History - DOCTORATE (PHD)

DEGREE OVERVIEW

Our Ph.D. program specializes in transatlantic, transnational, and global approaches to history. Our award-winning faculty teach graduate courses that cover a wide variety of topics and geographic areas, with a particular focus on the United States, Europe, and Latin America, as well as borderlands, transatlantic, and transnational history.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Ph.D. in history prepares our graduates to work in a variety of careers, both within and outside of academia—as researchers, teachers, writers, and thinkers. Along with traditional colloquia and seminars focusing on a variety of geographic and chronological topics, we offer graduate certificates in archival administration and public history. Those interested will also find skill-developing workshops and coursework on topics such as college teaching, digital humanities, and Geographical Information Systems. Full-time Ph.D. students take a full course load (nine hours per term) and are expected to complete the program in six years, although we also accept part-time Ph.D. students who may take longer. Applicants should have either a BA or MA in history, or at least 18 hours in upper-division undergraduate history courses.

LEARN MORE

• Admissions requirements
• Degree curriculum (scroll down to course list)
• Degree information in the University Catalog
• History faculty
• Doctoral assistant-ships in History
• Program accreditation

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

• University faculty
• History instructor at secondary and community college level
• Museum professional
• Archival administration specialist
• Careers requiring high-level research, analysis, and writing
• Work in government and nonprofit sectors

WHY CHOOSE US?

• Cutting-edge scholars in transatlantic and transnational history
• North America's only specialized track in the history of cartography and access to the world-famous Garrett Map Collection
• Geographic Information Systems instruction, with emphasis on geographic humanities
• The only archival administration certificate program in the DFW Metroplex
• Small classes and individual attention
• Participation in the Transnational History Student Organization and its annual International Graduate Student Conference on Transatlantic History

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Take the next step toward investing in yourself by learning more about our History - Doctorate (PHD) program.

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