History, PhD at Tulane University

The Ph.D. in History is a highly selective program. It is both small enough to ensure plenty of faculty-student engagement and large enough to allow students to pursue research within broad chronological, geographic and thematic fields. We encourage students to develop the widest possible range of methodological skills in dealing with historical sources. The faculty in the Department of History have broad teaching and research interests, with particularly strong major fields in United States history (especially the U.S.

Faculty: School of Liberal Arts  |  Duration: five semesters  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: New Orleans, LA, United States

What you will study

To obtain a Ph.D. degree, students must complete a minimum of forty-eight credits of course work and other requirements as specified below. Students earn their M.A. degree while working towards the Ph.D. degree. Complete required historiography and methodology courses: ​ HIST 7001 Seminar in Historical Practice (3 c.h.) - taken in the fall of Year 1 HIST 7003 Historiography & Methods I (3 c.h.) - normally taken as an independent study summer of Year 1 HIST 7005 Historiography & Methods II (3 c.

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