Graduate Study in Columbian College: History

History

Academics

Undergraduates

Graduates

For Faculty

For Alumni

801 22nd St. NW
Phillips Hall, Rm 335
Phone: 202-994-6230
Fax: 202-994-6231
history@gwu.edu
http://www.gwu.edu/~ history/

Degree(s) Offered: PhD, MA

Admission Semesters:
PhD - Fall only
MA - Fall and Spring

Deadlines:
Fall - January 15 (PhD), June 1 (MA)
Spring - October 1
Please note: the Fall deadline for international students requiring a student visa is January 15; the Spring deadline is September 1.

Assistants & Fellowships:
Available; deadline for fellowship consideration for the Fall semester is January 15.

Additional Application Requirements:
All applicants must submit a history writing sample (research paper preferred). PhD applicants must submit a Prospective Advisor form. MA applicants must submit two letters of recommendation; PhD applicants must submit three letters of recommendation. Interview requested when possible.

The master's degree can be earned in the general field of history or with a concentration in historic preservation, public policy, US legal history, or imperial and colonial studies.

At the doctoral level, students work in one general and three special fields of study. General fields include early modern Europe, modern Europe, modern Near East, modern East Asia, modern Russia and the former Soviet Union, Latin America, and the United States. Special fields include (but are not limited to) American colonial history, European intellectual history, historic preservation, Tudor and Stuart England, US social history, and 20th-century history.

The doctoral program in American religious history is offered in cooperation with the Religion Department. The MA program in US Legal History is offered with the Law School.