Degree Requirements
Course Requirements
The Core
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
HST 421 | THE HISTORICAL DISCIPLINE | 4 |
The Graduate Colloquia
All graduate students need to complete 12 courses (48 hours) of graduate work in order to complete the MA. HST 421 is required for all students. For those students who were conditionally admitted, HST 421 is a prerequisite for all 400-level history courses. In addition, students take eleven courses from the list of graduate colloquia. These colloquia share the programmatic emphasis of the curriculum with their emphasis on the historiographical aspects of their respective topic. Note that that every colloquium, when offered, has a subtitle which identifies the specific sub-topic to be addressed that particular quarter. (For example: HST 431: The New Deal. As long as the topics (as reflected in the subtitle) of any colloquium are different, students may take more than one of any of the above courses. In order to ensure that students realize the curricular goals of breadth of exposure to the historical discipline, however, in no case is a student to take more than four colloquia bearing the same number. Thus, at the minimum, students will take courses in at least three different areas (as defined by colloquia titles).
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
HST 422 | SEMINAR IN PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS | 4 |
HST 431 | COLLOQUIUM IN AMERICAN HISTORY | 4 |
HST 432 | COLLOQUIUM IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | 4 |
HST 433 | COLLOQUIUM IN AFRICAN HISTORY | 4 |
HST 434 | COLLOQUIUM IN ASIAN HISTORY | 4 |
HST 435 | COLLOQUIUM IN EUROPEAN HISTORY | 4 |
HST 436 | COLLOQUIUM IN ISLAMIC HISTORY | 4 |
HST 437 | COLLOQUIUM IN WORLD HISTORY | 4 |
HST 438 | COLLOQUIUM: SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY | 4 |
With the permission of the Graduate Director, students may substitute up to eight quarter hours of Independent Study or Graduate Internship for two colloquia.
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
HST 492 | GRADUATE INTERNSHIP | 4 |
HST 497 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | 4-8 |
In addition, upon consultation with the Graduate Director and with his/her approval, students may count up to eight quarter hours from another DePaul graduate program toward their MA. Such courses would reduce the number of required colloquia by two.
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