GRADUATE PROGRAMS PAGE 12 / COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES / HISTORY Career Destinations At Lehigh, we don’t just prepare you to consume history—we train you to write it. Armed with elite research, writing, and analytical toolkits, our graduates launch impactful careers across multiple sectors: • Higher Education: Securing tenure track positions at universities or leading classrooms at competitive community colleges. • Advanced Secondary Education: Stepping into leadership and teaching roles at elite independent high schools and preparatory academies. • Public History & Leadership: Applying historical expertise to the public sphere, obtaining research and archival roles within government agencies, cultural institutions, and the private sector. History Unlocking the Past to Shape the Future • Professional Rigor: Gain the foundational skills, theoretical knowledge, and methodological acumen necessary to conduct original research, teach effectively, and publish in leading journals. • Holistic Development: Access an extensive array of pedagogical training, research grants, and professional development opportunities. Choose Your Pathway Master of Arts (M.A.) • The Timeline: 4 semesters | 30 credit hours • The Focus: A comprehensive foundation in global methodologies, culminating in a customized, professional capstone project that aligns with your career goals. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) • The Timeline: 5-7 years • The Focus: An immersive doctoral track designed to build your teaching portfolio and support independent research that contributes to global historical scholarship. Program Description History doesn’t stop at national borders. At Lehigh, our graduate programs are united under a broader theme: Transnational History. We break away from traditional, isolated national frameworks to investigate how ideas, people, commodities, and power circulate globally. Here, you will experience a small, intimate environment defined by close collaboration with faculty mentors. You will develop the essential critical skills needed to navigate and analyze today’s globalized society, challenging traditional historic narratives and uncovering new perspectives on the past. Our Supportive Scholarly Community Offers: • Faculty Mentorship: Work closely with renowned scholars who are genuinely invested in your intellectual growth and research agenda. • Collaborative Culture: Join a positive, tight-knit cohort of peers where ideas are shared, debated, and refined collectively. DEGREES M.A. & Ph .D.
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