The History Department offers three specializations leading to the Master of Arts in History. The first is the traditional history degree with the option of completing either a thesis or research paper. The Public History Specialization trains students in the various aspects of public, or applied, history and requires completion of an internship. The third specialization, Historic Preservation, is interdisciplinary in nature, and students have the option of completing either a thesis or internship. The M.A. Degree in History is a traditional degree that equips students to pursue further graduate study or to begin an enriching career. Students may focus their course work in American or European history but acquire a broad knowledge and marketable skills that prepare them for a Ph.D. program in history or for a career teaching at the middle school, high school or community-college level or working in governmental and non-governmental agencies, institutional planning, libraries, museums, archives, nonprofits, politics or publishing. Contact the department for information concerning the certificate.