History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Colorado at Boulder, Univ. of

Department Web Site

Areas of Specialization:

Europe, U.S.

Program Description

The Department of History offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Please see our website (www.colorado.edu/history) for complete program and contact information.

Special Programs or Resources

The Center for British and Irish Studies (www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/british/room/). The Western History Archive at Norlin Library.

Financial Aid

The Department makes every effort to recruit top applicants to its Ph.D. program. In the 2008-09 application cycle, 42% of admitted Ph.D. applicants received offers of financial support. The Department employs 20-25 graduate students per semester as teaching assistants. ABD doctoral students are eligible to hold Graduate Part-Time Instructor (GPTI) positions. These positions provide teaching experience and involve complete responsibility for one or more sections of an undergraduate course. Both T.A. and GPTI positions provide a stipend and tuition remission.

Degree Requirements

A minimum of 45 semester hours of post-baccalaureate course work at the 5000 level or above is required for the degree, including a minimum of six hours of seminar work at the 7000 level. With the approval of a candidate's advisor, up to fifteen hours of prior graduate work in history, whether completed at the University of Colorado or elsewhere, may be transferred into the Ph.D. program. A comprehensive examination, consisting of written and oral components, must be successfully completed before the candidate advances to the dissertation. Please see our website (www.colorado.edu/history) for complete information on the Ph.D. comprehensive examination.

University Information:

University Type: Public

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: 1929

History PhDs conferred to Date: 287

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

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	13
	Associate Professor	10
	Assistant Professor	6
	Instructor/Lecturer	5
	Joint Appointment	1
	Emeritus Faculty	10
	Part-time faculty

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

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 72
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 95%

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 27

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

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department