Accelerated History, BA/MA or BS/MA

An accelerated option is available to undergraduate students to complete a Master of Arts in History in five years or less. No GRE or application fee is required for the accelerated program.

After completing 90 hours of their program with a 3.25 GPA, students may take up to 12 hours of approved 5000-level graduate history classes to fulfill their undergraduate requirements. This may be done by taking dual-credit 5000-level courses. In addition to 12 dual-credit hours, the M.A. requires completion of an additional 18 graduate hours, including the 9-hour M.A. core, for a total of 30 hours.

Undergraduate coursework will be completed on campus at Harding University during traditional semesters. Graduate coursework will be completed online or with on-ground dual-listed courses.

To be admitted into the accelerated M.A. program, students must have taken at least 12 hours of history credits and SOCS 2600  in residence at Harding; these courses must have been passed with a grade of B or higher.

Undergraduate majors that can be used with this program:

• American Studies Major (AMS), BA  
• History Major (HI), BA  
• Public Administration Major (PAD), BS  
• Social Science Major (SOSC), BA  
• Social Science Major (SOED) (Teacher licensure), BA