History, PhD (Boston)
Graduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston45 semester hours totalverified parse
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Theory and Methodology
From the catalog
A grade of B or higher is required:
Digital History
- HIST 7370 — Texts, Maps, and Networks: Readings and Methods for Digital History
Topics, Directed Study, or Readings
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Complete 20 semester hours in Topics, Directed Study, or Readings:
HIST 7219-7251 Topics
- Choose 20 semester hours from:
Research Seminar
- HIST 7314 — Research Seminar in World History
Practicum
- HIST 8409 — Practicum in Teaching
Electives
From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following range:
HIST 7200 to HIST 7702
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- Any HIST course numbered 7200–7702
Exam Preparation
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Only needed for PhD students who have completed all coursework but have not yet passed the comprehensive exam:
- One of:
- HIST 8960 — Exam Preparation—Doctoral
Dissertation
Dissertation Continuation
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Following completion of two semesters of HIST 9990, registration in the following class is required in each semester (excluding summers) until the dissertation is completed:
- One of:
- HIST 9996 — Dissertation Continuation
GPA requirements
- 45 total semester hours required Minimum 3.500 GPA required
Substitutions
Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:
- Students who have completed courses assessed as equivalent to Texts, Maps, and Networks: Readings and Methods for Digital History (HIST 7370) or Practicum in Teaching (HIST 8409) may apply to the program director to substitute other Northeastern courses for these requirements.
Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under history-phd-boston, and the official page is the authority.