History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Texas at Arlington, Univ. of

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Areas of Specialization:

U.S. Southwest, trans-Atlantic, Europe, Latin America, Africa

Program Description

The department offers a Ph.D. in transatlantic history from 1492 to the present. The program asks students to look at historical facts in new ways, to discover the interactions and interrelations between peoples and cultures around the Atlantic Rim. Students will study a wide array of historical developments that, over time, have contributed to the making of the interconnected world community we live in today. This program offers a structured and focused curriculum on transatlantic topics.

Special Programs or Resources

The Virginia Garrett Cartographic History Library, which contains 7,500 maps and 1,400 atlases and geographies. Special Collections has over 6,500 linear feet of manuscript archives. Recently, the UT Regents Special Collections Enhancement Fund designated $700,000 to Special Collections, an amount to be matched by another $700,000 in gifts from outside sources, for a total grant of $1.4 million. A Center for the History of Cartography was created in 1991, whose Director has published on historical geography. A faculty member holding an Endowed Chair in the History of Cartography also provides strong support for the Ph.D. program in Transatlantic History.

Financial Aid

Transatlantic Doctoral Fellowships, $4000 for 3 years, plus in state tuition. In addition teaching and research assistantships are available for $4500 per semester. The university also offers McNair graduate assistance package for minority, low-income and first generation students. This includes fellowships, twenty hour assistant ships and in state tuition. To qualify you must be a graduate of a McNair Program.

Degree Requirements

39-credit program, 30 hours of course work. Competence in one foreign language required for degree and additional languages may be required by the students committee. Comprehensive exams over three fields after course work is completed. They are both written and oral.

University Information:

University Type: Public

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: 1988

History PhDs conferred to Date: 12

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

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	10
	Associate Professor	10
	Assistant Professor	3
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment	2
	Emeritus Faculty
	Part-time faculty	6

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

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 106
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 40%

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 18

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

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department