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Bowling Green State University

Dept. of History
128 Williams Hall
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0220

Phone 419.372.2030
Fax 419.372.7208
E-mail: history@bgsu.edu

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Areas of Specialization:

Policy, U.S. since 1750, 20th-Century Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and World

Program Description

The doctoral program is a "niche program" that focuses on policy history. Doctoral students examine the interrelationships among politics, institutions, and society in the formulation, implementation, and consequences (intended and unintended) of policy. The Bowling Green policy history program is unique: it is only program that offers policy history studies in non-American as well as American fields, and encourages students to work comparatively, across national boundaries--an especially important skill in a the modern "global" era. An outstanding faculty, a low student-teacher ratio, and extensive opportunities for interdisciplinary work allow doctoral students to tailor their programs of study to their intellectual interests and professional goals. Faculty research interests include a broad spectrum of regional specialties--United States and Canada, Europe, Russia, East Asia, Africa, Latin America--and policy-related topics--state bureaucracies, foreign policy, economic policy, church-state relations, social welfare, political culture, immigration, labor, urban development, science and technology, women and gender, race and ethnicity, disease and nutrition, crime and punishment. Students can also choose supplemental advisors from and take courses in other university departments and programs including American Culture Studies, Africana Studies, Womens Studies, Ethnic Studies, Political Science, Public Administration, Applied Philosophy, and the Center for Archival Collections.

Special Programs or Resources

No information provided

Financial Aid

Graduate assistantships include instructional, research,and administrative service. Graduate assistants receive a stipend and a tuition grant that covers instructional, non-resident, and general fees in exchange for a 20 hour per week work assignment in the department.

Assistantships are available for a maximum of four years at the doctoral degree level. Graduate assistants are required to register for 12 graduate credit hours each fall and spring semester, and 9 graduate credit hours during the summer if funded in the summer.

Assistantship appointments are generally made for the academic year. Doctoral student stipends in History are $12,300 for the academic year. The department also offers a limited number of summer-only contracts to eligible students.

In addition to the stipend and academic year tuition grant, graduate assistants receive a parking fee waiver and a 10% discount at the University Bookstore. Graduate assistants who are not funded in the summer are also eligible for a tuition grant for up to 6 credit hours in the summer following an academic year appointment. This does not include the general fee.

Application: Available online.

Deadline: Formal application and letters of recommendation should be submitted to the department no later than January 15th preceding the fall semester of each year.

Notification: Notification of assistantships is made by the department. Students should contact their academic department if they have questions.

In addition to graduate assistantships available through academic departments, there are a variety of other financial aid opportunities for graduate students at Bowling Green State University.

Degree Requirements

Minimum of 90 hours of coursework beyond the Bachelor's degree, including 40 hours beyond the M.A. and a maximum of 30 hours of credit for the dissertation.

A minimum of 40 hours, prior to the preliminary exam, including 30 hours in three fields (12 hours in Major Field: Policy History, 8 hours in Minor Field One: Complimentary Regional field, and 6 hours in Minor Field Two: Supplemental Field). Preliminary exams are both written and oral.



University Information:

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Faculty Information (Fall 2011):

Full-time Faculty: 15

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

 

Student Demographics (Fall 2011):

Number of Doctoral Students in Program: 25

New Doctoral Students Entering Program: 7

Proportion of Doctoral Students Receiving Financial Aid: 48%

Number of Graduate Students Enrolled: 53

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

 

Degree Information:

First PhD conferred: 1977

History PhDs conferred to Date: 66

Number of PhDs Conferred (2011–12): 3

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred: Medium [Explain]

Current Dissertations in Progress

PhDs Conferred by Department

 

 

Last Updated: October 19, 2012