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.
East Asia [show]
- HIS 230A, Readings in Late Imperial China
- HIS 230B, Engendering China
- HIS 230C, Readings in 20th Century China
- HIS 242, Readings in Modern Japan
- HIS 243, Transnational Japan
- HIS 244, Gender in Japanese History
- Area of Concentration Elective
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Europe [show]
- HIS 251A, Readings in Modern European History: Environment and Technology
- HIS 251B, Readings in Modern European History: Empire
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The U.S. [show]
- HIS 210A, Readings in U.S. History
- HIS 210B, Readings in U.S. History
- Area of Concentration Elective
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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.