Maryville’s Early Access program allows you to earn up to 12 credits toward your master’s degree as you complete the required coursework for your undergraduate degree. Once you’ve completed at least 90 credit hours or more of your bachelor’s degree (with a GPA of 3.25 or higher), you may be eligible to get a head start on your master’s degree. Graduate-level Early Access courses are billed at the undergraduate tuition rate — so you can save time and money. Contact an admissions advisor to find out more.
Maryville University Bachelor of Arts in History online
Learn to contextualize and analyze history, from the local to the global. This online degree will help you deepen your understanding of historical events, societies, and cultures, within the context of today’s society. Pursue a career across industries in various roles, including archives director, records manager, and communications specialist.
About the program
- Transfer credits to complete your degree sooner: Graduate faster if you previously earned college credits. Maryville considers all transfer credits, even if you earned them years ago.
- Gain valuable hands-on career experience: Engage in experiential learning opportunities, including a local history seminar and an internship relevant to your goals.
- Aligns to industry standards: Follow a curriculum that adheres to the American Historical Association’s History Discipline Core, which emphasizes history as a discipline, but also as an inquiry into what it means to be human, and as a public service.
About Maryville University
Maryville University’s mission is to provide access and opportunity to those who are brave enough to make their dreams a reality. Since 1872, Maryville University has offered a high-quality, student-centered educational experience to its students, by providing personalized, comprehensive support; a practical, future-focused education; and accessible and experienced faculty.
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Curriculum
An online history degree from Maryville University prepares students for any number of careers in public, private, or nonprofit organizations. The industry-focused curriculum is designed to help you form an in-depth understanding of how and why events in the past occurred, and how those events correlate to current world events.
- Gain essential career skills that you can apply across industries: Courses will teach students how to leverage the tools and techniques that modern history professionals use to research, communicate, analyze, and educate on topics past and present.
- Engage with a flexible curriculum that aligns to your career interests: Explore a range of relevant course topics, from historical methods to world history, and choose courses that align with your personal and professional goals and interests.
- Hone your critical thinking skills: Build and strengthen critical thinking abilities so you can develop a heightened awareness of the impact past events have on modern times. Use your newly learned skills across a variety of industries, including academia, galleries, and museums, as well as nonprofits, government agencies, and public service.
Admissions
Maryville’s hassle-free online application process makes it easy for you to start learning. No application fees or SAT/ACT scores are required. With three start dates per year, you can align your educational journey with your schedule. Maryville considers all transfer credits, even if you earned them years ago.
Eligible applicants to the Bachelor of Arts in History online program must have earned a high school diploma or GED with a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. (Applicants with a GPA below 2.5 may be considered for provisional admission.)
You will need to submit the following materials to apply:
A simplified, no-cost online application
Official high school transcript (Maryville will request transcripts for you.)
English proficiency scores (International applicants may be required to submit scores that meet a certain threshold.)
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