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Texas Tech University

Dept. of History
Box 41013
Lubbock, TX 79409-1013

Phone 806.742.3744
Fax 806.742.1060
E-mail: randy.mcbee@ttu.edu

Department Web Site

Areas of Specialization:

World (Latin America; Asia; Africa; Middle East); Europe; and United States

Program Description

The Department of History at Texas Tech is a vibrant community of scholars with expertise in a wide range of fields. We approach the past from a variety of perspectives and conduct research in archives, libraries, and other venues in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. We have a strong undergraduate program and at the graduate level we offer both MA and PhD degrees.

Recent MAs have entered PhD programs at Ohio State U., Temple U., Tulane U., U. of California-Berkeley, U. of Florida, U. of London, U. of Kansas, U. of Minnesota, U. of Mississippi, U. of Oklahoma, U. of Tennessee, U. of Texas, and William and Mary U.

Recent PhDs have secured full-time positions at such institutions as the Community College of Southern Nevada, Georgia State U., Midland College, McMurray U., Panhandle State U., Prairie View A&M U., South Plains College, Southwestern Oklahoma State U., Stephen F. Austin State U., U. of Houston-Downtown, U. South Carolina-Lancaster, and U of Texas-Permian Basin.

Special Programs or Resources

In cooperation with the Museum Science Department, graduate students in History may include courses in museum science in the their programs or work toward an MA degree in museum science with an emphasis in history.

Students may also concentrate in archival administration in cooperation with the Southwest Collection/Special Collections library, which boasts archival resources in Turkish Oral History, the History of the Southwest Region, Music History, and a rare book collection of more than 38,000 volumes.

Additionally, students can utilize the tremendous resources of the Vietnam Archive. Created in 1989, the Vietnam Archive has millions of pages of material and tens of thousands of photographs, slides, maps, periodicals, audio, moving images, and books related to the Vietnam War, Indochina, Southeast Asia, and the United States.

Financial Aid

See the web page at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/Academics/graduate/financialaid.php.

Degree Requirements

The doctoral program requires 60 hours (beyond the BA degree) plus 12 hours of Dissertation Credit. Thirty of these 60 hours must be taken at Texas Tech U. The hours completed for the MA degree may satisfy the requirements for the doctorate, provided the MA and PhD projects are related. For additional details, see the web page at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/historydepartment/Academics/graduate/The%20Doctor%20of%20Philosophy.php.



University Information:

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Faculty Information (Fall 2011):

Full-time Faculty: 27

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

 

Student Demographics (Fall 2011):

Number of Doctoral Students in Program: 48

New Doctoral Students Entering Program: 4

Proportion of Doctoral Students Receiving Financial Aid: 80%

Number of Graduate Students Enrolled: 48

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

 

Degree Information:

First PhD conferred: 1954

History PhDs conferred to Date: 159

Number of PhDs Conferred (2011–12): 3

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred: Medium [Explain]

Current Dissertations in Progress

PhDs Conferred by Department

 

 

Last Updated: October 19, 2012