History

Curriculum

For a Ph.D. in History, you must complete 60 credit hours of graduate-level coursework beyond your M.A. degree in three fields of study (general, major and minor fields).

Required courses:

• Twelve hours of major field (selected in consultation with advisory committee)
• Two minor fields (six credits each)
• Historiography
• Methods, if required

This means that, because the major and minor fields require 24 credits total, students must take twelve hours of electives (which can overlap with the major and minor fields), in order to get to the required 36 coursework hours. Students must take at least eighteen hours of seminar, including at least three hours of research seminar. HIST 6100, HIST 6130, and internships do not qualify as seminars. Students without an M.A. thesis must take Historical Methods (HIST 5023).  With the consent of their advisory committee, students may apply graduate course work taken outside the History Department to their major or minor fields.

• Transcripts
• Three letters of recommendation
• Statement of intent
• Writing sample
• Progress toward proficiency in foreign language
• Preference given to applicants who hold a M.A. in history and have completed a thesis (with an average GPA of 3.5 or above)

Application Deadline:

• January 15 (for funding consideration)