Ph.D. in United States and Atlantic History

Coursework

Graduate coursework includes reading seminars (colloquia), research seminars, and individual tutorials for both reading and research purposes. Graduate students may also register in upper-division undergraduate courses at a graduate level that require more intensive work.

First- and second-year students in the doctoral program take three courses each semester, one of which must be expressly devoted to the production of a research paper. Faculty advisers help incoming students design their programs, which may include courses in other departments or colleges in the Worcester Consortium. In addition to meeting the 12-course requirement, a student who enters without an M.A. degree usually spends at least two full-time years at Clark, must satisfy the language requirement, pass the preliminary examination, and write a doctoral dissertation within seven years of matriculation. (Residency for part-time Ph.D. students is defined in terms of courses taken.)

Application to Our Program

Although students currently are matriculating in our program, we are not accepting applications at this time.