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This program combines the M.A. at UNC Charlotte, or
an accepted institution, with a Ph.D. conferred by the
University of Aberdeen in Scotland. After attaining
their Master's degrees, qualified students will spend
one year in Charlotte, one year in Aberdeen, and a third
year at either of these two institutions. Ph.D. candidates
will work with faculty and utilize research facilities
in both America and Europe. Teaching and research assistantships
are available on a competitive basis at both universities.
Both universities offer a wide range of courses and
fields of specialization. As indicated above, the Department
of History at UNC Charlotte possesses particular expertise
in United States history, the history of the American
South, and the comparative history of medicine, race,
gender, urbanization, and industrialization. The Department
of History at the University of Aberdeen possesses particular
expertise in non-Anglocentric British history; the North
Sea and Baltic states, including Russia; diet, disease,
and death; gender; and the relationship between Scotland
and America.
Additional Requirements for Admission to the joint
Ph.D. Program.
In addition to the general requirements for admission
to the Graduate School, the following are required for
graduate study in History at the doctoral level:
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A GPA of 3.5 or better in all Master's level courses.
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Above average performance on the math and verbal
portions of the G.R.E.
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Submission of the applicant's M.A. thesis or a
substantial research paper. The student must complete
applications to both UNC Charlotte and the University
of Aberdeen.
Degree Requirements
The joint Ph.D. in History requires successful completion
of a dissertation proposal, a qualifying examination,
and a doctoral dissertation. Course work for the joint
Ph.D. will consist primarily of directed reading and
research in preparation for writing the dissertation.
All degree requirements, including the dissertation
defense, should be completed in 3-4 years. All requirements
must be completed within six years of enrolling in the
program.
Although students are not required to demonstrate proficiency
in a foreign language, they must possess the foreign
language skills necessary to do primary research in
their intended field of specialization.
Qualifying Examination
Students are required to complete both written and
oral qualifying examinations during their second semester
at UNC Charlotte. The written examination will consist
of a dissertation proposal; the oral examination will
cover both the student's general field of specialization
and the proposed dissertation topic.
Dissertation Defense
Doctoral dissertations are not to exceed 100,000 words
in length. The dissertation defense is a final oral
examination at which a student presents and defends
his/her research before a committee of Aberdeen and
UNC Charlotte faculty. The defense committee can reject
the dissertation and instruct the student to revise
the work or accept it and thereby confer the Ph.D.
Assistantships
Teaching and research assistantships are available
at both universities on a competitive basis. Applications
for assistantships at UNC Charlotte should be submitted
simultaneously with those for admission to the joint
Ph.D. program.
For more information, please contact Dr. Cindy Kierner,
the graduate coordinator at ckierner@uncc.edu.
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