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April 1 of their junior year. For additional information, they should consult with the director of the History Honors Program early in the semester prior to their departure for study abroad. For additional information on foreign study for history majors, please visit http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/history/undergrad/major/foreign_study/. For more on the application of these guidelines to the history minor, please visit http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/history/undergrad/minor/. If you have further questions about your study abroad, please contact Professor Paul Spagnoli, Director of Undergraduate Studies, at 617-552-3878 or by e-mail at paul.spagnoli@bc.edu. Graduate Program Description The M.A. and Ph.D. degrees are offered with concentrations in Medieval, Early Modern European, Modern European, American and Latin American history. The department also offers course work in African, Middle Eastern, and Asian history. For the Masters in Teaching (M.A.T.) program administered by the Lynch School of Education see under M.A. Programs. Doctor of Philosophy in History The Ph.D. degree in History is offered with concentrations in Medieval, Early Modern European, Modern European, American and Latin American history. The department also offers coursework in African, Middle Eastern and Asian history. During the first semester of full-time study, doctoral students choose a faculty advisor, who oversees the students progress in preparing for comprehensive exams and in developing a dissertation topic. The Ph.D. is a research degree and requires special commitment and skills. While the degree is not granted for routine adherence to certain regulations, or for the successful completion of a specified number of courses, there are certain basic requirements. Course and Residency Requirements: Students entering directly into the Ph.D. program are required to complete 42 credits, 36 of which are taken prior to comprehensive exams. All students in the Ph.D. program are required to pursue two semesters of full-time study during the first year and must, in the course of their studies, complete at least two seminars (one of which may be the Dissertation Seminar) and at least two colloquia (one in the major and one in a minor area). Plan of Study: By the conclusion of the first semester, and after full consultation with their professors and the Director of Graduate Studies, students file a plan of study leading to the comprehensive examination. This plan of study consists of three areas of concentration, including one designated as the major area. From within this major area, students choose two fields of study. Because students are expected to develop a mature understanding of this major area as a whole, one of these two major fields should be general in nature. Students then select one field of study from each of two additional areas of concentration. Usually faculty require that students take at least some formal coursework in each field and expect students to develop and master a reading list of important books and articles. With the approval of the advisor and the Director of Graduate Studies students may offer, as one of the two minor areas, a discipline related to History or a topic within that cuts across traditional geographical or chronological boundaries. When considered necessary to a students program, the department may require advanced-level work in a related discipline, either as a minor field or as supplemental work. This plan of study may be reviewed, evaluated and revised whenever necessary. However, changes must be approved by the faculty advisor and the Director of Graduate Studies. Fields of Study: American History: U.S. to 1877 U.S. since 1860 Intellectual and Cultural Social, Economic, and Labor Southern Urban Race and Ethnicity Religion Diplomatic Gender and Women African American Legal and Constitutional. Medieval: Social and Economic Religious and Cultural Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Early Medieval France and Flanders Byzantine. Early Modern European Religious Intellectual and Cultural Social and Economic Gender and Women Early Modern Britain Early Modern France. Modern European: Europe, 1789-1914 Modern Europe, 1870-1945 Contemporary Europe Intellectual and Cultural Social, Economic, and Labor Diplomatic; Religious; Imperialism Modern Britain Modern France Modern Germany Modern Ireland. Russian and Eastern European: Eastern Europe Pre-Revolutionary Russia Soviet Polish Latin American: Colonial Latin America Modern Latin America Central America/Caribbea Other Areas (Minor only): China Japan Africa Middle East India and South Asia East Asia ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog 2006-2007 149

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