Retrieving the Master’s Degree from the Dustbin of History

A Report to the Members of the American Historical Association

Prepared by Philip M. Katz for the AHA's Committee on Committee on the Master’s Degree in History.

 


Contents

Introduction

I. A (Very) Brief History of the Master’s Degree

II. The History Master’s Degree: A Snapshot in Statistics

III. Destinations and Desires

IV. Where Is the Mastery in the Master’s Degree?

V. Defining a Distinctive Role for the Master’s
Level in History

VI. Unanswered Questions

 

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Notes


Committee on the Master’s Degree in History

David Trask (Guilford Technical Community College), chair
Thomas Bender (New York University)
Fritz Fischer (University of Northern Colorado)
Patricia Mooney-Melvin (Loyola University Chicago)
Colin Palmer (Princeton University)
Carlton Wilson (North Carolina Central University)
Barbara Winslow (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Rosemarie Zagarri (George Mason University)
Arnita Jones (American Historical Association), ex officio

 

 

Last Updated: May 11, 2007