Ph.D. Course Requirements

All Ph.D. Students

• HIS 200, Methods and Theories of History (Year 1, fall quarter)
• HIS 201, Directed Research Colloquium (Year 2, winter quarter)
• HIS 202, Practicing World History (Year 1)
• One of the following research seminars during your first four quarters:
  • HIS 204A, History of Gender
  • HIS 204C, Colonialism, Nationalism, and Race
  • HIS 204E, Transnationalism, Borderlands, and History
• HIS 280A-B, Graduate Proseminar (Fall, Year 1)
• HIS 280C, Graduate Proseminar (Fall, Year 2)
• Second teaching field: Two courses in either American, European, East Asian or World History.
• Outside courses: Two graduate courses outside the History Department.
• Two-unit courses: All graduate students are required to take HIS 280 A-B-C, History Graduate Proseminar. Beyond this, all other students who are not advanced to candidacy may select any of the two-unit courses offered by the department. All courses may be repeated for credit.

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Foreign Language Requirement

Students with a primary teaching field in U.S. history are expected to demonstrate a reading competency in at least one foreign language prior to taking the qualifying examination. Students in all other teaching fields must demonstrate a reading competency in at least two foreign languages prior to taking the qualifying examination; competency in one of the languages must be demonstrated by the end of the sixth quarter of enrollment. Usually, competency will be demonstrated by passing a reading exam administered by a member of the History faculty. Students who believe that they have already demonstrated competency through previous course work or through their performance on a standardized test should petition the graduate director.