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University of Delaware

Dept. of History
236 John Munroe Hall
46 W. Delaware Ave.
Newark, DE 19716-2547

Phone 302.831.2371
Fax 302.831.1538
E-mail: dtobias@udel.edu

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Areas of Specialization:

America, Europe, and World and Comparative History

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 possesses 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 readings seminars.
Two research seminars.
Demonstration of reading competence in a foreign language.
Passage of written and oral qualifying exams.



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Faculty Information (Fall 2011):

Full-time Faculty: 41

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

 

Student Demographics (Fall 2011):

Number of Doctoral Students in Program: 78

New Doctoral Students Entering Program: 4

Proportion of Doctoral Students Receiving Financial Aid: 65%

Number of Graduate Students Enrolled: 85

Relative Size Based on Graduate Student Enrollment: Large [Explain]

 

Degree Information:

First PhD conferred: 1964

History PhDs conferred to Date: 210

Number of PhDs Conferred (2011–12): 5

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred: Medium [Explain]

Current Dissertations in Progress

PhDs Conferred by Department

 

 

Last Updated: October 19, 2012