History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Calif. at Berkeley, U. of

Department Web Site

Areas of Specialization:

U.S. and Latin America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa

Program Description

The Berkeley history graduate program represents a rich spectrum of research interests, collaborations, and approaches spanning the fields of: Africa, America Since 1607, Ancient Greece/Rome, Britain Since 1509, Byzantine, Early Modern Europe, East Asia (China or Japan), History of Science, Jewish History, Late Modern Europe since 1789, Latin America, Medieval Europe, Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The depth and breadth of our program, and the strengths of our faculty members, students, and other professionals provide an especially stimulating and congenial setting for graduate training.

Special Programs or Resources

Comprising the Department are over 50 full-time faculty members, a number of distinguished emeritus faculty and visiting professors, 220 graduate students, and 14 support staff. The Department is the center of a history community at Berkeley that includes faculty, professionals, and student colleagues from other departments, the Area Studies Centers, the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the campus archives, informal study groups, and other resources. Berkeley’s library system (www.lib.berkeley.edu) contains one of the best research collections in the country. The system consists of Doe Library, Moffitt Library, the Gardner Stacks (underground), the Bancroft Library which houses rare books and western Americana, and 20 subject specialty libraries.

Financial Aid

The department aims to guarantee five-years of funding for all entering students. Funding covers fees and non-resident tuition (as applicable), and a combination of stipend and employment to help defray the cost of living. Students are typically awarded teaching assistantships and readerships in their ssecond, third and fifth years. After the fifth year students can apply for additional employment and for competitive dissertation write up grants.

Degree Requirements

Coursework  minimum of 32 credits. Please see http://history.berkeley.edu/graduate/ for complete details; Third semester major field exam; Languages  one to four depending on field; Doctoral qualifying exam; Doctoral dissertation.

University Information:

University Type: Public

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: 1908

History PhDs conferred to Date: 1484

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

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	35
	Associate Professor	12
	Assistant Professor	6
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment	15
	Emeritus Faculty
	Part-time faculty	1

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

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 200
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 100%

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 39

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

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department