Admission Requirements

      To be considered for admission to the M.A. in History or the M.A. in Public History, applicants must have an undergraduate or cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, as well as a degree in history or related field. Applicants who do not meet these admissions standards, but who have an undergraduate or cumulative GPA between 2.70 and 2.99 may be considered for conditional admission. In order to be recommended for full acceptance, conditionally admitted students must complete HIST 501 with a B or better. 

      Students who do not meet the undergraduate GPA requirements for admittance or conditional admittance to the graduate program in History may take up to three courses (nine credit hours) in graduate level history courses as a non-matriculated student. Those earning a minimum 3.3 GPA for these courses may apply for conditional admittance to the graduate program. Those students must also provide two letters of recommendation from CCSU History Department faculty. Once conditionally admitted, those students who achieve a B+ or above in HIST 501 will be fully admitted into the program.

   Prospective graduate students without an undergraduate degree in history, but who meet the GPA requirements for full admission to the graduate program, should meet with the History Department chair or a History Department graduate advisor to determine the requisite courses needed for admission.  At minimum, those students will receive a conditional admittance and must complete HIST 501 with a B or better.

     For full consideration, all application materials must be received by the Department of History no later than December 1^st for spring admissions and May 1^st for fall admissions.  Applicants who do not meet the fall admissions deadline may enroll in courses on a non-matriculated basis subject to course availability.

   Applicants should submit the following materials to the Graduate Admissions Office:

• The application for Graduate Admission

• Official copies of transcripts

• Application fee

      In addition, applicants must submit the following materials to the History Department:

• Two (2) letters of recommendation (recommendation forms are available at http://www.ccsu.edu/grad/Additional_Material/Hist_rec.html)

• A statement of purpose describing the applicant’s academic interests in history not to exceed 350 words. Applicants for the M.A. in Public History should also address their professional goals and career aspirations.