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Degree Requirements |
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M.A. PROGRAM
Completion of at least 33 units of credit in the graduate program in History is required. Students of Ottoman History must demonstrate competence in Ottoman Turkish and at least in one of the European languages. Students of European History and History of the United States must demonstrate competence at least in two of the European languages. A Master’s thesis must be submitted and accepted.
Ph.D. PROGRAM
Among the degree requirements is a minimum of 24 credit units of graduate level course work beyond the Master’s level. These courses are to be determined by the advisor and the departmental chair for each doctoral candidate. If necessary, graduate level courses from other departments can be taken. Partial or full credit can be granted by the graduate school (the institute of social sciences) for those who have taken graduate courses elsewhere. The candidate may also take language courses as recommended by his/her supervisor. The candidate is expected to have participated in seminars offered on source materials. After completing the minimum 24 credits of course work, the candidates take written and oral comprehensive exams. The first part of these examinations evaluates the candidate’s expertise in the field/period. The second part is tailored to each particular student’s dissertation research proposal. The candidate must prepare a doctoral dissertation embodying original research and must successfully defend it in a final exam before a committee of the faculty by the end of the second year of the doctoral program. The dissertation has to represent a substantial contribution to the historical knowledge in that particular field of study.
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