The M.A. program offers work in the following fields: United States, modern Europe, ancient and medieval, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and southeast and east Asia. The general requirements in the thesis program consist of eight 500-level courses, a two-quarter seminar, and an acceptable thesis. The general requirements for the nonthesis program are ten 500- level courses, plus a two-quarter seminar in which an acceptable research paper is written. No foreign language is required for admission, but students in the thesis program must demonstrate a reading proficiency in one foreign language prior to graduation. The nonthesis M.A. program is usually regarded as terminal.