Program Requirements and Courses

The Department of History at the Western Washington is an excellent place to pursue a graduate degree. With an outstanding and productive faculty, research interests are diverse in scope and area of interests, covering the most important aspects of the histories of the world. The program offers an in-person, small-group setting that fosters invaluable intellectual exchange with faculty and peers. In the program, students learn methods of historical analysis, develop research skills, and pursue historiographical questions regarding different topics. For some recent history MA students, the degree has allowed them to enter careers as researchers, writers, teachers, and curators in a variety of businesses, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions.

Our graduates have been accepted into the top doctoral programs in history, and other disciplines and some have become tenured professors. They have worked as archivists and historians in museums ranging from local historical societies to the Library of Congress. They have entered the business world and thrived at such places as Facebook. They have also become teachers, lawyers, and entrepreneurs.

View the full list of tenured history professors. Found someone that shares your research interests? Contact them directly!

• Email is the preferred form of communication for all our professors. 
  • Email format for is firstname.lastname@wwu.edu. 
  • If a professor has a hyphenated last name, only the first last name is used.
• Faculty office hours are located in the "Pages" section of our History Canvas Page. 
  • All history graduate students are automatically enrolled. 
  • If you are a WWU faculty, staff, or student that wishes to access our Canvas or if you have questions, contact history@wwu.edu.