Admission Requirements

Application deadline: January 15 for Fall.

In addition to the criteria listed below, applicants must also meet general graduate admission requirements .

The History Department only admits incoming graduate students in the fall semester. See the department website for application submission dates. Applicants must submit evidence that they are able to perform graduate work at a high level of competence. Graduate Record Examination scores should be submitted if available for all programs. Applicants will normally be expected to have majored in history as undergraduates and maintained a 3.0 cumulative average in the major.

Students already enrolled in the history MA program may add the archives certificate program to their course of study. They do not need to go through the regular admissions process. This option is available to graduate students in the history and public history tracks. Students in the archives track should not enroll in the archives certificate program.