The Doctoral (Ph.D.) Program in the Humanities
The doctoral program, leading to the doctor of philosophy degree in
humanities, has been designed to offer qualified students a broad program
combining offerings from the participating departments of Art History,
Classics, Classical Languages, Literature, Communication, Dance, English,
History, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion, and
the schools of Film, Music and Theatre. It offers a broad perspective,
which assists in the understanding of the specialized disciplines in
the humanities area.
(Please review all college-wide requirements summarized in the "College
of Arts and Sciences" chapter in the Graduate Bulletin)
For information about applying to the Graduate Program, click
here.
Typically incoming PhD students will have a master's degree in one
of the participating humanities area departments before admission to
the doctoral program:
* Students with MA degrees in interdisciplinary humanities or fine
arts may be admitted to the doctoral program by permission of the director
with the understanding that they will complete, in one departmental
area acceptable to the humanities program, the equivalent number of
courses required for an MA degree in that department.
* Students with non-humanities oriented MA degrees will be required
to complete an MA degree in humanities or in one of the participating
departments in the humanities area before being admitted to the doctoral
program.
Additionally, the following are required:
- Three (3) letters of recommendation;
- A minimum score of 1000 or higher on the Graduate Record Examinations
(GRE), both verbal and quantitative parts;
- A minimum grade point average of 3.0 or higher on all work previously
attempted.
In consultation with the program director, doctoral students will choose
one of two sequences at the required 5000 level. Most students will
take a chronologically oriented sequence that is fulfilled by completing
the HUM 5227, 5245, and 5253 sequence. Students who have already completed
work that is equivalent to this sequence will take one that aims at
a topical and methodological approach toward intellectual history, comparative
literature, and the fine arts, and may be fulfilled by completing (with
the approval of the program director), a sequence of nine hours of courses
such as the following: HIS 5346; LIT 5066r; ARH 5795; PHI 6808r; or
MUH 5380; and other related courses.
Doctoral students are also required to select a total of three seminars
designated HUM 6939r offered by the humanities department. With permission
from the Department Director, a student may be permitted to substitute
one or more seminars in their departmental area. HIS 5346 or LIT 5066r
may be substituted for one of the seminar requirements. At least one
of these seminars or courses must focus on literary analysis, criticism,
history, or appreciation (LIT); at least one must focus on analogous
aspects of art history (ART); and at least one must focus on analogous
aspects of music (MUS). When appropriate HUM 6939r seminars are not
offered one of the following courses may be selected:
Literature: Studies in Critical Theory (ENG 5049r); Studies in Film
(ENG 5138r); Studies in Fiction (LIT 5017r); Studies in Poetry (LIT
5038r); Studies in Drama (LIT 5047r).
Art History: Any graduate course in art history that is open to non-majors.
Music: MUH 5380, Music in the Humanities, or any graduate level music
course that is open to non-majors.
In addition to the required humanities courses, a student will take
approximately one half of the course work in the department of concentration
(including the work taken at the MA level), and the remainder in a carefully
selected cluster of courses offered by participating departments in
a major chronological period and a cultural theme or in a major and
minor chronological period. The major chronological period will require
eighteen (18) semester hours of work and the minor period or theme will
require twelve (12) semester hours of work.
After having finished thirty (30) semester hours of graduate work or
being awarded the master's degree, the doctoral student must be continuously
enrolled at The Florida State University Tallahassee campus for a minimum
of twenty-four (24) graduate semester hours in any period of twelve
(12) consecutive months. The residency requirement can be completed
with either course work or dissertation hours. In most instances students
should assume that two years of full time residence beyond the master's
degree will be required to fulfill course requirements. Upon completion
of all course work, written examinations and oral examinations, an additional
twenty-four (24) semester hours of dissertation hours are required.
A reading knowledge of two modern or classical languages or, at the
discretion of the student's supervisory committee, a high level of competence
in one modern or classical language is required.Back to the top of the
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