Program Overview

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History, Ph.D.

The Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts offers the Ph.D. in History. Students in the doctoral program may focus on the histories of Africa, America, Europe, and modern Latin America, with secondary fields in any of these regions as well as East Asia and the Middle East.

About the Ph.D. in History

Students may select an optional emphasis in Gender Studies.

Program Information

Degree

Ph.D. in History

Emphases

• Concentration in Gender Studies

Required Credit Hours

54

Program Type

Doctorate Program

Program Location

Oxford

School

College of Liberal Arts

Duration

5 years

Ph.D. in History Program Details

Application Process

The Department of History welcomes student applications. To gain admission to the doctoral program, an applicant must have earned an M.A. in History or its equivalent and have demonstrated distinct promise of success in advanced graduate study.

• Complete the Graduate Schools Online Application.
• Upload Supplemental Application materials for the Department of History.

Curriculum

Students in the Ph.D. in History complete 54 credit hours.

• Hst 602: Professionalization and Colloquium II
• 12 credit hours in a major field
• 6 credit hours in each of two minor fields
• 6 credit hours of 600-level courses
• 3 credit hours of 700-level research seminar The major fields are:
  • Africa
  • Atlantic World
  • Early Modern Europe
  • Modern Europe
  • Latin America
  • Middle East
  • Late Antiquity
  • Medieval Europe
  • United States History through Reconstruction
  • United States History since the Civil War Minor fields include the ten major fields as well as:
  • African-American
  • East Asian
  • Gender
  • Middle Eastern
  • U.S. South
  • Twentieth-Century World history Other minor fields inside or outside the department may be selected. Students must have coursework outside of their geographical field of expertise. Students may take 3 to 12 hours of graduate-level courses related to one or more of their fields from outside the department. Up to 12 hours of such outside coursework may be taken in one discipline to constitute a minor field outside the department. Foreign Language Requirement: Students must meet a minimum requirement of proficiency in one foreign language. Comprehensive Examination: Students take a combination of written and oral examination in their major field and at least one of their two minor fields. Dissertation: There is a final oral examination of the dissertation.

Concentration in Gender Studies

The Concentration in Gender Studies, in conjunction with the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies, is designed to provide doctoral students in history with a rigorous grounding in gender studies methods and theory. Students complete 18 credit hours in gender/sexuality including:

• G St 600: Graduate Practicum in Public History
• G St 601: Professionalization and Colloquium I
• G St 605: Readings - US through Reconstruction
• G St 641: Readings in Global History: Gender The comprehensive exam will include material related to gender studies, and the dissertation must have a significant focus on gender/sexuality.

Financial Support

The Department of History offers several graduate assistantships every year. The assistantships are competitive and based on merit, and all applicants to our program are automatically considered for these assistantships. Students with a graduate assistantship also receive subsidized health insurance.