Advance our understanding of the past while shaping the future

Empower yourself — as a working professional, a member of your community and a citizen of the world — to help address major societal challenges and enrich public discourse by earning your M.A. or M.S. in History online with Oregon State University.

This cohort-based program will not only provide the knowledge and communication skills needed to engage in broad public debate, but it will also prepare you for various career paths through evidence-based analysis, critical empathy and an appreciation of the many perspectives and complexities in the world around us.

Offered online by Oregon State’s prestigious College of Liberal Arts, this is a terminal degree with a historical and humanities-based perspective that trains you to contend with and address local and global issues of racial and social injustice, violence and war.

Choose a course of study that matches your interests

Once you enroll in the history master’s program, you can select one of two options:

• Community history and civic engagement
• Global perspectives on war, peace and empire

View the program’s curriculum page for more details on the degree options.

Benefits of learning online with Oregon State

• All classes are developed and taught by OSU's world-class faculty, who are renowned for their research, expertise and innovation.
• Oregon State is institutionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
• Oregon State Ecampus is consistently ranked among the nation’s 10 best providers of online education according to U.S. News & World Report.
• OSU Ecampus students receive the same diploma and transcript as on-campus students.