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History (HIST)

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Chair: James A. Marten, Ph.D.
marquette.edu/history/grad.shtml

Degrees Offered

Master of Arts, Plan B only; Doctor of Philosophy

Specializations

Master’s: European History, United States History, Global Studies

Doctoral: European History, United States History

Program Description

History includes politics, economics, and aesthetics, as well as social, spiritual and cultural relations—our past, our present and our potential as human beings. The history graduate program, mindful of the discipline’s manifold importance and application, offers master of arts and doctoral degree programs in breadth and depth.

Graduate study in history permits students to increase their knowledge of the past and the processes that have shaped the human experience. Such study may prepare students for careers in scholarship, teaching or certain public service fields.

Prerequisites for Admission

For admission to the master of arts program, an applicant must have an undergraduate major in history or its equivalent. An applicant for the doctoral program must possess a master of arts in history.

Application Deadline

To be considered for admission, all application requirements must be completed and received in the Graduate School by Dec. 31.

Application Requirements

Applicants must submit, directly to the Graduate School:

  1. A completed online application form and fee.
  2. Official transcripts from all current and previous colleges/universities except Marquette.
  3. A one-page statement of purpose specifying proposed areas of study and activities, along with employment, since graduation.
  4. Three letters of recommendation from former teachers.
  5. GRE scores (General Test only).
  6. (For doctoral applicants only) a writing sample. Ideally, the sample should be the master’s thesis, but, for graduates of non-thesis programs, it may consist of a formal seminar paper.
  7. (For international applicants only) a TOEFL score or other acceptable proof of English proficiency.

General Information

Direction and Advising

The director of graduate studies is charged with directing the department’s graduate programs and with the general advising of all graduate students in matters of course selection, financial aid and placement. In addition, each student chooses, in consultation with the director of graduate studies, a field adviser who will direct the student’s field-specific work, including: the master’s essay, the selection of post-master’s course work, completion of the Doctoral Program Planning Form and the doctoral dissertation.

Degrees Overview

Students begin with the course HIST 6100 The Art and Craft of History, which provides not only methodological and epistemological approaches, but also introduces students to professors who discuss their specific interests and fields. Master of arts candidates concentrate major/minor fields in American, European (including medieval), or world histories in their 30 hours of course work. They must also pass comprehensive examinations and submit a master’s essay to fulfill degree requirements. The doctoral program offers degrees with a focus in European or United States histories. Doctoral candidates must have a master’s degree and normally complete 60 hours of course work beyond the bachelor’s. They must also pass a foreign language examination and written and oral doctoral qualifying exams in major and minor fields. Candidates attain the doctorate with the composition and defense of a book-length dissertation. 

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History

The three major areas in the master of arts program with their fields are:

  1. European History
    • Medieval
    • Early Modern
    • Modern
  2. United States History
    • Early U.S.
    • Modern U.S.
  3. Global Studies

A master’s student must complete 30 credit hours of course work, a master’s essay and a comprehensive examination. At least 18 credit hours of course work must be in history courses numbered 6000 or above, and at least six of those credits must be in research seminars. With the consent of the department chairperson, six hours of graduate work outside the department may be included in the master of arts program. Students in Medieval history will be examined only in that field but must take at least six credit hours of graduate work in another field. No foreign language is required for the master’s degree.

Comprehensive Examination

The comprehensive written examination lasts eight hours. A committee of two examiners will assess the master of arts candidate’s command of the fields of study and knowledge of historical literature. Each candidate will be examined in one major field and one minor field, except for students in Medieval history, who will be examined in the Medieval field alone. Students in European history will be examined in one major field in European history and one minor field in U.S. history, while students in United States history will be examined in one major U.S. field and one minor European field. Students in Global Studies will be examined in this broadly-focused major field. They must also select a minor field from among three options: Latin America, Asia or Africa.

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History

The two major areas in the doctoral program with their fields are:

  1. European History
    • Early Modern
    • Modern
  2. United States History
    • Early U.S.
    • Modern U.S.

Possible examination fields also include medieval Europe, Asian, Latin American or African history.

A doctoral student must complete a program of study defined on an approved Doctoral Program Planning Form. The program includes course work, a reading knowledge of at least one foreign language, the qualifying examination and a dissertation.

Course Work

The department’s normal course work requirement for the doctoral program is 60 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree, including course work for the master of arts but not including the 12 credit hours required for the doctoral dissertation. In the 60 credits required, a student with a master of arts must include six credit hours of research seminar courses (HIST 6954, 6956, 6958, 6960) and a three-hour dissertation seminar. The academic progress of all students who hold non-Marquette master’s degrees will be evaluated at the end of the first year of doctoral study. The programs of students making unsatisfactory progress may be terminated at that time.

Foreign Language Requirement

The student must have knowledge of at least one foreign language pertinent to their area of research. Reading skills in foreign languages are assessed by the department. Students may also satisfy their foreign language competency requirement by achieving at least a B in a 6204 course offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Satisfactory competence in the foreign language must be demonstrated prior to the qualifying examinations, and students in continental European history must demonstrate command of the language appropriate to their research goals no later than the end of their first term of doctoral study. Failure to do so will preclude further course work until the student demonstrates the appropriate language competency. The dissertation director may require a doctoral student to show competence in a second foreign language or in statistical methods when the dissertation topic requires it.

Qualifying Examination

After completing all formal course work and language study, the doctoral student must take the doctoral qualifying examinations (DQEs), written and oral. Written qualifying examinations are twelve hours in duration. Oral qualifying examinations, three hours in duration, are held about ten days after the written examinations.

The qualifying examinations will cover four fields: two major fields and two minor fields. Europeanists will be examined in two major fields in European history and in two minor fields in United States, Latin American, African, Asian or European history. Students in United States history will be examined in both American fields, in a minor field in European history and in a minor field in Latin American, African, Asian or European history. Students may choose a minor in a topical field drawn from a list approved by the History Department faculty.

A committee of four department members assesses examination performance.

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