The graduate program in United States History offers courses in many fields across more than four centuries. We also offer courses in Native American history, intellectual history, cultural history, military and international history, constitutional history, economic and business history, and the history of medicine. The history of the South is, of course, a particular interest, not only in terms of course offerings, but also in terms of special resources on or near campus. The Southern Oral History Program , the Center for the Study of the American South , and the invaluable materials in the Southern Historical and North Carolina Collections provide graduate students with rich opportunities.
Graduate students play a strong role in the activities of the department.
They serve on the Graduate Studies Committee, the Speakers Committee, as well as the Committee on Teaching. They also are consulted in the process for hiring new faculty. Joint Appointment with American Studies. Social and political history of nineteenth-century America. Twentieth century social and cultural history.