MA in History in Tuscaloosa United States | University of Alabama

The applicant must have a GPA, based on a 4.0 system, of 3.0 overall or 3.0 for the last 60 semester hours in a degree program.

Applicants who already hold an MA in History earned in the last six years, are eligible to apply to our PhD program. Applicants with a Master's degree awarded in the last six years in a closely related discipline (including, but not limited to, American Studies, Latin American Studies, Medieval Studies, etc.) and whose training was primarily historical may petition the departmental Graduate Committee to apply directly to the PhD program. Permission will be granted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact Dr. Daniel Riches, the Director of Graduate Studies, to make such a request: [email protected].

Each international applicant must hold the equivalent of a U.S. four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited institution to be eligible for graduate admission. While individual departments may have more stringent requirements, bachelor degrees from Bologna Accord certified institutions are considered to meet this criterion. We do also consider Indian three-year degrees to be equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree.

TOEFL : The minimum score for admission to a degree program or for non-degree admission is 79 on the internet-based TOEFL (iBT).
International English Language Testing System (IELTS): The minimum score for admission to a degree program or for non-degree admission is 6.5.
TOEFL paper-based score of 550 and above