Overview
The Department of History at University of Florida offers the following graduate degrees: Master of Arts degree with fields of specialization in African, European, Latin American, and United States history and the Doctor of Philosophy degree with fields of specialization in African, European, Latin American, and United States history, or with a dual major which allows students to combine two minor fields to create their own major fields. We offer minor concentrations in the thematic fields of Atlantic, Gender, Legal, Religious, and World History.
Fields of specialization:
- African (East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa)
- European (medieval, early modern, or modern)
- Latin American (colonial Latin America, post-Colonial Latin America, Brazil, and the Caribbean or Spanish America)
- United States history (early America, 19th century, 20th century)
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- History of African Agriculture
- History of West Africa
- Southern Africa
- Topics in African History
- Seminar in Modern Africa
- Theories and Methods of African History
- Africa
- Readings in African History
- The South to 1860
- Special Studies
- Topics in United States History
- Early American Society
- Nineteenth Century America
- Modern America
- Research in U.S. History
- Readings in Southern History, 1607-1865
- Seminar in U.S. Urban History
- Seminar in American Labor History
- Seminar in American Foreign Relations and Expansion
- Seminar in Constitutional or Legal History of the United States
- Civil Rights Movement
- Topics in East Asian History
- Topics in British History
- Topics in European History
- Readings in Medieval History
- Conversion in the Middle Ages
- Ethnicity in the Middle Ages
- Villages and Peasants in the Middle Ages
- Economy and Society in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
- Europe, 1500-1763
- Readings, Modern Europe
- Modern German History
- Readings, Early Modern Europe
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Area & Cultural Studies History View 712 other Masters in Area & Cultural Studies in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- A recognized baccalaureate, graduate or professional degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or a comparable degree from an international institution.
- For applicants with a bachelor’s degree only, a minimum grade point average of B (3.0), calculated from all grades and credits after the semester where the applicant reached 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours is required. Applicants should refer directly to their intended academic units for Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) requirements. If required, academic test scores are used in the context of a holistic credential review process.
Tuition Fee
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International
30134 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 30134 USD per year during 24 months. -
National
30134 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 30134 USD per year during 24 months. -
In-State
12740 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 12740 USD per year during 24 months.
Living costs for Gainesville
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Funding
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