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Important Note: This is the archived version of the 2012–2014 Graduate Catalog. The information on these pages was archived on August 22, 2012 and will not be updated as requirement and/or program changes are approved.

Admission Requirements Degree Requirements

Mailing Address:
Department of History (MC 198)
Room 913, University Hall
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7109

Campus Location: 913 UH
Program Codes: 20FS0342MA (MA); 20FS1757MAT (MAT); 20FS0342PHD (PhD)
Telephone: (312) 996-3141
E-mail: lindavp@uic.edu, histdgs@uic.edu
Web Site: http://history.las.uic.edu
Chairperson of the Department: Laura Hostetler
Director of Graduate Studies: Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska

The Department of History offers work leading to degrees in History at both the master’s and doctoral levels. In addition to the regular master’s degree program, the department offers a special program, designed to meet the needs of current and future middle and high school teachers, which leads to the Master of Arts in the Teaching of History (MAT). Students must select one of the following major fields for the MA: Africa, Ancient Mediterranean world, East Asia, medieval Europe, early modern Europe, modern Europe, Great Britain and Ireland, Russia, Latin America, and Colonial America and the United States. The PhD major fields are Africa, ancient Mediterranean world, medieval Europe, early modern Europe, modern Europe, Great Britain and Ireland, Russia, Latin America, Colonial America, and the United States. Each major field is further subdivided into minor fields, of which there are more than 60 for the MA and the PhD. Consult the department’s graduate student handbook for more information.

Two departmental concentrations are available to MA (doctoral track) and PhD students: a Concentration in Work, Race, and Gender in the Urban World, and a Concentration in Encounters, Ethnographies, and Empires. The Department of History also participates in three interdepartmental concentrations: the Interdepartmental Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies (see Gender and Women’s Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for more information) , the Interdepartmental Concentration in Latin American and Latino Studies (see Latin American and Latino Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for more information), and Central and Eastern European Studies (see Central and Eastern European Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of the catalog).

Admission Requirements

Applicants are considered on an individual basis. In addition to the Graduate College minimum requirements, applicants must meet the following program requirements:

Master of Arts, Master of Arts in the Teaching of History, and Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Requirements

In addition to the Graduate College minimum requirements, students must meet the following program requirements:

Master of Arts

Master of Arts in the Teaching of History

Doctor of Philosophy

Interdepartmental Concentration in Central and Eastern European Studies

Students earning a graduate degree in this department may complement their courses by enrolling in a concentration in Central and Eastern European Studies after consulting with their graduate advisor. See Central and Eastern European Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for more information.

Interdepartmental Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies

Students earning a graduate degree in this department may complement their courses by enrolling in a concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies after consulting with their graduate advisor. See Gender and Women’s Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for more information.

Interdepartmental Concentration in Latin American and Latino Studies

Students earning a graduate degree in this department may complement their courses by enrolling in a concentration in Latin American and Latino Studies. See Latin American and Latino Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for more information.