AHA Directory of History Departments and Organizations
Institution Details
310 Thach Hall
Auburn, AL 36849-5207
Phone: 334.844.4360
Fax: 334.844.6673
Website: https://cla.auburn.edu/history/
The department is a vibrant community of scholars with a keen interest in research, teaching, and public outreach. History students learn about the past and its relevance to the present, how to ask and answer complex questions, and how to communicate research results in oral and written forms. Alumni are successfully engaged in a wide range of careers, well prepared by their time at Auburn to excel in an ever-changing world with the knowledge and skills to interrogate past and present alike.
Director of Graduate Studies: Jennifer Brooks
Degrees Offered: BA,MA,PHD,Cert. (public hist.; archival studies)
Academic Year System: SEM
Areas of Specialization: US South, technology, Europe since 1500, public history and archives
In-state: $9852
Out-of-state: $26364
In-state: $9858
Out-of-state: $26382
Admissions: http://www.auburn.edu/admissions
Financial Aid: http://www.auburn.edu/finaid
Admissions: http://www.grad.auburn.edu
Financial Aid: http://cla.auburn.edu/history
Areas of Specialization: US South, technology, Europe since 1500, public history and archives
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Doctoral Program Information
A. Program Description. The Department of History at Auburn University offers courses of study leading to MA and PhD degrees in five major areas: American History to 1865; American History since 1865; Europe 1500 to 1789; Europe since 1789; and the History of Technology. Doctoral students are also able to complete minor field concentrations in Archival Studies and Public History, with the Department offering MA degrees as well as graduate certificate programs in both those areas. Auburn offers a friendly, informal, yet stimulating environment for graduate studies, where faculty members go out of their way to encourage and assist students in their work.
The Auburn history faculty has gained national recognition for its commitment to research and publication in such fields as French studies, the history of technology, the history of the American South, religious studies, the Civil War, aerospace history, British history, Southeastern Indian history, and recent American history.
B. Special Programs. The Department offers graduate training in Public History. In addition to a rich Special Collections Department at the University, Auburn is located close to major archival collections in Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama, and Columbus and Atlanta, Georgia.
C. Financial Aid. A limited number of Graduate Teaching Assistantships are available each year to incoming doctoral students, with five-year funding packages available to direct track PhD students and four-year funding packages available to students entering with an MA degree in hand. PhD students almost always have the opportunity to teach at least one course, typically a survey-level World History, U.S. History, or European History offering), before they graduate.
D. Degree Requirements. 65 credit hours (55 hours of coursework, 10 hours of research) required for the PhD. Upon the successful conclusion of coursework students take examinations in their major field (supervised by two professors) and in two minor fields. Successful performance on written exams is followed by an oral examination.
Directory of History Dissertations
Doctoral Program Statistics 2019-20:
PhD students currently enrolled: 45
PhD applications received: 16
New PhD students: 5
% of students receiving tuition waivers: 0
% of students receiving stipends: 0
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