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program in lieu of one of the required fields in history. Details
are available in the Department.
Graduate Program
Graduate Coordinator
Timothy Moy
Application Deadlines
Fall semester: January 15
Spring and Summer semesters: October 15
Financial Aid: January 15
Degrees Offered
M.A. in History
Concentrations: The Western World to 1500, Europe 1500–
1815, Europe since 1815, United States, American West,
Latin America, Asia.
Prerequisites for admission: a Bachelor’s degree in History or
a related field, which should include general European and
American history, some advanced course work, and a senior
thesis or course in historiography or historical methodology.
Ph.D. in History
Concentrations: Ancient, Medieval Europe, Modern Europe
to 1815, Europe since 1815 (or a regional or topical subspecialty
therein), United States to 1877, United States since
1877, American West, Latin America to 1810, Latin America
since 1810, Asia to 1600, Asia since 1600, Comparative
History of Women and Gender.
Prerequisite for admission: an M.A. in History or an equivalent
degree approved by the departmental admissions committee.
Degree Requirements
General
For University requirements for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
consult the appropriate pages of this catalog. The following
are general department requirements for History graduate
programs. For more detailed requirements, consult the
Department of History M.A. Program Requirements or the
Department of History Ph.D. Program Requirements.
Course work: all students must take History 665, normally in
the first year of study. At least half of each student’s required
credit hours (exclusive of thesis or dissertation) should be
earned in graduate seminars. No more than 6 hours of
“problems” (697–698) courses may count toward either the
M.A. or Ph.D. degree.
Foreign language: each student must demonstrate a reading
knowledge of one foreign language by passing a written
departmental translation examination, or by presenting 12
credit hours of instruction in a single foreign language taken
after admission to the graduate program.
M.A.
Program options: students may elect a thesis (Plan I) or
non-thesis (Plan II) program as specified under the general
M.A. requirements in this catalog. The thesis option must be
approved in advance by the supervising professor. All theses
must be written in English.
Concentrations: each student must select a concentration
from the M.A. concentrations listed above. Plan II students
will also select an additional concentration from History or
another discipline. Students must take at least one graduate
seminar in each of their concentrations. Student must pass a
general written examination in their concentration.
Ph.D.
Concentrations: students select three fields of study, two concentrations
and an additional field, from the Ph.D. concentrations
listed above. Students must take at least two seminars
in each of their concentration and field unless insufficient
seminars are available, in which case other courses may
be substituted with departmental approval. Students must
demonstrate competency in their fields by written and oral
comprehensive examinations in the two concentrations and
by written examination in the additional field.
Second foreign language: in addition to the departmental language
requirement (see above), students with a concentration
in any area of European, Latin American or Asian history
must demonstrate competence in a second foreign language
appropriate to their course of study.
Breadth requirement: each student’s program of study must
include at least three graduate courses concerning a single
geographic area outside the current boundaries of the United
States. At least one of these must be a University of New
Mexico History course.
Dissertation: History dissertations must be written in English.
History (HIST)
I. Survey Courses
101L. Western Civilization to 1648. [Western Civilization.]
(3) Bokovoy, Graham, Robbins, Rubenstein, Sanabria,
Steen, Spidle
Ancient times to 1648. Meets New Mexico Lower Division
General Education Common Core Curriculum Area V:
Humanities and Fine Arts (NMCCN 1053). {Summer, Fall,
Spring}
102L. Western Civilization Post 1648. [Western
Civilization.] (3) Bokovoy, Robbins, Sanabria, Slaughter,
Steen, Spidle
1648 to present. Meets New Mexico Lower Division General
Education Common Core Curriculum Area V: Humanities and
Fine Arts (NMCCN 1063). {Summer, Fall, Spring}
161L. History of the United States to 1877. (3) Connell-
Szasz, Hutton, Sandoval-Strausz, Scharff, Szasz, Yazawa
Survey of the economic, political, intellectual and social
development of the United States, including the place of the
U.S. in world affairs from 1607 to 1877. Meets New Mexico
Lower Division General Education Common Core Curriculum
Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts (NMCCN 1113). {Summer,
Fall, Spring}
162L. History of the United States Since 1877. (3)
Connell-Szasz, Farber, Hutton, Moy, Sandoval-Strausz,
Scharff, Szasz, Yazawa
Survey of the economic, political, intellectual and social development
of the United States, including the place of the U.S.
in world affairs from 1877 to the present. Meets New Mexico
Lower Division General Education Common Core Curriculum
Area V: Humanities and Fine Arts (NMCCN 1123). {Summer,
Fall, Spring}
204. Greek Civilization. (3)
(Also offered as CLST, PHIL, ARTH 204.) An interdisciplinary
introduction to the ancient world as the foundation of modern
civilization. Lectures on classical art, history, literature and
philosophy. {Spring}
205. Roman Civilization. (3)
(Also offered a CLST, PHIL, ARTH 205.) An interdisciplinary
introduction to ancient Rome. Lectures on Roman literature,
history, art and philosophy.
UNM CATALOG 2006–2007 Symbols, page 611.