ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  Admissions requirements (submit to the graduate school):

• Application for graduate admission (non-degree applications are not entertained)

• Official transcripts of all college and graduate work (3.0 GPA required)

• Officially reported scores on the Graduate Record Examination (verbal, quantitative and analytical; a score of 475 is required on each)

• Three letters of recommendation, at least two must be from academicians

• Appropriate writing sample; research paper preferred

Deadline for fall admission with department financial aid & TA consideration: February 15.
The History Graduate Committee begins looking at applications on March 1 (or before if possible). Applicants should have ALL their material in to the UNCW Graduate School by February 15 as it takes two weeks or more to process them. The Graduate School does not send an application to the History Graduate Committee until the application is complete. So applicants should stay on top of their application and ensure that ALL transcripts, scores, letters of recommendations and such have been sent in to the UNCW Graduate School (NOT the History Department) by Feb. 15 or earlier if at all possible. Failure to have this material in on time could easily result in your application not being reviewed by the History Graduate Committee for another month or longer.

Deadline for fall admission without financial aid consideration: April 15.
For those not interested in a TA position, then all applications should be completed and in to the UNCW Graduate School by April 15 as the History Graduate Committee will begin looking at these applications on May 1.

Deadline for spring admission: October 15.
Please see the above information. All applications for Spring entry should be fully completed and in to the UNCW Graduate School by Oct. 15 as they take about two weeks to process. The History Graduate Committee will begin looking at Spring application on November 1.

     For questions about the UNCW Graduate Program, email: gradstudies@uncw.edu; or call 910-962-3135

     Click here for an Application to the History Graduate Program.

     Other pertinant forms from the Graduate School can be found at:

Forms from Graduate School (DIS, thesis hours, Graduation Application, etc).

     To review all the requirements for an M.A. in History, please see our Graduate Handbook (html).

PROCEDURES AND REQUIRMENTS

Application:  Go to UNCW Graduate Page for online application. Please follow the online instructions. If you must submit paper copies of anything, please send them to the UNCW Graduate Program only. Do not send anything to the History Deparatment. Please submit online all needef orm, as well History Questionairre, all undergraduate transcripts, 3 letters of reference (at least 2 from academics), writing sample, GRE scores (standard test; achieve min of 950 on the total of your verbal and quantitative, 4/5 on essay). 

Deadines: March 1 for financial aid consideration, May first for fall admission, November 1 for spring admission.  Click here for a Graduate Application form:

Advising: Graduate Coordinator is the advisor of record for all students.  Meet director upon arrival and every semester for advising.

Requirement for North Carolina Residency.

Apply for TA positions and scholarships: Apply for Teaching Assistantship positions on application; in subsequent semesters, director will call for applications.  All students are considered for all departmental scholarships each year, no application necessary.  Other scholarships may be available through Alumni Association, etc.; check catalog.

Language and Comprehensive Exams: Take language exam as soon as possible; it is offered each semester early in the term.  Written comprehensives are to be taken during the last semester of coursework of the semester immediately thereafter.  Consult handbook.

Thesis (or Public History Project Report) Preparation: Identify committee members, file tentative title with graduate director.  Work closely with committee; adhere to submission deadlines; submit appropriate cover sheets.      

  Attend thesis formatting workshop.   See the thesis manual.

 FINANCIAL AID

  Information on loans and non-UNCW grants and scholarships is available from the Office of Financial Aid and Veterans Services. See web page at: www.uncw.edu/finaid; or call 910-962-3177.

   Teaching and Research Assistantships:  The Department of History currently offers 14 teaching assistantships. Salary for Fall 2008 is Current salary is $9,500 per year (10 months of the academic year).  To be considered for an assistantship, make the appropriate designation on the application form.

   Scholarships:  Through the UNCW graduate school, the History Department offers the Ty Rowell Scholarship, the Charles Green Scholarship, the Susan Goodman Stern Graduate Fellowship, Historic Wilmington Foundation Scholarship; Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarship; Hurston & Mora Scholarship; the Anna Kniffen Scholarship; and awards a limited number of small scholarships.  All registered students are considered for each scholarship. 

  In addition, the department makes nominations to the graduate school for the McDowell Davis Scholarship, the Lackey Scholarship and the New Scholar Award.  For information about these and other scholarships, please contact the graduate school.

Internships: Public History Internships (paid and unpaid) and Federal Work Study positions in our Public History Lab