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College of Liberal Arts Dean's Office, 12th floor
Degree Programs: isc.temple.edu/grad/Programs/ African-American Studies Anthropology Criminal Justice English Geography and Urban Studies History Master of Liberal Arts Philosophy |
Direct inquiries to: Graduate Secretary, Department of History (025-24), 1115 W. Berks Street, Room 913, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6089, (215) 204-7839.E-mail: history@blue.temple.edu
Bettye Collier-Thomas, Professor, Ph.D., George Washington University; William W. Cutler, III, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Cornell University; Allen F. Davis, Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; Barbara Day-Hickman, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California at Irvine; Herbert Ershkowitz, Professor, Ph.D., New York University; Harriet Freidenreich, Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University; Ira Glazier, Associate Professor, Ph.D.; Peter Gran, Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago; Mark H. Haller, Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; Peter M. G. Harris, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University; James W. Hilty, Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri; Richard Immerman, Professor and Chair, Ph.D., Boston College; David M. Jacobs, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; Wilbert Jenkins, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University; Ruth Mazo Karras, Professor, Ph.D., Yale University; Kenneth L. Kusmer, Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago; Dieu Thi Nguyen, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Aix-en-Province, France; David A. Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago; Arthur P. Schmidt, Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University; Howard Spodek, Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago; Teshale Tibebu, Associate Professor, Ph.D., SUNY, Binghamton; Kathleen Uno, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley; Morris J. Vogel, Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago; Kathy Walker, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles; Russell F. Weigley, Professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
The Department of History offers graduate work leading to the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The two degrees, although they share many of the same courses, have different goals. Those interested in the Ph.D. may apply directly to the doctoral program and do not need to first obtain an M.A. degree. The Ph.D. is a highly selective program that emphasizes the intellectual breadth and the expertise necessary for college and university teaching and for creative, well-trained historical scholarship. Military/Diplomatic history and American social and cultural history (including the history of race, ethnicity, and urbanization in the development of American society) are featured dimensions of the Ph.D. program. Modern Third World and global/world history are other areas of strength. For the doctoral program, the Department offers a range of courses in American, European, African, Asian, Latin American, Third World, and World history and also encourages comparative and interdisciplinary programs. The program is flexible and can be shaped to meet the specific interests of each student. The M.A. program offers courses that deepen and expand students' awareness of historical processes with emphasis on substance, conceptualization, and evaluation. The program services students with widely different goals. Some, because of a fascination with history, explore history as a process of personal development after completing a Bachelor's degree. Those teaching social studies in secondary schools typically wish to strengthen their general knowledge and skills as teachers. In addition to the general program, the department offers specialization in two fields for M.A. students. One field is world history. A focus of this program is to prepare individuals to teach in the new world history courses that are now being added to the curricula of secondary schools and colleges. The other field is public history. Public history specifically provides students with the background and skills for work in archives and museums and in history-related policy and administrative positions in government or the private sector. The History Department offers a three-course sequence of graduate courses in archives management. Students not pursuing a degree may elect to take the courses by applying for non-matriculated status. This sequence fulfills the educational requirement for individuals desiring to qualify for the Certified Archivist (CA) exam. For additional information about the graduate programs in History and about the interests and accomplishments of faculty, you are invited to visit our web site at http://www.temple.edu/histdept.
Financial Aid The Department offers a number of teaching assistantships to Ph.D. students, each of which carries a stipend, plus waiver of tuition and most fees.
Admission Requirements Applicants must submit the following credentials:
Doctoral applicants, in addition, should submit a writing sample, preferably an historical essay prepared for an undergraduate or graduate class during the last two years of the applicant's most recent academic program. The Admissions Committee will base its decision on the applicant's academic record as a whole. Applicants should consider the following expectations as minimum guidelines:
None of these guidelines is absolute. No single criterion is more important than any other. The department wants a diverse group of students and recognizes that weakness in one area can be balanced by strength in another. Applicants should understand that the graduate program in History can accept only a limited number of those who apply, and there is strong competition for the places that are available.
Degree Requirements Students must complete ten courses (30 credits) and pass a comprehensive examination or eight courses (24 credits) and write a master's thesis (2 credits minimum). Coursework must include 15 credits in a primary area, 9 credits in a secondary area, and either 6 credits of electives or a minimum of 2 credits of master's thesis registration.
Degree Requirements All students, under the guidance of an adviser and an advisory committee, will arrange programs that prepare them for research in a substantive area of specialization and also give them a balanced foundation for becoming professional historians. A reading knowledge of at least one foreign language is required. All students must pass a written and oral preliminary examination, and, having submitted an acceptable dissertation, must pass an oral defense of the dissertation. Between 30 and 35 of the courses listed below are offered each year. Detailed descriptions of the courses to be offered in any year are available the preceding spring at the History department office.
401. Introduction to World History. (3 s.h.) A review of the concept of World History and its historiography; an introduction to materials now available to the study of World History; and an introduction to key themes and conceptual frameworks in the study of World History.
402. Introduction to the U.S. (3 s.h.) Introduction to study of American history at the graduate level. Examines major interpretations and schools of thought. Political, social, and diplomatic history including republicanism, the Jacksonian revolution, slavery, social mobility in the U.S., the rise of America as a world power, the cold war, and the development of labor.
403. Topics in History. (3 s.h.) Introduction to a variety of historical and normally comparative topics and themes in, such as environmental or psychological history.
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