Graduate Study in history at the University of Georgia offers many advantages: a top notch faculty covering a wide range of fields: a small program allowing for a great deal of individual mentoring; the resources of a major research university; and an excellent record of placement.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CURRENT APPLICANTS
The Graduate Application deadline for the 2009-20010 academic year
is December 15, 2008 for the receipt of all materials.Note to applicants: The deadline for the receipt of all admission materials is December 15, 2008 Once application submissions are processed, applicants are notified by the Graduate School and e-mailed instructions on how to check any updates of the application and materials on-line. Please see their web site for more information or to contact Graduate School admissions. Our dept. offices are closed over the holiday season. All applications completed by Dec. 15 will receive first review. Only completed applications will be reviewed.
All applicants should read the Graduate School application thoroughly. Go to http://www.uga.edu/gradschool/admissions/requirements.html for information on requirements, sending transcripts or other materials.
Please DO NOT submit unsolicited or additional materials materials. Do not submit items with folders, plastic covers, large clips, or spiral bound. All applicants must see below for additional materials required by the history department. Please do not call or email us for the instructions to view your materials on-line. The graduate school will email instructions once they have processed your application.
GRADUATE ADMISSIONS
Applications are accepted for Fall admission only. Electronic applications are available at the Graduate Admissions web site.**ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION IMPORTANT!!!!
In addition to the application, it is important that you follow this link for additional departmental requirements, and the application for assistantship.FAQs
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The History Department's thirty five tenured and tenure-track faculty have published a large number of prize-winning and critically acclaimed books. There are significant concentrations of strength in social and cultural history, early American, Southern history, French history, and diplomatic/military. A number of faculty members hold joint appointments with the Institute of African-American Studies or Women's Studies. Certification in Women's Studies is available to our graduate students.
*THE HISTORY GRADUATE PROGRAM GUIDE
THE M.A. DEGREE
We offer terminal M.A. degrees in American and European history. Individualized programs in other geographical areas are also available. After the first year, M.A. students may make a "fast track" application to the Ph.D. program. If accepted, they need not write an M.A. thesis if they change their degree objective at that point to a Ph.D., saving them a significant amount of time in graduate studies. Other Ph.D. programs that have admitted our M.A. graduates include California (Berkeley). Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Emory, Harvard, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Northwestern, Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Yale.THE Ph.D. DEGREE
We offer Ph.D. degrees in American and European history and have just introduced new minor fields in World History and the history of science. Our doctoral students pursue a wide range of topics. Their recent publications include articles in Signs, Journal of Southern History, Georgia Historical Quarterly, Journal of American History, North Carolina Historical Review, and Pacific Historical Review. After careful peparation, Ph.D. students customarily teach their own classes.
--Proposed Study form.
--History Graduate courses.PHD DISSERTATIONS
A listing of PhDs awarded and dissertations in progress.PH.D. JOB PLACEMENT
Our doctoral program has distinguished itself over the past decade by its highly successful placement record. Of our eighteen graduates from 1990-1997, eleven have obtained tenure-track jobs. Of our twenty-two Ph.D.s from 1998-2004, two-thirds already have tenure track jobs. Institutions hiring our graduates include Appalachian State University, Clemson University, University of Virginia at Wise, Emporia State University, Georgia Southern University, Kennesaw State University, LeMoyne College, Murray State University, Radford University, St. Bonaventure University, University of Akron, University of Baltimore, and University of Georgia. Check out other career and employment links here.COURSES IN HISTORY
Undergraduate and graduate courses in history. Graduate courses are numbered 6000 and above.FINANCIAL AID
Financial aid in the form of a variety of merit-based assistantships (which include remission of all but nominal fees) and enhancement grants is readily available to the most qualified applicants. Most of our graduate students have teaching assistantships with moderate work loads. Fellowships are available to exceptionally qualified applicants and finishing doctoral students. Travel grants for research and conference papers are available on a limited basis.THE UNIVERSITY
The University of Georgia enrolls over 30,000 students. More than 5,000 of them are enrolled as graduate students. The University Libraries, ranked among the top quarter of research libraries in the United States, contain almost four million volumes. The libraries manage one of the best manuscript archives and historical repositories in the South.THE CITY AND CAMPUS
Athens is a small, historic, and very lively city only sixty miles from Atlanta. Housing is easy to find and affordable. The cost of living is significantly below the national average.GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS
Graduate students in the history department are eligible to take courses and offer fields in a number of disciplinary programs. These include women's studies, African-American Studies, international studies, Latin American studies, classical studies, and medieval studies. Faculty from other departments join with history professors to direct student research in these programs.
