Public History BA to MA Degrees at the Ohio State University

The Ohio State University is now offering a combined BA/MA in public history, in other words it is a degree centered around "any of the ways in which academically trained historians work and engage with a wider public. Sometimes this means work in libraries, archives and museums. But public historians work in the private sector, the non-profit world and in government at the local, state and national levels."

Those Eligible Include Those Who:

• have completed, or are taking, at least 18 semester credit hours of history courses 
• have completed, or are taking, History 2800
• have completed, or are taking, a 4000-level Readings in History seminar
• have a cumulative GPA in Ohio State courses of at least 3.50

Requirements for the Combined BA/MA:

• Students must fulfill all of the requirements for the History BA Major, 33 semester credit hours.
• Students will then be required to complete 30 semester credit hours of graduate coursework for the MA in addition to the coursework required for the BA.
• Up to 12 hours of graduate coursework can "overlap" and be counted simultaneously toward the requirements for the BA and MA.

Application Check List

*Note: Application Deadline for this Year has already passed*

• Cover Form
• 500 word statement of purpose
• Transcript
• Writing sample
• One letter of recommendation
• Completed Graduate School Online Application
• remember to fill out the Combined Degree Form

For more information contact Professor Steven Conn, conn.23@osu.edu 

or visit the Public History Degree's website, here.