The Certificate in Advanced Study in History provides an opportunity to take graduate-level history courses without applying to our MA program. The program is designed with secondary school teachers in mind, but it is a path that others interested in challenging themselves with rigorous historical study may pursue.

Course Requirements for the Certificate

The certificate requires 12 units of 400/500/600-level course work in the discipline of history as follows:

1. A minimum of 9 units of 600-level courses from the list below.
2. No more than 3 units of 400- or 500-level courses; these units must include additional student work, as determined by the course instructor, to qualify as graduate-level work.
3. No more than 3 semester units of transfer and/or extension credit.
4. A grade-point average of 3.0 is required for the entire program, with at least a B- earned in each course.
5. Up to 12 units earned as part of the certificate may be transferred into the History Department's master's program.

Course List

Course	Title	Units
Select 9-12 units from the following:		9-12
HIST 600	Graduate Research Seminar
HIST 610	Graduate Seminar in Ancient History
HIST 620	Graduate Seminar in European History
HIST 630	Graduate Seminar in Pre-1877 United States History
HIST 640	Graduate Seminar in Post-1877 United States History
HIST 660	Graduate Seminar in Middle Eastern History
HIST 675	Graduate Seminar in Asian History
HIST 680	Graduate Seminar in Latin American History
HIST 690	Historiography
Total Units		9-12

The Department of History offers a post-baccalaureate certificate in Advanced Study in History.

Admission

There are no course prerequisites for admission to this certificate program, and the GRE is not required. Applicants for admission must, however, meet all relevant University and departmental standards, policies, and procedures, including:

1. A bachelor's degree in history from an accredited institution or an acceptable bachelor's degree in another discipline with advance approval of the History Department's Graduate Coordinator.
2. An acceptable undergraduate grade point average, as specified in Graduate and Postbaccalaureate Admission Requirements.
3. An application on file with Graduate Studies.
4. Approval by the History Department Graduate Committee.