College of Arts and Humanities

HISTORY

ACCELERATED UNDERGRADUATE-GRADUATE PROGRAM (B.A. and M.A.)

CNH 551, 407-823-2224
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~history
Graduate program E-mail: hisgrad@ucf.edu
Undergraduate program E-mail: history@ucf.edu
Chair: TBA
Graduate Program Coordinator: Hong Zhang

Purpose of this degree - This program allows highly qualified undergraduate majors in history to begin taking graduate-level courses which will count towards their master’s degree while completing their baccalaureate degree program. Participation will enable completion of a B.A. and M.A. in five instead of six years for students enrolled in full-time course work.

Admission Requirements

• Students apply for admission to the accelerated program at the end of their junior year or after 12 hours of upper-level history course work
• A 3.5 GPA or better in history courses and a 3.25 overall GPA or better
• Graduate Record Exam (GRE) combined score of 1050 on both the verbal and quantitative sections of the exam and a score of at least 550 on the verbal section
• Completion of a graduate application, including an essay indicating reasons for desiring to complete the accelerated program, and three letters of recommendation from History Department faculty to be submitted to the History department
• Students will be formally admitted to the master’s program following receipt of the BA degree

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

• Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog.
• Students must earn at least a “B” (3.0) in each history course for it to be counted toward the major
• Co-op credit cannot be used in this major
• Students should consult with the departmental graduate coordinator
• Departmental residency requirement consists of at least 18 semester hours of regularly scheduled 3000-4000 level courses taken from the UCF History Department. Students may substitute up to nine hours of 5000- or 6000- level courses to meet this requirement.
• Students must compile a portfolio of their written work in history completed inside and outside the classroom
• The B.A. will be awarded after completion of 36 hours of history classes
• The M.A. will be awarded upon completion of the program
• Courses designated in 1 (General Education Program) and 2 (Common Program Prerequisites) are usually completed in the first 60 hours (see history major requirements)

Graduate Degree Requirements

• The graduate requirements listed in the Graduate Catalog take precedence over those listed below.
• Students admitted to the accelerated program may take a 5000-level course the first semester of their senior year
• After successfully completing one 5000-level course, students will be eligible to take HIS 6159 (Historiography) and another 5000-level course or the 6000-level seminar following the 5000-level colloquium they have already completed
• Students may substitute these nine hours of graduate-level work for 9 hours of 3000- or 4000-level undergraduate courses
• Students need to pay fees at the graduate rate for the graduate courses they take
• Schedule for students enrolled full-time in the accelerated program:



• Students complete nine hours of graduate-level courses their senior year
• Students enroll in at least three hours of graduate-level course work the summer after they receive their B.A.
• Students enroll in nine hours of graduate-level courses in both spring and fall semesters during their M.A. year
• Students complete the Capstone course, pass their preliminary exams, and fulfill their foreign language requirement by the end of their first MA year
• Students complete and defend a master’s thesis in six hours Undergraduate Requirements

(36 hrs)

1. UCF General Education Program

(See the History major in this catalog for track specific GEP requirements)

(0 hrs)

2. Common Program Prerequisites

*See Transfer Notes for possible substitutes

(9 hrs)

3. Core Requirements

(21 hrs)

4. Upper Division Restricted Electives

(Must be taken within the History Department)

18 hrs

Select six hours of approved history courses within three of the four geographic regions

1. Asian, African, and Middle Eastern
2. British and European
3. Latin American
4. U.S. and Canadian

3 hrs

Select three hours of approved history courses

Students may substitute nine hours of 5000- or 6000-level course work for 3000- or 4000-level courses

5. Departmental Exit Requirements

• Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in upper division required courses attempted
• Submit a portfolio during the semester of graduation. The portfolio will include representative samples of the student’s written work including, but not limited to, book critiques, in-class essay exams, and term papers
• Students must complete at least 18 of the required 36 history hours at UCF
• Computer competency met by completion of the major

0-8 hrs

6. Foreign Language Requirements

Admission: Met by graduation requirement

Graduation: Proficiency equivalent to one year of college instruction in a foreign language taught by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures or Judaic Studies. Standardized examinations for foreign language may be used to meet the requirement.

Majors who are participating in the accelerated program should complete two years of a foreign language, preferably one functional in their area of historical interest. Students may take the department’s M.A. foreign language proficiency exam immediately following the completion of their foreign language course work.

(variable)

7. Electives

Select primarily from upper level courses, with departmental advisor’s approval. May be outside of the department.

8. University Minimum Exit Requirements - BA

• A 2.0 UCF GPA
• 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
• 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
• 30 of the last 36 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF
• A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted
• Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, the CLAST and nine hours of summer credit (if applicable)

120 hrs

Total Semester Hours Required

(36 hrs)*

Overall History MA Requirements

* Nine hours of graduate work are earned in the senior year, in consultation with the history graduate coordinator.

(12 hrs)

1. Required Graduate Courses

(18 hrs)

2. Courses in Area of Concentration

Assumes that nine additional hours of graduate courses were taken during the senior year.

(Eastern Hemisphere: African, Asian, European, or Middle Eastern; or Western Hemisphere: Caribbean, North American, or South American)

(6 hrs)

3. Outside Area of Concentration in History

4. Foreign Language Requirement

Students will also be expected to demonstrate reading competency in one foreign language. The foreign language competence must be completed one semester prior to the thesis defense.

5. Examination Requirements

Each candidate for the M.A. in History must pass written examinations in two fields upon conclusion of regular course work and before beginning a thesis. These examinations must be taken and passed as part of the requirements for the Capstone course. Each student will also submit a thesis prospectus and preliminary bibliography, which the three members of the student’s thesis committee judge acceptable as the preliminary step to beginning the thesis.

36 Semester Hours

Minimum Hours Required for M.A.

(nine hours of which also count toward the B.A. degree)

Related Programs: Humanities

Related Minors: African-American Studies, American Studies, Asian Studies, History, Humanities, Judaic Studies, Latin American Area Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Women’s Studies

Transfer Notes:

• Courses taken at community colleges do not substitute for upper division courses.
• Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information.

Acceptable Substitutes for common program prerequisites if taken prior to transferring to UCF:

• AMH 2010* & 2020*: may use any two introductory courses with an AMH, EUH, LAH, ASH, HIS or WOH prefix. However AMH 2010 and 2020 are prerequisites for all subsequent American History courses and will need to be taken for the major.