HIST 501 The Professional Historian
	 Focus on major professional trends in history at both the academic and public history level, with a special focus on writing, research, and analysis of historical arguments and theories. This is a mandatory course for all MA History and MA Public History graduate students and should be taken within the first year of acceptance to these programs.
 Credits
3
	
		Prerequisite
	
Acceptance into the MA program in history or public history, and permission of department chair.