Interpret the past and illuminate the future in the online Master of Arts (MA) in a History degree program from Southern New Hampshire University. The master in history program can deepen your knowledge of the process of "making" history through analysis of historical scholarship, crafting written communications, and defending the relevance of the past as it pertains to making informed decisions about the future. Upon graduating, you'll emerge not only with degree-specific knowledge but also with a valuable set of widely applicable skills.

By studying advanced research, analysis, presentation, writing, and critical-thinking techniques, the master's in history program can help you bolster your history expertise while building a transferable set of skills you can use in a variety of fields. Our faculty is full of experienced and passionate historians many with doctoral degrees who are dedicated to sharing their deep understanding of history. Regardless of which geographic, periodic, or thematic area of history piques your interest, the MA in History program can build upon your understanding of our past and its implications for our future.

Learn how to:

- Interpret history using primary and secondary sources

- Analyze the credibility of historical sources

- Write for specific audiences using best practices

- Address the ethical and social responsibilities of a historian

- Explain the value of using the past to make future decisions

- Use tools to preserve, organize, assess and disseminate historical knowledge

Want to dive deeper than the general course of study? Our program also gives you the opportunity to choose from 3 focused concentrations: American history, military history, and public history. SNHUs history programs require more than just the memorization of facts. The curriculum for the online master's in history advances the applications and relevancy of history while strengthening research and writing skills. Throughout your courses, you'll develop critical-thinking skills that can be applied to research, writing, publishing, and government work, using what you've learned from the past to help determine the right path for the future. The core master's in history degree courses focus on the historical methods and research skills that enable professional historians to accurately and convincingly explain the past.

By understanding the range of historical approaches, you'll better appreciate the changing nature of historical interpretations and arguments and develop your own preferred methods of analysis. You'll have the option of exploring history through traditional coursework, focused on research and writing, or by investigating subjects pertinent to public histories, such as understanding the latest technology for preserving and digitizing history. Our 3 concentrations in American history, military history, and public history then give you the opportunity to specialize your knowledge base and skill set which might be attractive to certain employers. If you're interested in developing a broader knowledge base instead of focusing on a concentration area, you can tailor your program by choosing electives from any of the graduate history courses.

Expanding access to quality higher education means removing the barriers that may stand between you and your degree. That's why you can apply at any time and get a decision within days of submitting all required materials:

- Completed Application

- Undergraduate transcripts, which we can retrieve for you by submitting a Transcript Request Form Acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis throughout the year for our 5 graduate terms.

$150 Graduation Fee, Course Materials ($ varies by course)