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Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

History Graduate Certificate

Program Overview

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

General Graduated Certificate Admission Requirements

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The Graduate Certificate in History is designed for high school teachers interested in enhancing their mastery of historical methods and acquiring an advanced grasp of the discipline of history. This six-course, 18 credit hour program also provides teachers the credentials required by the Higher Learning Commission to teach dual-enrollment courses for college credit in their schools. Additionally, the certificate program is an excellent way to earn graduate-level credits applicable to the M.A. program in history at UNC.

Degree Requirements — 18 credits

Students must earn 18 credits in 500 or 600 level history classes.

Required Courses — 6 hours

All students must earn passing grades for the following two courses:

HIST 500Historiography

3

HIST 690Writing Seminar

3

Elective Courses — 12 hours

All students must earn passing grades in four additional 500 or 600-level courses in history.

HIST 510Seminar in Chinese History

3

HIST 512Seminar in Asian History

3

HIST 516Seminar in Latin American History

3

HIST 518Modern Africa

3

HIST 520Colonial America 1492 to 1763

3

HIST 522Seminar in Southwest History

3

HIST 530Topics in American History

3

HIST 557Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance History

3

HIST 580Seminar in History

3

HIST 589Seminar in European History

3

HIST 595Graduate Topics in History

3

HIST 598Environmental History

3

HIST 622Directed Studies

1- 6

HIST 690Writing Seminar

3

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