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Claremont Graduate University

Dept. of History
831 N. Dartmouth Ave
Claremont, CA 91711

Phone 909.621.8612
Fax 909.607.9587
E-mail: humanities@cgu.edu

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Areas of Specialization:

American Studies, European Studies, Oral History, and U.S.

Program Description

Coordinated by the core faculty of the Graduate University, the faculty in history draws on the combined faculties of The Claremont Colleges with a resulting staff equivalent to that of a much larger university. Yet, because of the unique organization of the Graduate University, the history faculty can emphasize individual instruction and frequent advising and mentoring. Students have maximum access to faculty, staff, and facilities. The students who enter the department each year are carefully selected on the basis of interest and proven ability.

The faculty in history offers three distinct programs, each leading to advanced degrees in history. At the master's degree level, the comparatively conventional history program offers a wide variety of major fields, and at the doctoral level the program offers concentrations in United States and European history. In addition, the faculty in history offer multidisciplinary programs in American studies and in European studies. Interdisciplinary studies are especially important as they reflect the multicultural elements in American and European history. This emphasis is encouraged in all history degree programs.

Students select among distinct programs, each leading to advanced degrees in history. At the master's degree level, students major in U.S. or European history, American studies, early modern studies, or archival studies. At the doctoral level the department offers concentrations in United States or European history, in American studies, and in early modern studies. The School of Arts and Humanities also offers Graduate Certificates available to all CGU students. We encourage breadth of study irrespective of a student's major field and we strongly encourage interdisciplinary work.

The history department provides advanced professional education as preparation for a variety of careers. Traditionally, historians have worked in academic settings as scholars and teachers, or in closely related institutions such as libraries, archives, and museums. Increasingly, however, advanced education in history is being regarded as broad-based humanistic training, equipping students with research capabilities, writing skills, analytical methods, and communications skills that are useful in many fields. The History Department welcomes students who wish to teach in secondary schools, community colleges, four-year universities, and students who intend non-teaching careers.

Special Programs or Resources

The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges provide excellent research facilities and resources. Also in Claremont is the library of the Claremont School of Theology. The Huntington Library, one of the world's finest research libraries for English and American history, is in nearby San Marino.

Financial Aid

Institutional financial assistance is available in the form of fellowships. Applications submitted by February 1 have priority for the awarding of aid, although aid may be awarded to late applicants on the basis of available funds.

Federal aid, in the form of loans and work study, is awarded on the basis of financial need. In addition, students may actively seek opportunities for financial support which might be available to them from foundations and other institutions.

Please contact the History Department for further information on Institutional/Department aid.

Degree Requirements

Instruction in history is carried on in seminars. Classes are small and the favorable student-faculty ratio allows for an unusual amount of individual attention from faculty members. Students work with faculty advisers in planning their course of study; candidates for the PhD work closely with a faculty committee composed of professors in the student's fields of study.



University Information:

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Faculty Information (Fall 2011):

Full-time Faculty: 3

Relative Size based on Number of Full-time Faculty: Small [Explain]

 

Student Demographics (Fall 2011):

Number of Doctoral Students in Program: 45

New Doctoral Students Entering Program: 6

Proportion of Doctoral Students Receiving Financial Aid: 40%

Number of Graduate Students Enrolled: 39

Relative Size Based on Graduate Student Enrollment: Small [Explain]

 

Degree Information:

First PhD conferred: 1955

History PhDs conferred to Date: 174

Number of PhDs Conferred (2011–12): 6

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred: Medium [Explain]

Current Dissertations in Progress

PhDs Conferred by Department

 

 

Last Updated: October 19, 2012