History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Delaware , Univ. of

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Areas of Specialization:

America, Europe, technology, material culture, museum studies

Program Description

The Department of History offers M.A. and Ph.D. programs in American and European history as well as special programs in the history of industrialization (including history of technology), material culture studies, American Civilization, and Museum Studies, as well as courses in History Education. The department also offers more limited graduate study in Ancient, African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern history.

Special Programs or Resources

The University of Delaware commands an excellent location for conducting scholarly research in the libraries, archives, and museums of the mid-Atlantic region. The Winterthur Museum and Hagley Museum & Library are affiliated with the University and are both located about fifteen miles from campus. The University's Morris Library contains over 2.4 million volumes, a wide array of periodicals, and an extensive collection of manuscripts related to the study of History. The University of Delaware campus is an hour's drive from central Philadelphia, two hours from Washington, and about two-and-a-half hours from New York City.

Financial Aid

Financial support from both university funding and private bequests enables the History Department to guarantee all doctoral students both tuition and a competitive stipend for four years. Subsequently, advanced graduate students can receive paid teaching assignments in place of financial aid.

Degree Requirements

Complete 30 credits of graduate work, of which at least 24 credits must be in History. The History credits must include:
Two of the Department's five basic historiography courses
Four reading seminars
Two research seminars
Demonstration of reading competence in a foreign language
Passage of written qualifying exams.

University Information:

University Type: Public

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: 1964

History PhDs conferred to Date: 266

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

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	18
	Associate Professor	10
	Assistant Professor	5
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment	4
	Emeritus Faculty	13
	Part-time faculty

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

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 86
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 98%

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 13

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

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department