Appalachian Studies: Master of Arts Degree; Graduate Certificate
Program Overview
Program Director: Dr. Edwin Arnold; arnoldet@appstate.edu; 828-262-4089; Center for Appalachian Studies
http://www.appstudies.appstate.edu/programs.html
The Center for Appalachian Studies, a department of the College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University, was established in 1978 to coordinate and promote curriculum offerings, public programs, and research activities on the Appalachian region. Built on the good work of generations of Appalachian scholars, including folklorist Amos Abrams and Cratis Williams, considered the father of Appalachian Studies, the Center works to illuminate and sustain the region's rich history, cultures, communities, and ecology.
Program Highlights
- The Master of Arts Degree in Appalachian Studies offers three interdisciplinary concentrations:
- Appalachian Culture Area: focuses on scholarship and research in the social sciences, humanities, and fine and applied arts, seeking to deepen understanding of the Appalachian socio-cultural and historical experience.
- Sustainable Development: based on applied research and interdisciplinary course work spanning the social and natural sciences as well as the humanities. It provides a foundation for those students who seek to develop the means for meeting the legitimate needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. For students interested in Appalachian and other highland and rural peoples, as well as other peoples threatened by the results of unsustainable practices and patterns, this course of study provides the background in the search for sustainable solutions.
- Appalachian Music: Roots & Influences: provides instruction and opportunities for scholarship on the varieties of traditional music traditions that intersect in the southern Appalachian region.
- Study abroad in Wales: Students should develop an understanding of the variation in responses to socioeconomic change through community-based internships, meetings with political activists and officials at various levels of government, visitation to cultural events and tourist sites, invited lectures with Welsh scholars, and general interaction in Welsh society
Graduate Certificate
This 18 hour interdisciplinary program is grounded in the social sciences and humanities, and is designed to provide candidates with in-depth exposure to regional scholarship, research resources, and appropriate methods of inquiry. The program allows some flexibility in direction of study.
Degree Application Essentials
Concentrations: Appalachian Culture; Appalachian Music: Roots and Influences; Sustainable Development
Location of instruction: On campus
Required Entrance Exam: GRE (score must be no more than 5 years old)
Required Number of References to specify in the on-line form: 3
Supplemental Information: Resume (Required upload for application submission); Two page statement on academic and professional goals in chosen concentration and the value of regional studies in the contemporary world (upload on the Additional Information page in the on-line application)
Deadlines for Application. A program not open for a particular term will be marked with an "x." If the program has early screening dates, those dates are listed in parentheses. Applications that are not complete by the early screening date risk denial of admission due to no seats available.
- Spring 2008: 11/1
- Summer Session 1 2008: 4/1 (3/1)
- Summer Session 2 2008: 5/1 (3/1)
- Fall 2008: 7/1 (3/1)
Basic Criteria for Consideration: undergraduate GPA of 3.0; GRE Verbal of 500; GRE Writing 3.5
Certificate Application Essentials
Location of instruction: On campus
Contact Information: Dr. Edwin Arnold; arnoldet; 262-4089; Center for Appalachian Studies
Required Entrance Exam: GRE (score must be no more than 5 years old)
Supplemental Information: Resume (Required upload for application submission); Two page statement on academic and professional goals in chosen concentration and the value of regional studies in the contemporary world (upload on the Additional Information page in the on-line application)
Deadlines for Application. A program not open for a particular term will be marked with an "x." If the program has early screening dates, those dates are listed in parentheses. Applications that are not complete by the early screening date risk denial of admission due to no seats available.
- Spring 2008: 11/1
- Summer Session 1 2008: 4/1 (3/1)
- Summer Session 2 2008: 5/1 (3/1)
- Fall 2008: 7/1 (3/1)