Combined BA/MA in American Studies
In mid-spring of their junior year, undergraduate majors may apply to the BA/MA program in American Studies by taking the GRE exam and completing the Combined Bachelor's/Master's Program Admissions Application. Applicants to the BA/MA program may choose between two different concentrations: General Studies or Historic Preservation.
Requirements
BA degree requirements (120 credits)
MA degree requirements (30 credits for the General Studies; 36 credits for Historic Preservation).
The completion of these requirements will be expedited by allowing students to double-count some graduate coursework toward both the BA and the MA degrees. BA/MA students in the General Studies track may take 6 credits of graduate coursework (2 courses) during the undergraduate degree which will be counted toward both the BA and the MA degrees, while BA/MA students in Historic Preservation may double-count 9 credits of graduate coursework (3 courses) toward both degrees.
Once the student has completed the BA, s/he then completes the remaining coursework required for the MA: 24 additional credits (8 courses) for the General Studies focus and 27 additional credits (9 courses) for concentration in Historic Preservation. These credits are usually completed by taking one full-time year of graduate coursework (at 3 courses per semester), plus additional summer courses after the senior year and/or the first year of full-time graduate study.
Professor Receives Rave Reviews
Professor of American Studies and director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation Richard Longstreth received rave reviews from the Washington Times for his book The American Department Store Transformed: 1920-1960.