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Publications: Directory of Graduate Programs
Claremont Graduate University
American Studies Program
Degrees Awarded: MA, PhD
Academic System: Semester
Tuition: $1,214 per unit
Deadlines: Admission 7/1 and 9/15; financial aid, 2/1
Financial Aid: Fellowships and assistantships
Enrollment: 25 graduate students
Admissions Requirements: GRE or TOEFL
Affiliations and Special Resources: Access to the libraries of the School of Theology at Claremont, the James A. Blaisdell Programs in World Religions and Cultures, and the Francis Bacon Library. Proximity to the Huntington Library.
Program Specializations: U.S., American Studies, intellectual history, multicultural studies.
MA Requirements: MA candidates must complete a minimum of 30 units with grades of B or better. At least 12 of these must be in American history. The remaining 18 units must be taken in at least two fields of American Studies, one of which must be in an allied subject; at least 12 units must be taken in one of these fields. Every master’s program must include at least three seminar courses in the 300 range, two of which must be in American history.
PhD Requirements: The student must complete at least 48 units of work in American Studies courses taught by the graduate faculty, including tutorial reading courses but excluding research courses in the 400 range. At least 28 units must be in the major field of American history and the remaining 20 units in two allied minor fields. Courses and dissertation research must equal 72 units. The student must demonstrate proficiency in two foreign languages or one foreign language and a research tool.
American Studies Faculty
ARGUELLES, Lourdes (PhD, New York Univ., 1790) Professor of Education; immigrant and refugee studies, environmental studies, lesbian and gay studies
BARKAN, Elazar (PhD, Brandeis Univ., 1988) Associate Professor of History; European and American cultural and intellectual history
BRODIE, Janet Farrell (PhD, Univ. of Chicago, 1983) Associate Professor of History; modern America, social and cultural history, women’s history
DAWIDOFF, Robert (PhD, Cornell Univ., 1975) Associate Professor of History; American intellectual and cultural history; gay and lesbian history
MARTIN, Wendy (PhD, UC-Davis, 1968) Associate Professor of English; American literature, women’s studies
TAVES, Ann (PhD, Univ. of Chicago, 1983) Associate Professor of History (School of Theology at Claremont); American religious history, history of women
Contact
American Studies Program
Department of History
Claremont Graduate School
1027 Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711-6163
Phone: 909/621-8172
Fax: 909/621-8609
E-mail:
http://www.cgu.edu/pages/1088.asp
Graduate Director: Janet Farrell Brodie
Admissions
Claremont Graduate University
McManus Hall 131
170 E. Tenth Street
Claremont, CA 91711-6163
909-621-8069
e-mail:
http://administration.cgu.edu/admissions/
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