A. Program Description. The department's graduate programs are founded on an excellent faculty. All of the faculty are committed to excellence in graduate education. Lecture courses, seminars and directed research projects are available on the histories of Western Europe, East Asia, Latin America and the United States. While students are required to get specialized training in the fields of their choice, they are also urged to develop a broad historical background.

B. Special Programs. Ellis Library has substantial research materials in all fields of graduate study, including an unusual collection of more than 5,000 pamphlets on 17th- and 18th-century British history and 18th- and 19th-century British and continental journals, including publications of all the major academies. The Health Sciences Library has excellent publications on the history of medicine. An additional resource is the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, a unique repository of material for regional studies in political, social and economic history. The State Historical Society of Missouri has an outstanding library of finding aids and primary and secondary works dealing with Missouri history. The graduate program also has available the resources of the Truman Library at Independence, Missouri.

C. Financial Aid. Applicants may compete for Graduate School fellowships for entering students. Graduate School fellowships require departmental nomination. Interested students should consult with the director of graduate studies for further details.

The department provides qualified students the opportunity to gain college-level teaching experience as teaching assistants who conduct discussion sections in American and European history. Pending administrative approval and availability of funding, they earn at least $19,977 an academic year at the PhD level and carry nine semester hours. Each appointment is subject to annual review and may be renewed up to a maximum of six years.

When students begin work on their doctoral dissertations, they may apply for departmental fellowships and travel grants to assist their research and writing.

It is recommended but not required that applicants for admission take the Graduate Record Examination prior to applying and have the score sent to the Graduate School, 210 Jesse Hall. You may also e-mail or write the Director of Graduate Studies in History, Locust Street Building, 119 South 7th Street, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.

Applications for financial aid must be filed by the mid Jan. deadline listed on our website at http://history.missouri.edu/programs/gradadmission.html and will not be considered after that date. Announcements of awards are made no later than April 1.

D. Degree Requirements. To obtain a PhD in history at the University of Missouri, a student must fulfill residency, coursework, foreign language, comprehensive examination, and dissertation and oral defense. Detailed information can be found at http://history.missouri.edu/programs/phdrequirements.html.