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Graduate Admissions

The Department of History in the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts on the campus of IUPUI welcomes qualified students into its Master of Arts program.

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History Department Graduate Office
317-274-5840
history@iupui.edu

The requirements are those of the Indiana University Graduate School: IU School of Liberal Arts Graduate Bulletin. 

It is the responsibility of the student to fulfill the requirements for the Master’s degree in History. In the event changes are made in the requirements, students will be responsible for satisfying the requirements in effect at the time of their admission.

Admission Requirements

Foreign Language

There is no foreign language requirement for the degree per se.  However, those students who will incorporate foreign language documents and scholarship in their graduate work (especially those concentrating in European history) will be expected to translate non-English sources.  They must thus demonstrate an appropriate level of competence in the relevant language before they begin work on their thesis.  The Director of Graduate Studies and the student’s advisor may require the student to take additional coursework.

All students concentrating in European history should expect to demonstrate competence in a foreign language, ideally upon application to the program.  (Competence is defined as two years of undergraduate course work with a grade of B or better in the final semester, or demonstration of an equivalent reading proficiency in an approved foreign language exam.)  Students considering the possibility of going on for a PhD should recognize that competence in at least one and sometimes two foreign languages is often a requirement in history doctoral programs.

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