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University of Texas at El Paso

Dept. of History
Liberal Arts Bldg., Rm. 320
El Paso, TX 79968-0532

Phone 915.747.5508
Fax 915.747.5948
E-mail: history@utep.edu

Department Web Site

Areas of Specialization:

Borderlands, Latin America, U.S., U.S.-Mexico Border, and World

Program Description

The PhD program in history at the University of Texas, El Paso capitalizes on El Paso's unique location directly on the international boundary to offer a course of study that approaches the histories of Mexico and the United States from a borderlands perspective. Students have two other fields aside from the Borderlands field, and the program offers ample opportunities for the comparative study of borderlands and for the study of borders that are more metaphorical. We have particular thematic strengths in the histories of imperialism and race, of gender and sexuality, and public history.

Special Programs or Resources

Students are able to take advantage of the impressive scholarly resources available at UTEP, and in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez metropolitan area. We are especially proud of the extensive collection of interviews, many of which focus on people throughout the borderlands, housed in Special Collections and the Institute for Oral History. No other history doctoral program in the United States provides comparable access to a major Mexican city and its resources.

Financial Aid

We offer competitive teaching assistantships to all students we accept into the doctoral program. We offer a small number of non-teaching fellowships to advanced students every year.

Degree Requirements

Students complete 63 hours (including dissertation hours) for the PhD. We have recently adopted a portfolio system for the qualifying process, which is capped by an oral exam.



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Faculty Information (Fall 2011):

Full-time Faculty: 19

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

 

Student Demographics (Fall 2011):

Number of Doctoral Students in Program: 36

New Doctoral Students Entering Program: 4

Proportion of Doctoral Students Receiving Financial Aid: 75%

Number of Graduate Students Enrolled: 52

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

 

Degree Information:

First PhD conferred: 2006

History PhDs conferred to Date: 11

Number of PhDs Conferred (2011–12): 1

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred: Small [Explain]

Current Dissertations in Progress

PhDs Conferred by Department

 

 

Last Updated: October 19, 2012