Twentieth Century: Selected Topics
HIST 538: Seminar on Empires: Selected Topics
HIST 539: Seminar on War and Revolution: Selected Topics

Electives (18 credits/6 courses)

Select from the lists below
Global History Seminars (above) may also be used as electives, provided that any given subject is not repeated.

There are no regional tracks; students may take electives in one or more regions.
   
  United States' History
  HIST 540: Abundance and Poverty in U.S. History
HIST 545: The Reform Impulse in American History
HIST 550: Violence in America
HIST 560: Twentieth Century U.S. Foreign Relations
HIST 565: Nuclear America
HIST 570: America since World War II
HIST 589: Seminar in New Jersey History: Selected Topics
HIST 590: New Jersey Urban History
HIST 595: Seminar in Oral History
HIST 599. Selected Topics
   
  European History
  HIST 611: Europe in Transition: Constantine to Charlemagne, 300-800
HIST 612: Seminar in Early Modern Europe: Selected Topics
HIST 613: Seminar in European Social History: Selected Topics
HIST 614: Seminar in Women's History: Selected Topics
HIST 633: Modern Britain
HIST 634: Modern France
HIST 636: Crime and Punishment in Modern Europe
HIST 637: German History: Issues and Debates
HIST 638: Nazi Germany: Selected Topics
HIST 645: The Soviet Union
   
  Non-Western History
  HIST 650: Seminar on the Contemporary Middle East: Selected Topics
HIST 660: Seminar in Asian History and Culture: Selected Topics
HIST 661: Seminar in Japanese History and Culture: Selected Topics
HIST 665: Seminar in Chinese History and Civilization: Selected Topics
HIST 670: Seminar in Latin American History: Selected Topics
   
  Topical/Thematic History
  HIST 681: Technology and Culture
HIST 682: Seminar in the History of Science: Selected Topics
HIST 683: Military History: Selected Topics
HIST 684: Seminar in the History of Sexuality: Selected Topics
HIST 700: Independent Studies

Total Credits for M.A. Degree: 30