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Areas of Specialization:

U.S., modern Europe, Britain, ancient, medieval and Renaissance

Program Description

The History Department offers a wide range of classes, from entry level surveys to graduate research and writing seminars. Courses are often taught on a bi-yearly basis. Prospective students may want to view previous years' course offerings to get a fuller and more accurate idea of the classes that will likely be available to them during their time at the University of Cincinnati.

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European Studies
The European Studies Program (ES) is a graduate-level interdisciplinary program. The History, German Studies, Political Science, and Romance Languages & Literatures departments cooperate to develop and run this program. It came about on the initiative of faculty, who secured a major competitive grant from the Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund, University of Cincinnati. The European Studies program offers students an exceptional opportunity to use a wide array of skills while participating in series of colloquia-style classes.
The ES schedule each year follows this basic pattern:
Fall Quarter: a bi-weekly workshop for ES faculty and students (3 gr. credits)
Winter Quarter: a team-taught graduate research seminar (4 gr. credits)
Spring Quarter: a writing workshop culminating in a graduate student conference (3 gr. Credits)
During each academic year, the curriculum of ES focuses on a particular topic area:
2001-02: "Nation Building & Cosmopolitanism"
2002-03: "Migration and Diaspora"
2003-04: "Cultural Transfer"
2004-05: "European Cinema"
2005-06: "Europe: Traditions and Revolutions"
2006-2007: "Visualizing Europe: Images of Europe in Visual Culture, Past and Present"
2007-2008: "Jews in European Society and Culture"
Each year the ES program invites internationally renowned scholars to lecture and conduct workshop-discussions at suitable intervals during the academic year. ES students have the rare opportunity to interact in a small group environment with these speakers. In addition, the guest speakers and ES faculty are regularly interviewed by a local station of National Public Radio, an opportunity made possible by the program's affiliation with the World Affairs Council of Greater Cincinnati. Guest speakers have included: Geoff Eley, Michigan; Anthony Grafton, Princeton; Silvana Patriarca, Fordham; Alexander Stephan, Ohio State; Mary Poovey, New York University.
Those faculty members and graduate students interested in ES may contact the Graduate Program Directors for further information.
Historic Preservation
A Certificate Program in Historic Preservation is jointly offered by the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. This program requires 37 quarter hours of credit. The course work for the Certificate will also assist a graduate student in the history department in preparing for a field in historical preservation at the MA or PhD level.
Women's Studies
Students enrolled in a history graduate degree programents can complete a Certificate of Concentration in Women's Studies, which consists of three core courses and two electives.

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Degree Requirements

Majors and Minors
PhD students choose one major area of concentration, either European History or US History.
PhD students also prepare two minor fields. These are decided upon by the student with consultation from the Graduate Director. Each PhD student chooses minors that best suit their interests and research. One minor must be a subset of the student's area of concentration (e.g. US Civil War for a US History PhD). One minor may also be from a discipline other than history. Some samples of PhD minors are Public History, Comparative War, Comparative Environmental History, and the British Empire.
Program Requirements
PhD students are required to take a research seminar sequence their first year. This course is designed to provide them with effective primary and secondary source research skills. They must also complete Preparing Future Faculty, a course intended to familiarize PhD students with pedagogical theories. PhD students must also take a minimum of two courses outside of the history department.
All PhD students are required to pass at least one foreign language reading exam. Those with a European History concentration must pass two. These should be completed before the PhD exams. The University of Cincinnati offers foreign language courses designed for graduate students. These can be taken for graduate credit.
PhD students must pass a series of written exams and an oral exam. The students determine the faculty who compose their exam committee, although it must include appropriate experts in the students' area of concentration and minor fields. Upon the completion of the exams PhD students normally begin dissertation research.



University Information:

    University Type: Public

    Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive

    Department Demographics:

    First PhD conferred: 1965

    History PhDs conferred to Date: 120

    Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred (2000–04): Small [Explain]

    Faculty Mix:

    		 
     

    Full Professor

    4
     

    Associate Professor

    9
     

    Assistant Professor

    7
     

    Instructor/Lecturer
     

    Joint Appointment

    2
     

    Emeritus Faculty

    16
     

    Part-time faculty

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

    Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 47
    (Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program    )

    Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 81%

    New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 18

    Relative Size Based on Graduate Student Enrollment (2002–04): Small [Explain]

     

    Other Information

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    Last Updated: December 7, 2009