online phd specializing in history

Hi, Evereyone,

I am new to this (today asof a matter of fact.)

I was wondering if I could receive some guidance as to acheiving the goal of getting an online (or low residency) doctorate in history, which is my true passion.

Many of the online programs seem to be focused on business, psychology, and other "high demand areas."

My goal with achieving it is to write and publish as well as teach at the college level.

Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

According to John & Mariah Bear, _Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning_, 15th edition (2003), one can get a DL PhD in History at:

University of Luton www.luton.ac.uk (BG15, 139)
University of Melbourne www.unimelb.edu.au (BG15, 140)
University of New England www.une.edu.au (BG15, 141)
University of South Africa www.unisa.ac.za (BG15, 144)
University of Teesside www.tees.ac.uk (BG15, 181)
Union Institute www.tui.edu (BG15, 175)

 

Thanks, Ted!

For the fast reply. Are they all accredited as well? Thanks for the reference!

Have a great holiday season!

Peace be with you!

 

Re: Thanks, Ted!

Union Institute is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is accredited by the North Central Association. Teesside and Luton are UK schools, Melbourne and New England are Aussie schools, and UNISA is a South African school. I believe all the foreign schools meet their own countries' accreditation requirements.

 

Standard cautions about Union. While they've been re-authorized for 3 years by the Ohio Board of Regents, and while it is now clear the interdisciplinary Ph.D. will survive, and while it is clear that history would be an area one could still pursue in the much more constrained Ph.D., you might want to wait for awhile until this all shakes out.

I'm cautiously optimistic these days, being quite pleased with Union's new efforts. But I'm not sure I'd rush to invest $50,000 or more with them at this point.

 

Luton consigned their history department to the dustbin of history in 2001 and I'm pretty certain that Teesside does no distance learning at all any more. Your best bet in the UK at the moment is probably Lampeter http://www.lamp.ac.uk/history/dl.htm If you're at all interested in ancient history or archaeology, you should definitely look at Leicester http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/dl/index.html

Unfortunately, the US doesn't seem to be as blessed with part-time opportunities in history as the UK is. If you're into US history rather than ancient and medieval, you're probably going to be best served by talking to the best history department you can find in your locality and seeing whether they will allow you to take one course at a time.

Angela

 

Thanks, Rich...

Thanks for the response!

I have a question about Union. It seems that they are teeming with history faculty. That is the main reason that I would cautiously make them my first choice. As a matter of fact, there do not seem to be any others here in the USA.

What would then comprise of the Union interdisciplinary Ph.D? I was thinking about brinnging history and psychology together or even approaching the sub-history topic of social and intellectual history as well.

How is this now much more constrained? Can you assist me with this as well? If there is to be an application to Union what would be the main points to be stressed in order to really have admission not to be a casualty?

What are some of the other programs besides all fo the ones mentioned in this thread that could be just as beneficial?

Thanks!

 

Re: Thanks, Rich...

The Union PhD is "more constrained" in that it formerly allowed its doctoral learners to get a doctorate in almost anything, but is now limited to six fields. According to a disclosure statement on the North Central Association website, social science disciplines are most likely to survive the changes.

 

Hi, Angela, and thanks for the reply!

Hi, Angela,

Ancient History is my second area of desire expertise as well. There are a lot of US history adjunct work out there. The primary love for me is the writing and the publishing aspect.

What do you and all of our colleagues do?

 

Thanks, Ted

Peace be with you!

 

Re: Thanks, Rich...

Union wants you to integrate at least two fields in your studies. Steve Levicoff (PhD, Union Institute, 1991) integrated religion and law into his dissertation on the history of a home-grown prison church. Rich Douglas (PhD, Union Institute, 2003) integrated non-traditional education and human resource management into his dissertation. Your suggestion of integrating history and psychology would likely work, either in the sense of studying the history of psychology as a discipline or in the sense of taking an historical figure and, so to speak, "putting him on Freud's couch." Social and intellectual history would likely work, too, as social history could, in a sense, be seen as an integration of history and sociology and intellectual history could be seen as an integration of history and philosopht. Union used to have a history professor named Collin Greer who specialized in social and intellectual history. Not sure if he's there anymore, but even if he's not there anymore, you could still name him as one of your two adjuncts if you can find him.

 

Professorrob,

I just ran a quick search in google, and I located the following two programs. Perhaps one of these programs will meet your needs. It looks there is a two week "summer intensive" portion to these programs. The rest of the programs are completed online.

PhD in Latin and Roman Studies - University of Florida:
http://www.distancelearning.ufl.edu/program.aspx?p=26

PhD in Classical Civilization - University of Florida:
http://www.distancelearning.ufl.edu/program.aspx?p=25

Good luck! - Tom

 

Ted, that is exactly what I would love to do

The idea that I have is that I would take one or two lines of thinking and show the parallels of them at different points of history, mainly Asian (the Phillippines) and the United States, mainly one of the philosophies that peole use to justify "on the fringe constitutional actions."

I do not have any idea as to approach the proposal, let alone the arduous application process. I am about to finish up my master's, but I have yet to bring the proposal together and get it working as to how I want to see it. The thesis is then then to give birth to the dissertation.

It is the hardest project of my life. Any more ideas and assistance is appreciated!

 

Re: Thanks, Rich...

I don't know. Not my area of expertise. Hope others can help.

 

Thanks again, Rich!

Thanks again for the response!

I would explore the Union site, read about the degree program, and contact one or two faculty with backgrounds related to your desired approach. Believe me, you'll be in for a treat.

Okay. I can not resist this question. What kind of treat? Would this be a bad or good thing? Would the faculty member then notify the committe of his or her ineterstin in the application? Please reveal this mystery!

In the humanities and social sciences, not too many more constraints. Mostly administrative, and the addition of research methods course requirements. Again, talking to faculty members ahead of time will really help your application.

The research does not bother me since it is my favorite end of academia. The problem is saying the right things to get in and not having to worry about the application.

Thanks. I owe you one!

 

Here's a small handful of old threads on the dl doctorate in history.

http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21143
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20499
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19020
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18275
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18092
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13421
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13367
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13260
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12965
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12360
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3956
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3828

 

Re: Thanks again, Rich!

Good. Union faculty are dedicated to their crafts, but also to learners' successes. Your ideas will be challenged, explored, expanded, and who-knows-what.

 

I would want to point out that while japhy's suggestions are good ones, IIRC they are offered through the Classics Department. While this is not a bad thing by any means I think they come with a rather stiff language requirement (again, not a bad thing, just something to be aware of)
Jack

 

Thanks, Ted & Steve for the references

I shall definitely dig through them and get back to you. Thanks again!