TRACK ONE--PREDOCTORAL
Students enrolled in the predoctoral track must complete a minimum of
thirty semester hours of graduate course work with a grade point average of not less than
3.0. There is a thesis option and a
non-thesis option available to all students in the predoctoral track. Students are also expected to demonstrate
competency in a foreign language. All
students must pass a written comprehensive examination.
Ancient World and Europe to 1700
Europe Since 1700
United States
Asia, Russia, and Latin America
Comparative History: thematic field defined by adviser and approved by graduate
committee
9 semester hours of upper level history
courses as needed for deficiencies.
Hist 7003
The Nature of History
15 semester hours in a major field of
concentration. These courses will include one
research seminar.
6 semester hours outside the major field. These courses can be in history, the humanities,
social sciences or law.
6 semester hours of Hist 7981 Research and
Thesis. The student selects a topic and works
with a committee composed of three members. Students
participate in an oral defense of their thesis upon completion.
Reading proficiency in a European language. This requirement may be met in one of the
following ways:
a. By passing a proficiency examination.
b. By
successfully completing an intermediate college course in a language appropriate to the
student’s course of study.
Pass a written comprehensive examination in
the major and minor areas. These exams are
taken in the last year of graduate work.
9 semester hours of upper level history courses as needed for deficiencies.
Hist 7003 The Nature of History
15 semester hours in a major field of
concentration. These courses will include one
research seminar.
6 semester hours outside the major field. These courses can be in history, the humanities,
social sciences or law at the University of Tulsa.
12 hours of additional coursework in
history.
Reading proficiency in a European language. This requirement may be met in one of the following ways:
a. By passing a proficiency examination.
b. By
successfully completing an intermediate college course in a language appropriate to the
student’s course of study.
Pass a written comprehensive examination in
the major and minor areas. These exams are
taken in the last year of graduate work.