American Historical Association

Doctoral degrees in or connected with United States, Latin American, and European history. Small program emphasizing close supervision by faculty with individual students.

Special Programs or Resources

Extensive open-stack library with special collections in Latin America, Vietnam. Cooperative Ph.D. program with Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.

Financial Aid

Competitive fellowships and teaching assistantships available to new Ph.D. students. Competitive dissertation research assistantships for fourth year of study.

Degree Requirements

Twenty-four hours of course work and twenty-four hours of dissertation work required. Three written qualifying examinations and one oral qualifying examination.

University Information:

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Faculty Information (Fall 2011):

Full-time Faculty: 16

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

Student Demographics (Fall 2011):

Number of Doctoral Students in Program: 22

New Doctoral Students Entering Program: 5

Proportion of Doctoral Students Receiving Financial Aid: 70%

Number of Graduate Students Enrolled: 56

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

Degree Information:

First PhD conferred: 1972

History PhDs conferred to Date: 57

Number of PhDs Conferred (2011–12): 2

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred: Small [Explain]

Current Dissertations in Progress

PhDs Conferred by Department

Last Updated: October 19, 2012