Admission Requirements and How to Apply

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

In order to be considered for full admission to the History MA Program, a candidate should have EITHER a bachelor’s degree in history OR a bachelor's degree in another humanities or social science discipline that includes the equivalent of a minor in history (28 quarter hours or 21 semester hours, with a course equivalent to DePaul’s HST 199 Historical Concepts and Methods).

In some cases, strong candidates who have not completed this minimum number of undergraduate credit hours in history may be considered for conditional admission. Students admitted in this category may only take one course (HST 421) during the Autumn quarter. A student who passes 421 with a grade of B or above may then continue in the program but must receive grades of B or above in the next two graduate colloquia he or she attemps. If the students does NOT receive a B or above in EACH of these three classes, he or she must leave the program. If you have any questions about this, please contact the Graduate Director, Roshanna P. Sylvester rsylvest@depaul.edu.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for the MA in History program, you must complete and online application and send a set of supplemental materials DIRECTLY to the Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Office :

STEP ONE – Online Application:

The online application is available at the following link: https://ws.is.depaul.edu/onlineapps/

Please note that you will need to create an account for yourself before you will be able to enter the online application system.

STEP TWO – SUBMISSION OF SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

Please send ALL of the following materials DIRECTLY to the LAS graduate office at the following address. DO NOT send them to the History Department.

LAS Graduate Office
990 W. Fullerton Ave., Suite 100 ,
Chicago , IL 60614 :

1. Letter of Application (500 words max)

Please write a Letter of Application in which you address the following:

• Why you want to pursue an MA in History
• Why you want to study at DePaul University
• What you are planning to do with your degree
• Anything else the evaluators should know about your qualifications that is not reflected elsewhere in the application

2. Writing Sample

Please send one of the following as a sample of your writing and critical thinking abilities:

Option 1 : An analytical paper of at least 5 pages in length that you wrote for an undergraduate or graduate history course.

Option 2 : An original essay (5 pages) that analyzes a book written by an academic historian.

3. Letters of Recommendation

Please send a minimum of two letters of recommendation. The most useful letters are those written by professors with whom you have worked, preferably in a history class. In any case, recommenders should address your

• writing abilities,
• analytical skills,
• motivation and readiness for graduate study,
• ability to do independent work, and
• ability to see a project through to completion.

It would also be helpful if the referee could compare your work with that of other students with whom s/he has worked.

4. Official transcripts from ALL undergraduate and graduate institutions attended.

5. Scores for the general section of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). For information on the exam, go to www.ets.org/gre/.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Review of completed applications begins on January 15th. Applications completed after April 1st cannot be guaranteed consideration.

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