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Ph.D. 在历史上

Application for Fall 2024 Open until Feb. 15

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项目概述

Students who enter the newbb电子平台 Ph.D. program become part of a diverse and close-knit community, where faculty and students work together in pursuit of academic excellence. It is a program with a distinctive identity—it concentrates on contemporary 历史. By agreement with the Ohio Board of Regents, students must write their dissertations within the framework of contemporary 历史, which is defined by chronology as the period since 1918 (or the end of World War I).

Many newbb电子平台 历史 faculty focus their teaching and research in contemporary 历史, enabling students to choose from a wide range of related courses. Those courses cover a broad geographic sweep, 包括非洲, 亚洲, 欧洲, 拉丁美洲, 和美国. They also cover a diverse array of thematic fields, including cultural and intellectual 历史; women, 性别, and social 历史; international relations and military 历史; politics and policy 历史. 教师 who work in earlier chronological periods also offer courses that Ph.D. students may take to satisfy supporting field requirements and to add both depth and breadth to their doctoral studies.

通过综合考试后,博士.D. students often have a chance to teach a course on their own, an important advantage for those who seek academic employment after completing their degree. 金融支持 for up to five years of doctoral study is available through teaching assistantships from the 历史 Department and fellowships from the 近代史研究所.

职业生涯中通过s: Ph值.D. program in 历史 prepares students for teaching and research at the university or college level, research positions in government or private organizations, 以及其他各种各样的职业.

顾问 & 计划形式

所有Ph值.D. students should have a faculty adviser, with whom they consult on a regular basis about their program of study. The adviser is a faculty member whose expertise coincides with the student's primary or dissertation field of study. Ph值.D. 下面列出了字段. Entering students have a provisional adviser. A student's interests may evolve after beginning the Ph.D. program, and it is possible to change advisers. A student who changes his or her adviser should inform the graduate office. 任何这样的变化, 当然, also involves consultation with the old and new advisers and securing their consent.

在咨询了他们的导师,博士.D. 学生应完成博士学位.D. planning form and file a copy with the department’s graduate office. Students should update their planning form whenever they make changes in their course of study. A student who completes a planning form in his or her first or second semester often fulfills degree requirements by taking different courses than he or she expected. 发生这种变化的原因有很多, 这总是很困难, 如果不是不可能的话, to know which courses will be offered a year or more in advance.

Keep a copy on your computer and email copies to Dr. 保罗Milazzo 还有你的指导老师. Each time you make a change in your planning form, email the revised version to the same three people. 

However you maintain your planning form, please make sure that the 历史 Department graduate office always has the current version.

学位要求

Ph.D. students must fulfill the requirements of three fields in 历史 as well as a cognate field. The latter can be satisfied by successfully completing the Contemporary 历史 course sequence or by taking courses in another discipline or disciplines that complement their historical studies. 对于已完成硕士学位的学生.A. 在另一所大学, some coursework from the previous university may satisfy some course requirements for the Ph.D. Please consult with the director of graduate studies on this matter. 所有Ph值.D. 学生必须参加研究研讨会, even if they may have had a similar course 在另一所大学. 对于那些在美国工作的人.S. 历史, the seminar is usually offered every year; for those in 欧洲an 历史, every other year; for those in non-Western 历史, 通过安排.

项目要求

Each student selects an area of concentration—欧洲, 拉丁美洲, 美国, or the Non-Western World—and then completes related coursework in three examination fields (listed below) plus a cognate field, consisting either 当然s in a related discipline or in the 近代史研究所. 除了, a one-semester research seminar in the first field and a historiography course are required. Please note that the first field is the dissertation field and consequently must be completed in a field that emphasizes or focuses on contemporary 历史 (on the period since World War I).

当代论文领域

The following also may be used as a second or third field:

  • U.S. 文化思想史
  • U.S. 外交关系
  • U.S. 军事历史
  • U.S. 政治历史
  • U.S. 社会历史
  • U.S. 妇女与性别
  • 现代欧洲:大英帝国
  • 现代欧洲:德国
  • 现代欧洲:东欧
  • 现代欧洲:俄罗斯
  • 现代拉丁美洲
  • 现代非洲
  • 现代东亚
  • 现代中东
  • 近代东南亚

其他考试范畴

The following are available as second or third fields only:

  • 古代和中世纪的欧洲
  • 殖民地和革命时期的美国
  • 拉丁美洲殖民地
  • 近代早期欧洲
  • 十九世纪U.S.

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