Director of Graduate Studies: Sally Hadden
Room 4352, Friedmann Hall
[email protected]
The Doctor of Philosophy in History is designed to prepare students for careers in higher education, public and applied history, and historical administration. Preparation extends beyond archival research techniques to include oral traditions, ethnohistory, archaeology, material culture, museum studies, historic preservation, gender studies and collective memory. Students are provided with opportunities to teach in the undergraduate program under the direction of senior colleagues and receive training in additional professional skills.
Faculty research and instruction emphasize the social and cultural aspects of historical change. Resources include the Medieval Institute, the Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies, the Rawlinson Centre for Anglo-Saxon and Manuscript Studies, the Kercher Center for Social Research, the Diether Haenicke Center for International Study, the Archives and Regional History Collection, and the holdings of the French Michilimackinac Research Project.
Admission Requirements
- Admission normally requires a master's degree in history or a closely related discipline. No student shall be admitted to the Ph.D. program, except on probationary status, before having completed all work and examinations requisite to the M.A. degree.
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) general aptitude test scores.
- Three letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the applicant's academic work.
- A brief essay concerning applicant's academic and professional objectives, and a writing sample.
- Reading proficiency in languages other than English appropriate to the proposed program of study is strongly recommended; studies to meet deficiencies in this area must be begun during the first year of doctoral study. Students whose native language is other than English must achieve a TOEFL score of 600 or above, or otherwise demonstrate a command of English judged adequate by the department to pursue graduate study in the discipline.