MA Program

Requirements

Program requirements

Total Required Hours:  33

  • Required courses in the Florida Studies Program include

    • HUM 6814 Introduction to Graduate Study

    • HUM 6815 Research Seminar

  • Students may select any three of the following courses

    • HIS 6925 Colloquium in History: may repeat with different content

    • HIS 6939 Seminar in History: may repeat with different content

    • AMS 6026 Florida and Regional Studies

    • HIS 5114 Spanish Paleography I

    • HIS 5116 Spanish Paleography II

    • GEA 6195 Seminar in Advanced Regional Geography: Florida

    • EVR 6072 Florida Springs

    • BSC 6932 Selected Topics in Biology

    • LIT 6934 Selected Topics in English Studies

    • AML 6017 Studies in American Literature to 1860

  • The remainder of each student鈥檚 program of study will be worked out with his or her faculty advisor and the program director.  Each semester, the program circulates a list of approved courses.  If students identify courses they wish to include that are not on this list (including a limited number of graduate courses at other campuses), they may seek approval from the Program Director.

  • Each student must pass a comprehensive oral examination based on a written research proposal.

  • Students may choose a thesis or non-thesis option. Candidates will select topics with the approval of a faculty advisor.

Detailed program requirements are discussed in the Florida Studies Graduate Student Handbook.