Masters of Arts
in U.S. History
in U.S. History
The master’s program is offered through an innovative curriculum that blends online coursework with skill building practicum projects that allow students to apply what they learn to real work situations. Students can enter the program at the beginning of any semester. Two courses and a practicum are offered each semester so the program can be completed in two years. Since the curriculum is fully online, there is no need to come to the Alamosa campus to complete the program.
Cultural Resource Management and U.S. History Program Coordinator
HIST 507: Latino History (3 hours)
This course will give special attention to the loss of land in the late ninteenth century, community formation during the early twentieth century, and the Chicano Movement of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. At a deeper level, this course explores both the strengths and weaknesses in the relevant historiography and fundamental questions about the practice of history and the forces that form and serve as custodians of memory.
HIST 546: Borderlands (3 hours)
This course explores borderlands as a site of historical scholarship with special emphasis on the southwestern United States and the United States-Mexico border.