Overview
About the History program offered at the University of Oklahoma
Our graduate students benefit from special fellowships, travel and research support, innovative lecture series, and a dynamic sense of purpose. They have garnered an impressive range of nationally and internationally competitive research fellowships and pre- and post-doctoral fellowships. Our program also boasts an excellent placement record: Our graduates have built successful careers as tenure-track professors at research universities and liberal arts colleges; public historians; and scholarly editors.
The manuscript collection of the Carl Albert Center houses the papers of many public figures important to the American West. The Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of the Art of the American West provides access to an extensive collection of books, manuscripts, theses and dissertations, periodicals and journals, artist files, and slides on western American and Native American art.
The Sam Noble Natural History Museum, one of the nation’s largest connected to either a public or private university, offers rich research opportunities for those interested in studying Native American, Western American, and environmental history. Finally, the Oklahoma Historical Society, in Oklahoma City, offers access to thousands of documents.
Programme Structure
Courses included:
- Navigating The History Profession
- Twelve credit hours or four courses must be in the student's major field, one course of which must be a research seminar.
- Nine credit hours or three courses must be in a minor or comparative field
- Research for Master's Thesis
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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Language
Credits
30-34
Delivered
Disciplines
History Ancient History Modern History View 323 other Masters in Modern History in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Three letters of reference, preferably from the applicant's professors;
- A statement of purpose explaining why the applicant wishes to pursue the M.A. degree, what fields of history interest the applicant, and what the applicant hopes to do with the degree (approximately 500 words);
- An essay, term paper, or seminar paper, preferably from a history course, that serves as a writing sample.
- We do not require, nor will we consider, GRE scores.
Tuition Fee
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International
39932 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 19966 USD per semester during 24 months. -
National
35004 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 17502 USD per semester during 24 months. -
In-State
12050 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6025 USD per semester during 24 months.
- Tuition per 18 credit hours
Living costs for Norman
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Financing
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Funding
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