Accelerated Master’s Degree in History
This accelerated program lets undergraduate students begin taking graduate-level courses during their final years of undergrad, saving time and money while deepening expertise and advancing careers sooner.
Accelerated Master’s Degree in History
Undergraduate students at UM that are interested in graduate study in History can get a head start through the accelerated Master’s Degree Program in History.
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Undergraduate students that would like to qualify for the Accelerated Master’s Program must meet the following requirements:
- 3.0 minimum GPA overall
- 90 completed credit hours as an undergraduate
Note, to be formally admitted by the Graduate School upon completion of the bachelor’s degree, Accelerated Master's Degree Program participants will need to complete an application for graduate study in their senior year.
Students enrolled in the Accelerated Master's Degree Program in History can earn 15 credit hours towards their graduate degree while completing their undergraduate studies.
Courses students in the Accelerated Master’s Degree Program in History can take to earn credit towards the graduate degree:
- HIST 5550: Historiography – US to Reconstruction
- HIST 5560: Historiography – US since Reconstruction
- HIST 5590: Historiography – African American History
- HIST 5700: Historiography for Late Antiquity
- HIST 5730: Historiography of the Late Middle Ages
- HIST 5500: Historical Methods & Philosophy of Hist
- HIST 5510: Historiography – Europe to 1815
- HIST 5520: Historiography – Europe since 1789
- HIST 5720: Historiography – Precolonial Africa
- HIST 5710: Historiography – Colonial Africa
- HIST 5850: Historiography of the Modern Middle East
- HIST 6050: Readings – US through Reconstruction
- HIST 6060: Readings – US Civil War to Present
- HIST 6070: Readings – Southern US History
- HIST 6110: Readings – Era of the US Civil War
- HIST 6120: Readings – US Depression & War
- HIST 6130: Readings – Contemporary US History
- HIST 6140: Readings: US Women’s and Gender History
- HIST 6410: Readings in Global History – Gender
- HIST 6510: Readings – European History to 1815
- HIST 6520: Readings – European History since 1789
- HIST 6530: Readings – Russian History
- HIST 6600: Readings – Gender History of Mod. Europe
- HIST 6610: Readings – Europe & Atlantic World
- HIST 6620: Readings – History of Stalinism
- HIST 6630: Readings – History of Modern Consumerism
- HIST 6640: Readings – 20th Century Econ & Social Po
- HIST 6700: Readings – Slavery in Africa
- HIST 6710: Readings – Colonialism in Africa
- HIST 6810: Readings – British History to 1815
- HIST 6820: Readings – British History since 1815
- HIST 6850: Readings – Middle East History
- HIST 6860: Readings – Colonial Latin Amer. History
- HIST 6870: Readings – Social Movements. Mod Lat Am
- HIST 6880: Readings – Race and Ethnicity in Latin A
- HIST 6890: Readings – Seculariz/Sacraliz in Latin A
- HIST 6900: Readings – Gender & Power in Latin Am
- HIST 6910: Readings – Modern Latin Am History
- HIST 6920: Readings – African History
- HIST 6930: Readings – General US History
- HIST 6940: Readings – General European History
- HIST 6950: Readings – Chinese History
- HIST 6960: Readings – Selected Areas
Remember:
For students who participated in the accelerated program prior to fall of 2026, 500-level courses for graduate credit required the student to reserve the course for graduate credit. A student who did not do so will be unable to use the 500-level course for the graduate degree and it will be considered the same as a course between 5000 and 5499 in the new course-numbering system.
Students enrolled for the graduate credit in a 5500- to 5999-level course must complete the graduate work. Should they decide they do not wish to do so, they need to work with the instructor, their dean's office, and the Registrar to change their enrollment to the appropriate undergraduate course number. Otherwise, they will be graded based on the criteria for the graduate course number.
Meet the Graduate Program Coordinator
If you have any questions about the Accelerated Master's Degree in History, don't hesitate to get in touch! I'm always happy to help.
Rebecca Marchiel
Associate Professor of History