History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Texas at El Paso, Univ. of

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Areas of Specialization:

U.S.-Mexico border, Latin America, U.S., Europe, Africa

Program Description

The PhD program in history at the University of Texas, El Paso capitalizes on El Paso's unique location directly on the international boundary to offer a course of study that approaches the histories of Mexico and the United States from a borderlands perspective. Students have two other fields aside from the Borderlands field, and the program offers ample opportunities for the comparative study of borderlands and for the study of borders that are more metaphorical. We have particular thematic strengths in the histories of imperialism and race, of gender and sexuality, and public history.

Special Programs or Resources

Students are able to take advantage of the impressive scholarly resources available at UTEP, and in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez metropolitan area. No other history doctoral program in the United States provides comparable access to a major Mexican city and its resources.

Financial Aid

We offer competitive teaching assistantships to all students we accept into the doctoral program. We offer a small number of non-teaching fellowships to advanced students every year.

Degree Requirements

Students complete 63 hours (including dissertation hours) for the PhD. We have recently adopted a portfolio system for the qualifying process, which is capped by an oral exam.

University Information:

University Type: Public

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Intensive

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: Not reported

History PhDs conferred to Date: 3

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

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	5
	Associate Professor	7
	Assistant Professor	6
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment	2
	Emeritus Faculty	6
	Part-time faculty

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

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 98
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 51%

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 11

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

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department