Overview
Georgia State University is responsive to students' career goals and provides educational and research programs that are relevant to the practical needs of both the students and the community. The University offers nearly fifty undergraduate and graduate degree programs covering some 200 fields of study through its five colleges—Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Health and Human Sciences, and Law–and its School of Policy Studies.

Georgia State University is a public institution with more than 24,000 students. The graduate student population of more than 7,000 is one of the largest in the Southeast. The average age of graduate students is 33. Students from 113 countries and all fifty states attend the University.

The Community
The University is located in the heart of Atlanta's central business district. The city is a rapidly growing metropolitan area characterized by a spectacular skyline and a culturally diverse population. Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport is the world's largest and busiest, making the city easily accessible from anywhere in the world. The climate is moderate, with a mean July temperature of 23°C and a mean January temperature of 10°C. Atlanta is located in the foothills of the southern Appalachian Mountain range and is close to both the Great Smoky Mountains and the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

Programs of study and degree requirements
The Department of History offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). Master's degree programs require 30 hours of course work and research and doctoral degrees require 56 hours. There is also a program in heritage preservation. In addition to American and European history, the department offers course work in African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and South and East Asian history. There are specialties in American history (including labor and urban history, history of the South, and historic preservation), modern European history (including British history), public history, women's history, and world history. The master's program normally requires two to three years; the doctoral program requires six or seven years.

Facilities & Resources
Graduate students in history are able to make use of the extensive archival and research collections in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Among the more important collections are the Southern Labor Archives at Georgia State University, the southern regional branch of the National Archives and Records Service, the Georgia Department of Archives and History, the Carter Presidential Library, the Martin Luther King Center, the Atlanta History Center, and collections at Emory and Clark Atlanta Universities and the University of Georgia.

The department also houses the Georgia Government Documentation Project, which includes a collection of records relating to recent Georgia politics and an extensive oral history program.

Expenses and Aid
Costs: For tuition figures, students should visit the University's Web site at http://www.gsu.edu.

Financial Aid: Research assistantships are available for master's students, and teaching assistantships are available for doctoral students. The Baylen Fellowship is awarded each year to an exceptionally promising M.A. student; the Woodruff Fellowship is given to a master's student in Southern history. Doctoral students are also eligible for part-time teaching assignments in the department.

Housing/Living Expenses: Georgia State University has a nonresidential campus located in downtown Atlanta at the center of a network of highways and rapid-transit services that extend throughout the greater metropolitan area. This transportation network makes it possible to live anywhere in the metropolitan area and get to downtown easily. The cost of living in Atlanta is moderate compared with that in other centers in the United States. Dormitory housing is available at the Georgia State Village, a short distance from Georgia State's downtown campus.

How to Apply
Application materials may be obtained from the department or from the Office of Graduate Studies of the College of Arts and Sciences. Applicants must submit the application for graduate study and the University information forms, the $25 application fee, official copies of transcripts from each institution attended, Graduate Record Examinations General Test scores, three letters of recommendation, and a statement of educational and career goals. Ph.D. applicants are required to submit samples of their research and written work. Applicants may obtain additional information about the Department of History by contacting the Director of Graduate Studies or by visiting the Web site.

Michelle Brattain, Ph.D., Rutgers, 1997. Twentieth-century United States, labor, U.S. South.

Anne M. Brophy, Ph.D., Cornell, 1999. United States immigration and ethnicity, urban twentieth-century United States.

Timothy J. Crimmins, Ph.D., Emory, 1972. Urban history, historic preservation.

Denise Zara Davidson, Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1997. Modern Europe, French social and cultural history, women.

Glenn T. Eskew, Ph.D., Georgia, 1993. Twentieth-century United States, history of the South, Georgia.

Seth Fein, Ph.D., Texas, 1996. U.S. foreign relations.

Ian C. Fletcher, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1990. Modern Britain.

Edwin N. Gorsuch, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1967. Medieval Europe, the Renaissance.

Mohammed Hassen, Ph.D., London, 1983. Africa.

James Heitzman, Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1985. South Asia.

Hugh D. Hudson, Ph.D., North Carolina, 1981. Russia, Eastern Europe.

Clifford M. Kuhn, Ph.D., North Carolina, 1993. Oral history, twentieth-century South.

David J. McCreery, Ph.D., Tulane, 1973. Latin America.

Donald M. Reid, Ph.D., Princeton, 1969. Middle East.

Douglas R. Reynolds, Ph.D., Columbia, 1976. China and Japan.

Stephen H. Rapp, Ph.D., Michigan, 1997. Caucasia, Byzantium, world.

Jacqueline A. Rouse, Ph.D., Emory, 1983. African-American history.

Cynthia Schwenk, Ph.D., Missouri, 1977. Greek and Roman history.

Charles G. Steffen, Ph.D., Northwestern, 1977. United States Colonial and Revolutionary history.

Wayne J. Urban, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1968. History of education, labor history.

Wendy Hamand Venet, Ph.D., Illinois, 1985. Nineteenth-century American history, women's history.

Diane Willen, Ph.D., Tufts, 1972. Tudor and Stuart England.

Ronald J. Zboray, Ph.D., NYU, 1984. American cultural and intellectual history.

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