Southern New Hampshire University Online MA in History

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) offers an online Master of Arts in History program that gives students the choice of a general path or concentrations in American History, Military History, and Public History. The program focuses on preparing graduates for history-related positions in education, government, public arenas, or private business. Through analyzing primary and secondary historical sources, the methodologies, biases, and credibility of historiography, and researching specific areas of history, students gain a deeper understanding of how history is made and recorded.

MA in History students can explore history through research and writing or by exploring relevant subjects pertaining to history such as current technology for the preservation of history. The curriculum includes the use of quantitative reasoning to examine history and information systems to help understand the past.

The SNHU MA in History program comprises 33 credits and can be completed in as few as 15 months by taking two courses per 10-week session. Both part-time and full-time options are available. Graduate online programs at SNHU begin five times yearly in September or October, December, February or March, May, and July or August.

No campus visits or practicum experiences are required, although general track students have the option of completing an internship. This program does not lead to teaching licensure. SNHU delivers courses asynchronously for added flexibility as students can log in at times convenient for them to complete assignments. Within the dashboard, graduate history students may find recorded videos, presentations, readings, research assignments, and assessments. Coursework is laid out in detail each week so that graduate history students can plan their time more effectively.

Graduates of the SNHU online MA in History may go on to careers as government employees, traditional historians, secondary teachers, college professors, library curators, historical preservationists, or publishers of educational content.

Courses for the online MA in History include Historiography; Historical Methods; Comparative History and Research; Historical Lenses and Scholarship; Research Seminar for Historians; and Capstone for Research Historians.

General Track Requirements: Students take 15 credits from upper-level history courses, many of which are listed for the concentrations, and have the option of completing a 150-hour internship.

American History Concentration: Students take Early American Encounters; New American Nation; Era of the Civil War; The Gilded Age and Progressive Era; America and the World Wars; and Cold War and the American Empire.

Military History Concentration: Courses include History of Military Thought plus four of the following courses: Era of the Civil War; America and the World Wars; Cold War and the American Empire; The Russian Revolutions; and Chinese Imperialism.

Public History Concentration: Public History concentration students take Capstone for Public Historians instead of Capstone for Research Historians from the core courses. Three other required courses include Introduction to Public History; Public History Strategic Management; and Digitization of History. Finally, students take two of the following: Documentary Editing; Archival Management; and Museum Collection Management.

Southern New Hampshire University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).