Earn your bachelor's degree from Aquinas College and your master's degree from Western Michigan University in just five years! Apply up to 12 undergraduate through a combination of transfer credits and prior learning assessment from Aquinas College toward one of the following programs:
Requirements
Aquinas College students may transfer up to six credits earned at Aquinas College toward a master's degree in History at Western Michigan University as part of our 4+1 program. WMU will accept six transfer credits (two courses) from the following group of courses taken at Aquinas College:
• History 202 Colonial and Revolutionary America
• History 204 After Revolution: Early American Republic
• History 206 Civil War and Reconstruction
• History 210 Gilded Age and Progressive Era
• History 302 History of Britain (4 credit hours)
• History 310 Variable Topics on History of War
• History 400 Senior Research Seminar (if History 400 is taken a second time with a
different topic, both History 400 courses may be counted toward the 6 hours of transferable credit)
• Other History advanced-level coursework or experiences, such as internships or research
experiences
Prior learning assessment: Six credit hours may be applied based on the evaluation of the final deliverables for:
• History 300 Historiography (the course must require a research paper using primary
sources)
• History 302 History of Britain (4 credit hours)
• History 400 Senior Research Seminar (if History 400 is taken a second time with a
different topic, both History 400 courses may be counted toward the 6 hours of PLA credit)
Aquinas College students may also obtain from WMU a maximum of three graduate credits with credit by examination based on their capstone project at Aquinas. To receive up to three credits at WMU as Independent Research, students from Aquinas College will be required to submit their final writing projects from a senior capstone project course for evaluation by the WMU Department of History faculty. The work will be graded credit or no credit. Credit will be posted on the transcript as "credit earned by examination" without letter grade or honor points. Examination fees are assessed on a credit hour basis and are the same for all students.
The WMU Department of History faculty will determine the basis for evaluation and the awarding of credit. Please note: History 300 does not replace taking WMU's History 6010 in order to complete the MA in History at WMU.
Questions
Contact graduate advisor Dr. Sally Hadden at @email for more information.