1.	A baccalaureate degree earned from a regionally accredited college or university.
2.	An overall undergraduate quality point average of at least 2.8 on a 4.0 point scale.
3.	Forty-five (45) undergraduate semester hours of liberal arts courses including a distribution of courses as listed below:
	Humanities: twelve (12) semester hours
	History: eighteen (18) semester hours
4.	A Massachusetts Initial License in History. This requirement will be waived for persons who are not using this degree in order to obtain teacher licensure in the State of Massachusetts.
5.	Submission of satisfactory scores on the Miller Analogies Test or Graduate Record Examination.

The degree requires a minimum of ten (10) courses, which include three (3) in education and seven (7) in history. Students should note that the Seminar requires a prerequisite, 32.856 Historical Research and Writing, or an equivalent course. An oral comprehensive examination is required as the student’s culminating experience.
Education Core Courses (3)
14.991	Philosophy of Education and Teaching Practice
14.998	Language Development and Communication
14.999	Research and Evaluation (recommended after completion of three Content or Concentration courses)
History Concentration Courses (7)
32.893 or 32.894	Seminar in American History Seminar in European/World History
Note: 32.856 Historical Research and Writing or an equivalent course is the prerequisite for 32.983 and 32.984
And at least six (6) additional history courses must be taken at the 800 or 900 graduate level, approved in writing by the student’s advisor. Graduate students enrolled in dual-level graduate courses will be required to produce an original research paper from 15 to 40 pages (including primary sources and otherwise conforming to departmental standards taught in 32.856 Historical Research and Writing); to complete extra reading assignments; and to be graded according to more exacting standards than undergraduates enrolled in the course.