Dual Degree in History and Women's Studies

Admission Requirements

Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or from a comparable substitute examination accepted by the graduate program and authorized by the dean of the Graduate School, are required for admission. At the discretion of a graduate program, a student may be admitted provisionally for graduate study in a program without these scores. Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the General Information section of the Graduate Bulletin.

The best-qualified applicants will be accepted up to the number of spaces that are available for new students. The Miller Analogies Test (MAT) has been accepted by the program and authorized by the dean of the Graduate School for use in admission decisions as a substitute for the GRE. Applicants with a standardized test score above 60 on the MAT, or a total verbal and quantitative score above 1100 on the GRE, and with a junior/senior average of 3.00 and a graduate average of 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) are usually admitted to the Ph.D. and D.Ed. programs. Applicants with a junior/senior average of 2.70, a graduate average of 3.20, and an MAT score of 50 or a GRE total score of 1000 but with special backgrounds, abilities, and interests also may be admitted to the Ph.D. program with only the baccalaureate degree, but they will earn the masters' degree enroute.

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Degree Requirements

The M.A. Degree (36 hours of coursework, including a possible 6 hours of thesis credits)

  • History 592: Proseminar (3)
  • 9 credit hours in major area in History
  • 6 credits in a secondary historical area
  • Women's Studies 501: Feminist Perspectives in Research and Teaching (3)
  • Women's Studies 597: Special Topics in Women's Studies (3)
  • Women's Studies 507: Feminist Theory (3)
  • 9 credits further elective work, 6 of which may be thesis credits
  • If the 6 thesis credits are used, the remaining 3 credits must be in a 500-level WMNST approved course
  • If the 6 thesis credits are not used, 6 of the remaining nine credits must be in 500-level WMNST approved courses
  • Foreign language requirement

The Ph.D. Degree

  • History 592: Proseminar (6)
  • Women's Studies 501: Feminist Perspectives in Research and Teaching (3)
  • Women's Studies 597: Special Topics in Women's Studies (3)
  • Women's Studies 507: Feminist Theory (3)
  • A further 18-36 credits of elective coursework to be determined by the student's committee, 9 of which must be in 500-level Women's Studies approved courses
  • Foreign language requirement