This concentration is for students planning to pursue doctoral studies. Students choose one of three specializations and take most of their coursework, a seminar, and a readings course in that specialization.
Students can also choose an emphasis in cultural studies. This emphasis is for students with a particular interest in cultural history and students considering future work in the cultural studies doctoral program. Completion of this emphasis does not guarantee admission into the doctoral program. Those interested in enrolling in that program should contact the Cultural Studies Program.
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Total credits: 30 or 36
Students should be aware of the specific policies associated with this program, located on the Admissions & Policies tab.
Students pursuing this degree must complete the requirements for one of the concentrations below. The concentrations in higher education and teaching require 36 credits, all others require 30 credits.
This concentration is for students planning to pursue doctoral studies. Students choose one of three geographic specializations and a chronological or thematic minor field within that specialization. Students complete coursework and a research seminar in their geographic specialization and an additional independent project or thesis in their minor field.
| Code | Title | Credits |
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| HIST 610 | The Study and Writing of History 1 | 3 |
| Total Credits | 3 | |
| 1 |
Must be taken within the first 9 credits |
Students complete one of the following geographic specializations.
| Code | Title | Credits |
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| Select four courses from the following: 1 | 12 | |
| Origins to 1861 | ||
| The Colonial Origins of American Society | ||
| The Age of Jackson, 1815-1854 | ||
| Development of the Early Republic, 1783-1815 | ||
| Era of the American Revolution | ||
| Religion in North America to 1870 | ||
| Problems in American History (when topic applies and with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1861-1914 | ||
| Topics in the American Civil War Era | ||
| U.S. South Since 1865 | ||
| The Gilded Age and Progressive Era | ||
| Reconstruction | ||
| U.S. Religion since 1870 | ||
| Problems in American History (when topic applies and with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1914 World War I to the Present | ||
| U.S. South Since 1865 | ||
| Recent U.S. History, 1945 to Present | ||
| Interwar America: 1918-1939 | ||
| U.S. Religion since 1870 | ||
| The Vietnam War | ||
| Problems in American History (when topic applies and with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1 |
Select at least 3 credits from each group |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select four courses from the following: 1 | 12 | |
| Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern to 1789 | ||
| Humanism and the Renaissance | ||
| Religion and Society in the Reformation Era | ||
| Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe | ||
| The Russian Revolution and the Origins of the Soviet State | ||
| Problems in European History (when topic applies and with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1789-1914 | ||
| Great Britain: Empire to Commonwealth, 1870-1970 | ||
| Society and Politics in Western Europe, 1750-1914 | ||
| Metropolitan Cities of Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | ||
| Problems in European History (when topic applies and with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1914 to the Present | ||
| Great Britain: Empire to Commonwealth, 1870-1970 | ||
| Metropolitan Cities of Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | ||
| The Russian Revolution and the Origins of the Soviet State | ||
| Problems in European History (when topic applies with department approval) | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1 |
Select at least 3 credits from each group. |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select four courses from the following: 1 | 12 | |
| World | ||
| Approaches to Modern World History | ||
| Africa | ||
| Problems in African History | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| Asia | ||
| Problems in Asian History | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| Middle East | ||
| Approaches to Middle East and Islamic History | ||
| Problems in Middle Eastern History | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| Latin America | ||
| Problems in Latin American History | ||
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Other appropriate course with department approval
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| 1 |
Select at least 3 credits from two regions. |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select one research seminar from the following: | 3 | |
| Research Seminar in U.S. History | ||
| Research Seminar in European History | ||
| Research Seminar in Comparative World History | ||
| Total Credits | 3 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| In consultation with the graduate director and other faculty, students identify a chronological or topical subspecialty and select two courses that relate directly to that subspecialty. | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 6 | |
Language proficiency sufficient to conduct primary source research in the student's intended area of concentration, as demonstrated by thesis or independent research project.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 6 credits of Project or Thesis | 6 | |
| Project and additional Elective | ||
| Directed Research and Writing in History 1 | ||
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Additional 3 credits from Specialization
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| Thesis | ||
| Thesis | ||
| Total Credits | 6 | |
| 1 |
requires the completion of a major paper that is a substantial and original contribution to historical knowledge on the model of an article in a scholarly journal. If students choose to take , they complete an additional 3 credits in their specialization. |
