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2012 - 2013 Graduate Catalog 
    
2012 - 2013 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

History, PhD


Degree Requirements:


(See general College requirements in ‘Graduate Regulations ’.)

At least one and a half years of coursework (not including courses taken for the M.A. degree) are required for the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Doctoral students must complete all requirements for the Master of Arts degree, including the language requirement, the thesis, and all course work, at William and Mary, or have fulfilled similar requirements at an equivalent institution by March 15 of their second year in residence (or first, in the case of students who received their M.A. elsewhere). Doctoral students with a masters degree from an equivalent Institution are also required to pass the language exam at William and Mary by March 15 of their first year in residence. In addition, candidates for the Ph.D. degree must complete at least 27 hours of graduate coursework in History (not including HIST 800 ) beyond the masters level within the first three semesters of residency. They must take research seminars in two separate fields of history and pass a language exam. A student who has taken required courses in the masters year need not repeat them at the doctoral level. No later than the end of the third year of graduate study, doctoral students must take a written and an oral comprehensive qualifying examination in Early American history, United States history, one thematic field, and one minor field (see above). To qualify to take the comprehensive examinations, students must have completed all coursework and any outstanding requirements by the end of the previous semester. See the History Department’s graduate regulations  for a list of pre-approved fields.