Programs
- Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy
Master
of Arts
The Master's degree is flexible, with a thesis/project and an examination (non-thesis)
option. Students intending to pursue a doctorate in history
are advised to take the thesis option, which requires the
research and writing of a substantial original work. The
examination option may be chosen by those who intend to use
their degree for non-academic careers. Both options require
36 semester hours and approximately two years to complete.
Students select a major field from these four fields: Gender and Comparative Women's History, Europe
Since 1500, Origins and History of the United States, and
World and Comparative History.
In core
courses in methods and theories of history, you will explore
the critical problems and issues facing the discipline of
history today, and delve into the tools and techniques historians
use in their soundings of the past. Colloquia in specific
subjects explore a narrower subject in depth. Recent colloquia
have included "Gender, Religion, and Print in Early
Modern Europe," "Revisionism in African History,"
and "The United States in the 20th Century." Foreign
language requirements for the Master's degree are determined
by the adviser.
M.A.
Program Requirements
Recent
M.A. Thesis Topics
Doctor
of Philosophy
The doctorate primarily equips students to pursue an academic
career. Students are admitted to doctoral study only after
completing a Master's degree, at Miami or elsewhere. The
doctorate requires an additional two years of course work
after the Master's, followed by a comprehensive examination
(written and oral) in the major and minor fields. Two years
are then allotted to researching and writing the dissertation.
Doctoral
students choose a major and a minor field. Miami offers
the doctorate in two major fields: Origins and History of
the United States, and Europe Since 1500. The minor field
may be one of those two, or one of the two comparative fields:
Gender and Comparative Women's History, and World and Comparative
History. Minor fields provide breadth and perspective, as
well as a valuable extra teaching competence.
Doctoral students are required to demonstrate competence in a second language.
Ph.D.
Program Requirements
Ph.D.
Dissertations since 1994
Statement on Doctoral Program
