Here is something from the American Council for Education regarding academic garb and hoods:

[regarding]Trimmings. The binding or edging of the hood is to be velvet or velveteen, two inches, three inches, and five inches wide for the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctor’s degrees, respectively; the color should be indicative of the subject to which the degree pertains (see above). For example, the trimming for the degree of Master of Science in Agriculture should be maize, representing agriculture, rather than golden yellow, representing science. No academic hood should ever have its border divided to represent more than a single degree.

I ought to return my hood to the Sem, and tell ‘em to gimme the RIGHT academic hood…the Scarlet colored hood. They gave the the white colored one for Arts, Letters, and Humanities. Their rationale was that I was getting my Master of Arts degree…ergo, white. It should be Scarlet, for Historical THEOLOGY. And if you guys do not think that is proof enough, here is one guy who studied Historical Theology.

See…I was right! But I can’t go back in time to the 2003 graduation and it’s not the same as getting it right the first time.