Program Description
The Department of History offers two degree programs: an M.A. with two optional plans and the Ph.D. The M.A. Plan I requires a minimum of at least 30 hours of graduate coursework and a thesis written and submitted in conformity to the Graduate College's guidelines and deadlines. Students under this plan must also demonstrate competency in one foreign language. Plan II is a study in Public History in which students are required to complete a minimum of 36 hours of graduate coursework. These hours include an internship worth 6 credit hours requiring the submission of a paper describing the student's activities during that part of the program and a thesis written and submitted in conformity to the Graduate College's guidelines and deadlines. Among the agencies and institutions which have cooperated with the Public History program in the past are the National Park Service, Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office, the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Thomas Gilcrease Museum, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and the Robert S. and Grayce B. Kerr Foundation.
The Ph.D. program requires at least sixty hours beyond the master's degree. Students must select three fields of study – a general field (United States, Pre-modern Europe to 1789, Modern Europe), a major field (including but not limited to U.S. West, Native North America, Science and Technology, Religion, Culture, Gender, Politics, Modern U.S., Race and Ethnicity, Environment, Diplomatic and Transnational), and a minor field (Europe, United States, World [Ancient, Middle East, Asia, or Latin America], or Public History. To be admitted to candidacy, students must pass written and oral comprehensive examinations, demonstrate a reading knowledge of one foreign language, have an approved dissertation proposal, and submit an accurate Plan of Study to the Graduate College in preparation for writing a dissertation. All doctoral students must take Historiography (HIST 6023) and Teaching History at the College Level (HIST 5021). Students without a M.A. thesis may be required to take Historical Methods (HIST 5023).
Admission Requirements
Students seeking admission to the Graduate Program should request an admissions packet from the History Department. Admission to the Graduate Program requires the approval of both the Graduate College and the Department of History. To apply for admission, students must submit an application form with non-refundable application fee of $40 ($75 for international students for 1st application and $25.00 for each subsequent application), one official transcript from each previous undergraduate and graduate school attended, GRE scores (use institution code 6546 and department code 2799), three letters of recommendation (with required departmental form attached to each), a writing sample, the H-3 form (available from the History web site), and a statement of purpose. International students are also required to submit their TOEFL scores.
Graduate Faculty List
Laura
A. Belmonte (Ph.D., Virginia)
Post-1945 U.S.; US Foreign Policy since 1917;
US Women's; History of Sexuality in the US
R. Michael Bracy (Ph.D., Arkansas)
Middle East; Islamic Civilization
William
S. Bryans (Ph.D., Wyoming)
Applied History; State and Local; American West
Kristen
Burkholder (Ph.D., Minnesota)
Medieval England; Women
Joseph
F. Byrnes (Ph.D., Chicago)
Modern European Intellectual; Christianity
James
F. Cooper (Ph.D., Connecticut)
American Colonial; American Revolution
David
D'Andrea (Ph.D., Virginia)
Early Modern Italy; Venice and the Veneto; Charity
Brian
Frehner (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma)
American Southwest, Environmental
James
L. Huston (Ph.D., Illinois)
Civil War and Reconstruction; Labor
Jason
E. Lavery (Ph.D., Yale)
Early Modern Europe; Germany
Michael
F. Logan (Ph.D., Arizona)
Recent America; Urban; Environmental
L.G.
Moses (Ph.D., New Mexico)
American Indian; American West
Ronald
A. Petrin (Ph.D., Clark)
Gilded Age-Progressive Era; American Political; Historiography
Lesley
A. Rimmel (Ph.D., Pennsylvania)
Russia; Soviet Union; Women's; 20th Century Europe; Political and
Social Violence
Andrew Rosa (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
African-American, African Diaspora
Richard
C. Rohrs (Ph.D., Nebraska)
American Early National; Historical Methods; Jacksonian America
Tonia
Sharlach (Ph.D., Harvard)
Ancient World
Michael
M. Smith (Ph.D., Texas Christian)
Mexico; Latin America
Elizabeth
A. Williams (Ph.D., Indiana)
European Intellectual; History of Medicine; Modern France
