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The PhD in American History prepares students to teach and conduct research in American history and to understand it within an expanded global perspective. Students are required to integrate the major field with one of three minor fields: African American history, the history of the Atlantic World, or European history. This broader intercontinental perspective—including the Americas, Europe, and Africa—enables students to explore themes such as the interaction of political, economic and cultural systems, questions of race and ethnicity, and the transnational dimensions of national experience. This global perspective is encouraged by

comparative, and integrative in content and format. Students are encouraged to enlarge their perspective by understanding and analyzing national history in broader, international contexts. This goal is facilitated in two ways: first, a close integration of the minor into the major area; second, a selection of courses that are cross-national and integrative in format.

In a setting of relatively small classes, individual- ized research projects, and frequent contact with faculty, students are trained in the arts of scholarly research and writing. No less is the emphasis placed

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ing seminar, hands-on teaching experience, and careful mentoring, students are prepared for teaching in a college or university environment.

A total of 45-51 semester hours of course work and dissertation credit, including a minimum of 33-39 hours of course work beyond the MA in history and a mini- mum of 12 hours of dissertation credit, are required to complete the PhD in American history. Upon entering the program, all students will develop a Plan of Study with the approval of the Director of Graduate Study.

Application and Admission

In addition to the application materials required by The Graduate School, applicants must submit a writ- ing sample and a personal statement by January 15 to be considered for Fall admission.

The PhD program admits only a few highly quali- fied students each year. As a basic requirement, all ap- plicants must hold the BA degree and have completed the MA in history. Students without an MA in history must first complete an MA in history before applying to the PhD program.

Degree Requirements

Required Core Courses (15 hours)

HIS 701, 702 Colloquia in American History (6) HIS 714 Varieties of Teaching (3)

HIS 750 PhD Readings Course (3) HIS 751 PhD Dissertation Seminar (3)

Research Hours (0-6 hours)

If the Director of Graduate Study should conclude that an admitted PhD candidate did not perform at least 6 hours of substantive research during the MA degree program or earned an MA in an area of his- tory other than U.S. history, then the student will be required to complete up to 6 hours of additional re- search. These additional research hours will ordinarily include HIS 703 and HIS 709.

Electives in U.S. Major (9 hours)

In addition to the core requirements, students must complete 9 hours of elective courses in their major. HIS 692 may not be counted for PhD credit. Consult with the Director of Graduate Study for course offerings.

Minor Field (9 hours)

The minor field must be chosen in one of the follow- ing concentrations: African American, Atlantic World, European. Required courses for each minor area are as follows:

African American

HIS 710 Colloquium in the Atlantic World (3) HIS 712 Slavery in the Americas (3)

HIS 713 African Americans after Slavery (3) Atlantic World

HIS 710 Colloquium in the Atlantic World (3) HIS 712 Slavery in the Americas (3)

HIS 715 Atlantic World: Selected Topics (3) European

HIS 710 Colloquium in the Atlantic World (3)

HIS 705 Colloquium in European History before 1789 (3) HIS 706 Colloquium in European History since 1789 (3)

Where appropriate, and with the permission of the Doctoral Advisory/Dissertation Committee, doctoral students may take a maximum of 3 hours outside the Department of History as part of their minor field.

Language

All students are required to pass a written test dem- onstrating reading knowledge of one foreign language appropriate to their area of specialization prior to tak- ing the qualifying examination.

Mentor and Doctoral Advisory/Dissertation Committee

A mentor must be named after 9 hours of course work. Normally, the mentor will be the graduate faculty member in the Department whose research and teaching interests most closely correspond to those of the student. Prospective mentors must agree to serve and be approved by the Graduate Committee. Men- tors will be responsible for the pedagogical, scholarly, and professional development of their students dur- ing their program of study, will chair their Doctoral Advisory/Dissertation Advisory Committee, and will direct the student’s dissertation.

Permission to Proceed and Grade Point Average (GPA)

All students in the PhD program must obtain “permission to proceed” at the end of their first year of courses (normally 18 hours). This permission is granted by a collective decision of the Doctoral Advi- sory/Dissertation Committee and the departmental Graduate Committee.

Students must maintain a 3.5 GPA to proceed to the writing of the dissertation.

Qualifying Examination

The qualifying examination, which will come at the end of the 33-39 hours of course work (including a 3 hour PhD readings course and a 3 hour PhD seminar), will include two parts:

1. A written examination composed of questions from the major and minor fields.

2. An oral examination given no later than one month after the completion of the written examination. If a student fails only one part of the written exami- nation, he/she may be required to retake only that part. If a student fails either the written or oral examination (or both), he/she must retake the entire examination.

Dissertation (minimum of 12 hours)

Students will register for a minimum of 12 hours of dissertation credit (HIS 799) while researching and writing the dissertation.

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