History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Calif. State U., Sacramento

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Areas of Specialization:

U.S., public, California, American West, Europe

Program Description

The Department of History offers a joint Ph.D. in Public Historical Studies with UC Santa Barbara. The program offers concentrations in four areas: public policy; community; business history; and public memory and history presentation. Other areas of research interest are supported by individual faculty, interdepartmental, and intercampus committees. This joint Ph.D. program combines faculty and resources of the Public History program at CSU Sacramento with that of UC Santa Barbara.

Special Programs or Resources

The History Department at Sacramento State is well situated to offer rich historical resources in Public History and related fields. The California State Archives, California State Library, and the Sacramento History Center offer unique opportunities for the study of local, Western and California History. The presence of many state and community agencies dealing with museums, archives, oral history, cultural resource management and historic preservation offers possibilities for stimulating internships, and the history graduate program is also able to draw upon rich materials in a number of areas of United States, European, and world history located in the CSUS Library, including the Tsakopoulos collection in Hellenic Studies and the Japanese American Archival Collection.

Financial Aid

Contact the financial aid office at Sacramento State and UC Santa Barbara for the most current information.

Degree Requirements

Students are enrolled in full-time coursework for three years while preparing for four qualifying examinations (both written and oral).

University Information:

University Type: Public

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Master’s Colleges and Universities I

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: Not reported

Total History PhDs conferred to Date: Not reported

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

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	10
	Associate Professor	2
	Assistant Professor	12
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment	1
	Emeritus Faculty	17
	Part-time faculty	11

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

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 90
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: n/a

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 45

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

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department