HISTPHD - History
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Core coursework: 695K Historiography is required for all students in the first year (3 units, minimum grade required: B).
36 units of course work are required in major field; which courses qualify is determined by the student in consultation with their committee.
18 units (minimum) of dissertation research credit.
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Language requirements: A reading knowledge of two second languages is required, except in United States History, where one language is required. The requirement must be completed BEFORE the written/oral comprehensive examination.
English proficiency is one of the conditions for admission for all applicants whose native language is not English.
Other requirements: Each student must pass written exams in major and minor fields, followed by an oral comprehensive exam. Following the completion of the dissertation, students must pass an oral defense of the project.
(9-12) Nine to twelve units in the minor field selected in conjunction with the student's committee. Students will take either 12 units of a mixture of 500 and 600-level courses, or 9 units if all courses are taken at the 600 level. The courses below are a representative selection of what students might take:
HIST 502P Archives, Museums and Zoos: An Introduction to Public History (3 units)
HIST 507 Perpetual Revolutions: A History of the Bicycle (3 units)
HIST 528 Food, Health and Environment in History (3 units)
HIST 542 Natural Resources and the Law in the Spanish Borderlands of North America (3 units)
HIST 558 Topics in Comparative Women's History (3 units)
HIST 569 Gender and Sexuality in Latin American History (3 units)
HIST 574 History of Human Rights, Citizenship, and Refugee Law (3 units)
HIST 578A The Global Sixties (3 units)
HIST 695H Comparative History (3 units)
HIST 695I World History (3 units)
HIST 695Q Comparative History of World Revolutions (3 units)
HIST 696F Early Modern Europe (3 units)
HIST 695J Latin America: Modern Period (3 units)
HIST 696M Gender, Sexuality, and International Migration (3 units)
HIST 696N Comparative Womens History (3 units)
Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.