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Howard University

Dept. of History
2441 Sixth St., NW
Washington, DC 20059

Phone (202) 806-6815
Fax (202) 806-4471
E-mail: emedford@howard.edu

Department Web Site

Areas of Specialization:

Africa and African Diaspora, Latin America and Caribbean, and U.S.

Program Description

Howard University's Department of History offers a graduate program leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with specialization in the history of the United States, Africa, the African Diaspora, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Several combinations of course clusters within the designated fields of specialization may be used to concentrate on certain areas of interest, such as African-American, Comparative or Public history. The student is also give the opportunity to sample courses in other departments and schools of the University, while the Consortium allows her/him to benefit from courses offered at other universities in the Washington, DC area.

Special Programs or Resources

Howard University is home to the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, recognized as one of the world's largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the history of people of African descent. The exceptional research facilities in the Washington, D.C. areaincluding the Library of Congress, the National Archives and the Smithsonian Institutionprovide additional resources for our graduate students.

Financial Aid

Research Fellowships (stipend and tuition remission) are available to new and continuing graduate students. Incoming doctoral students (those new to the Graduate Program) may apply for the Frederick Douglass Doctoral Fellowship or the Ronald E. McNair Graduate Assistantship if they were McNair Scholars as undergraduates. All fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis.

Degree Requirements

Doctoral students must complete 66 hours of coursework and six additional hours of dissertation research and writing. A maximum of 24 credits may be transferred from the Master of Arts program to the doctoral program. In order to become degree candidates, students must pass a written and oral qualifying examination in the major field, fulfill the foreign language requirement (two languages, including one since the Master of Arts degree), and defend the dissertation at a final oral examination.



University Information:

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Faculty Information (Fall 2011):

Full-time Faculty: 19

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

 

Student Demographics (Fall 2011):

Number of Doctoral Students in Program: 45

New Doctoral Students Entering Program: 6

Proportion of Doctoral Students Receiving Financial Aid: 62%

Number of Graduate Students Enrolled: 61

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

 

Degree Information:

First PhD conferred: 1971

History PhDs conferred to Date: 120

Number of PhDs Conferred (2011–12): 4

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred: Medium [Explain]

Current Dissertations in Progress

PhDs Conferred by Department

 

 

Last Updated: October 19, 2012