History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

York Univ.

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Areas of Specialization:

Canada, modern Europe, U.S., East Asia, Africa

Program Description

Graduate students study in geographic and thematic fields: Africa and the Americas; ancient history; Britain; Canada; cultural history; Europe; migration and ethnicity; politics, law and the state; sciences, health and environments; social and economic history; the United States; and women, gender and sexualities. The intention of the program is less to provide coverage of many fields than to foster intensive examination of particular topics from a variety of points of view--intellectual, economic, political, social, and so forth--and in light of other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences which provide the historian with tools of analysis.

Special Programs or Resources

No information provided

Financial Aid

All incoming PhD candidates are offered a TA/RA/GAship for a full six years as long as they remain full-time. In addition, we encourage students to apply for internal and external awards to help assist with research funding.

Degree Requirements

The Doctoral program has three components: the satisfaction of course requirements consisting of three full year 6.0 credit courses usually in the first academic or calendar year; successfully meeting the requirements on the Comprehensive exams consisting of a) new course proposal b) written exams (four hours in length) in two of the three fields of study c) oral examination of the two fields; and the defence of a Doctoral dissertation which demonstrates independence, originality, and ability to contribute to historical knowledge at an advanced level of investigation.

University Information:

Department Demographics:

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	20
	Associate Professor	26
	Assistant Professor	11
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment
	Emeritus Faculty
	Part-time faculty

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

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 129
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students:

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 47

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

 

Other Information

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