{"id":1220,"date":"2019-08-01T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/history-department\/?page_id=1220"},"modified":"2025-02-18T09:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:55:36","slug":"accelerated-ma-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/undergraduate-degrees\/accelerated-ma-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerated MA program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Achieve your bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degree in 5 years<\/h1>\n<h2>NAU&#8217;s accelerated MA program for History majors<\/h2>\n<p>Prepare yourself to excel in your chosen career and\/or any area of further advanced academic study in the field of history with this accelerated program. Eligible, highly motivated students can complete both a bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degree in five years by taking advanced courses in their senior year that count as credit towards their master&#8217;s degree, enabling the achievement of both degrees in less time.<\/p>\n<h3>Are you eligible to apply?<\/h3>\n<p>NAU&#8217;s accelerated MA program in History is a challenging program for outstanding students who enjoy learning at an accelerated pace. Applicants to this program must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completed at least 60 credit hours with at least 30 of those credit hours at NAU<\/li>\n<li>Achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher, as well as a GPA of 3.5 or higher in History courses thus far<\/li>\n<li>Completed a minimum of 4 history classes (12 credit hours), 2 of which must be upper-division<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What eligible students need to do next<\/h3>\n<p>If you meet the eligibility requirements above, you&#8217;ll need to submit the following to <a href=\"mailto:History.Grad@nau.edu\">History.Grad@nau.edu<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An electronic copy of your unofficial transcripts<\/li>\n<li>A short personal statement (2-3 pages) describing your goals upon entering the accelerated MA program<\/li>\n<li>3 faculty recommendations, two of which must be from NAU History department faculty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional information<\/h3>\n<p>To determine if NAU&#8217;s accelerated MA program in History is a good fit for you, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/graduate-degrees\/history-ma\/\">webpage<\/a> for additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Achieve your bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degree in 5 years NAU&#8217;s accelerated MA program for History majors Prepare yourself to excel in your chosen career and\/or any area of further advanced academic study in the field of history with this accelerated program. Eligible, highly motivated students can complete both a bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degree in five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"parent":514,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"my-templates\/catalog.php","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1962,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220\/revisions\/1962"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}