The Master of Arts degree can be completed within two calendar years. Our program is very competitive, and we admit very few students specifically to the M.A. program, although many doctoral students obtain a M.A. en route to their Ph.D. The graduate program in History offers highly personalized guidance and instruction in close cooperation with an excellent faculty. Candidates are encouraged to pursue special research interests while also studying broad historical fields. The most common fields are Early America, Modern America, African-American, Colonial and Modern Latin America, Military, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe, British and British Empire, Imperial and Soviet Russia, South Asia, and Islamic World; but we also train students in Medieval Europe, Traditional and Modern China, Modern Japan, Africa, and Medicine, Science and Technology.