The Doctor of Arts degree requires completion of a minimum of 72
credits beyond the bachelor’s degree, or 51 credits beyond the
master’s.
Course work in the principal academic area is divided into two
sections, each introduced by an interdisciplinary seminar; a final
concluding seminar is completed as the last course before the
comprehensive examination. The three seminars comprise nine credits
of course work; students also complete a total of 24 semester hours
in 700-level courses to round out the total of 33 credits in the
principal academic area.
A.
Seminar I – The Patterns of Modernization in Historical
Perspective (HIS 710)
An examination of the dynamics of the process of modernization
in different states and societies in the modern world. The study
will focus on the economic, political, cultural, religious and
other social dimensions of the modernization process. In addition
to this seminar, students take courses in this area of study, for
example:
- Technology and Transformation in Western Europe (HIS 718) Dr.
Coppa, Department of History
- Terrorism: Ireland and the Holy Land (His 720) Dr. Griffin,
Department of History
- Modernization and the Secular Alternatives (HIS 714) Dr.
Bulman, Department of Theology and Religious Studies
- Culture, Personality and Modernization (HIS 728) Dr. Rossi,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
- Theorists of Political Modernization (HIS 730) Staff
- Development of Japan’s Political Economy (HIS 732) Dr. Nester,
Department of Government and Politics
- Modernization and American Foreign Policy in the Twentieth
Century (HIS 755) Dr. Ninkovich, Department of History
- Readings and Research in the Area of Modernization (HIS 990)
Staff
B.
Seminar II – The International Implications of Modernization (HIS
750)
A study of the increased interaction and interdependence
(diplomatic, cultural, economic, social and military) of the
peoples and states of the world flowing from modernization and
industrialization, their impact on urgent world problems, and
Globalization.
Sample courses in the Area of Seminar II:
- Energy Ethics (HIS) 752) Dr. Califano, Department of
Philosophy
- The Emergence of Total War (HIS 754) Dr. Griffin, Department of
History
- The World in Upheaval: Europe and the World Since 1776 (HIS
756) Dr. Coppa, Department of History
- America Abroad: The United States and Modernization (HIS 757)
Dr. Ninkovich, Department of History
- Chinese Revolutionaries in Office (HIS 762) Dr. Kinkley,
Department of History
- The Information Revolution and the Formation of a Global
Society (HIS 766) Staff
- Directed Readings and Research in the International
Implications of Modernization (HIS 991) Staff
C.
Finally, all students will complete their course work in the
principal academic area by taking the concluding seminar. Global
Awareness and the Contemporary World (HIS 799), which will
integrate the earlier course work while relating the material to
the professional skills work.