
One of the oldest, most prestigious academic programs of its kind in the United States, History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (HSMT) draws together faculty members in History and in Medical History and Bioethics. Collectively, we offer broad coverage of the field, with expertise that spans Europe, the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean, stretches from the Middle Ages to the recent past, and ranges across the physical, biological, and social sciences to medicine and technology.
Our degree program in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology is designed to meet the needs of the PhD candidate, and we only offer funding to students who intend to pursue the PhD. However, we welcome applications from students who wish to earn only the MA if they have external funding. Students with doctoral training in one of the health professions may earn an MA in History of Medicine. It is also possible to earn a combined MD/PhD degree through the School of Medicine and Public Health’s Medical Scientist Training Program and the HSMT degree program.
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology at UW–Madison is known for the strength and diversity of its areas of study and its warm, collegial environment. All historical aspects of science, medicine, and technology receive attention—from their internal development to their broader institutional, philosophical, religious, and literary contexts, as well as their relationships with print culture, visual culture, and material culture. Students and faculty regularly participate in the program’s weekly Brown Bag and monthly colloquium series, both of which provide opportunities to present work, discuss professional issues, and engage with a wide range of on-campus and outside speakers.
Graduate students come to the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology degree program from a variety of backgrounds in the sciences and humanities and with diverse professional goals. The program maintains a policy of maximum flexibility and, insofar as possible, tailors the work required for the degree to fit the individual. Students are encouraged to undertake work in related programs such as history, philosophy, science, and technology studies and the various sciences.
Admissions
Please consult the table below for key information about this degree program’s admissions requirements. The program may have more detailed admissions requirements, which can be found below the table or on the program’s website.
Graduate admissions is a two-step process between academic programs and the Graduate School. Applicants must meet the minimum requirements of the Graduate School as well as the program(s). Once you have researched the graduate program(s) you are interested in, apply online.
Fall Deadline | December 1 |
Spring Deadline | This program does not admit in the spring. |
Summer Deadline | This program does not admit in the summer. |
GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) | Not required. |
English Proficiency Test | Refer to the Graduate School: Minimum Requirements for Admission policy: https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-1241. |
Other Test(s) (e.g., GMAT, MCAT) | n/a |
Letters of Recommendation Required | 3 |
Application Materials
To apply, applicants must submit or declare the following in the online application:
History Supplemental Application
This section of the application asks applicants to provide information about research interests, declare preferred faculty advisors, and outline prior language preparation (if any).
Writing Sample
Provide a sample that best illustrates the quality of an applicant's written work (optimally no more than 50 pages, double-spaced; maximum file size 6 MB).
Transcripts
Upload an unofficial copy of transcript from all institutions attended, showing any undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded. If recommended for admission, the Graduate School will ask for official transcripts from each institution.
CV or Resumé
This should highlight an applicant's accomplishments and qualifications including academic honors or distinctions; professional, research, and/or teaching experience; and any publications.
Letters of Recommendation
Provide contact information for the three individuals who will furnish recommendations on an applicant's behalf (they will receive an upload link by email). Letter writers need not be historians, but they should be able to speak to an applicant's academic preparation to pursue historical studies at the graduate level.
Statement of Purpose
The Statement of Purpose (2-3 pages, double-spaced, pdf file format) explains an applicant's reasons for graduate study. It may be the hardest part of the application to write, but it is also the most important. While an applicant will likely include some autobiographical information, its primary purpose is to acquaint us with how an applicant's mind works. We want to know, for example, what kinds of intellectual problems and issues interest an applicant, whose stories intrigue them, what sorts of analytical or narrative approaches they'd like to pursue, which historical writings they admire—and their reasons for these various preferences. Please help us understand the applicant's decision to enter the historical profession and how they see their own role in it. An applicant can feel free to explain how their background and life experiences, including cultural, geographical, financial, educational, or other opportunities or challenges have motivated their decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Wisconsin. There is no single right way to approach this part of the application, but we suggest that applicant's bear in mind the usual cautions for personal writing: speak straightforwardly, in their own voice, and write as well as they know how.
International Applicants
All international applicants must also meet the English Proficiency requirements set forth by the Graduate School.
For additional detail about the admissions process, please visit the Prospective Student pages on our website.
Funding
Graduate School Resources
The Bursar’s Office provides information about tuition and fees associated with being a graduate student. Resources to help you afford graduate study might include assistantships, fellowships, traineeships, and financial aid. Further funding information is available from the Graduate School. Be sure to check with your program for individual policies and restrictions related to funding.
Program Resources
We offer funding only to students who intend to pursue the PhD—an application for admission to our PhD program, therefore, is an application for funding. We also welcome applications from students who have external funding or are self-funded, including those pursuing the MA only.*
Multi-year funding package
If you apply to the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (HSMT) PhD degree program without external or self-funding and are accepted, you will be offered a multi-year support package, which begins in your first year. The details of our support guarantees may vary by funding source, field of study, and other circumstances, and the guarantee is, of course, contingent on satisfactory progress and performance. Most of our support packages offer six years of support and begin with a fellowship year from the UW–Madison Graduate School, generously funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Our most distinguished packages include two fellowship years:
- L&S Graduate Research Scholar fellowships for underrepresented students or first-generation college students—offered annually
- John A. Neu Fellowship in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology—offered as endowment income permits
Additional years of guaranteed funding will come from employment as teaching assistants or project assistants or additional fellowships.
Competing for additional support
All students in good standing can apply for writing prizes, conference travel awards, and supplements to external awards. Once graduate students have passed their preliminary examination and advanced to candidacy, they may apply for various departmental fellowships and research travel funding.
Further funding opportunities are available to students who have reached the advanced stages of dissertation writing. Advanced dissertators may apply for teaching fellowships that give them the opportunity to design and teach an undergraduate course—the Merle Curti Teaching Fellowship (open field), the George L. Mosse Teaching Fellowship in European History, and the William J. Courtenay Teaching Fellowship in ancient, medieval, or early modern European history. The William Coleman Dissertation Fellowship in the History of Science supports one semester of advanced dissertation writing, as does the David and Greta Lindberg Distinguished Graduate Fellowship.
In addition, UW–Madison offers a wealth of other opportunities to compete for funding offered, for example, by the International Division, the Institute for Research in the Humanities, and the UW Graduate School (research and conference travel awards).
More details on our funding for current/continuing students are available here.
* If you wish to apply only for the HSMT MA (also known as the terminal MA) or for the MA in History of Medicine for Health Professionals, please describe your sources of support on the History Supplemental Application. For information on the cost of graduate study at UW–Madison here.
Minimum Graduate School Requirements
Review the Graduate School minimum degree requirements and policies, in addition to the program requirements listed below.
Major Requirements
Mode of Instruction
Face to Face | Evening/Weekend | Online | Hybrid | Accelerated |
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Yes | No | No | No | No |
Mode of Instruction Definitions
Accelerated: Accelerated programs are offered at a fast pace that condenses the time to completion. Students typically take enough credits aimed at completing the program in a year or two.
Evening/Weekend: Courses meet on the UW–Madison campus only in evenings and/or on weekends to accommodate typical business schedules. Students have the advantages of face-to-face courses with the flexibility to keep work and other life commitments.
Face-to-Face: Courses typically meet during weekdays on the UW-Madison Campus.
Hybrid: These programs combine face-to-face and online learning formats. Contact the program for more specific information.
Online: These programs are offered 100% online. Some programs may require an on-campus orientation or residency experience, but the courses will be facilitated in an online format.
Curricular Requirements
Minimum Credit Requirement | 30 credits |
Minimum Residence Credit Requirement | 18 credits |
Minimum Graduate Coursework Requirement | 22 credits must be completed in graduate-level coursework in the HSMT graduate program. Refer to the Graduate School: Minimum Graduate Coursework (50%) Requirement policy: https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-1244. |
Overall Graduate GPA Requirement | 3.00 (3.25 after 4th semester of full-time study). |
Other Grade Requirements | n/a |
Assessments and Examinations | In order to receive the master's degree, students must pass the Second-Year Review (SYR). A passing review requires that students: complete a article-length research paper, fulfill one language requirement, clear all incompletes, fulfill any additional requirements for their specific field of study, submit a list of prelim fields along with a timeline for completing prelims, and receive a positive endorsement from the three faculty members on the review committee. |
Language Requirements | Demonstrate, at a minimum, reading knowledge of at least one language other than English. |
Required Courses
Code | Title | Credits |
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Core | ||
HISTORY 701 | History in a Global Perspective | 1 |
HIST SCI 720 | Proseminar: Historiography and Methods | 3 |
HISTORY 800 | Research Seminar in History (or an equivalent research seminar) | 3 |
Six Distribution Areas | ||
Students must complete coursework in each of the following distribution areas. Courses may count towards more than one distribution area. | 12 | |
Temporal | ||
1. Pre 1800 | ||
2. 1800 to the Present | ||
Topical | ||
3. Science/Technology | ||
4. Medicine/Public Health | ||
Geographic | ||
5. Global/Non-Western | ||
6. Euro-American | ||
Electives | ||
Work with your advisors to complete additional elective credits in courses numbered greater than 700. | 11 | |
Total Credits | 30 |
Distribution Area Courses
Code | Title | Credits |
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Temporal Distribution Areas | ||
1. Pre 1800 | ||
HIST SCI/HISTORY 323 & HIST SCI 623 | The Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton and Studies in Early Modern Science | 4 |
HIST SCI/S&A PHM 401 | History of Pharmacy | 2 |
HIST SCI 903 | Seminar: Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century Science (Early Modern Translation) | 3 |
HIST SCI 911 | Seminar-Eighteenth Century Science (Early Modern Translation) | 3 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 919 | Graduate Studies in Medical History (Flesh and Metal: A History of Bodies, Race, Labor, and Capital) | 3 |
2. 1800 to the Present | ||
HIST SCI 404 | A History of Disease | 3-4 |
HIST SCI/HISTORY/MED HIST 508 | Health, Disease and Healing II | 3-4 |
HIST SCI/AFROAMER/MED HIST 523 | Race, American Medicine and Public Health | 3 |
HIST SCI/GEN&WS/MED HIST 531 | Women and Health in American History | 3 |
HIST SCI/GEN&WS/MED HIST 532 | The History of the (American) Body | 3 |
HIST SCI/HISTORY/MED HIST 564 | Disease, Medicine and Public Health in the History of Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 509 | The Development of Public Health in America | 3 |
MED HIST/HIST SCI/POP HLTH 553 & MED HIST 753 | International Health and Global Society and International Health and Global Society | 4 |
HIST SCI 555 | Undergraduate Seminar in History of Science (Digital Capitalism) | 3 |
PHARMACY 563 | Drug History: Dangerous Drugs and Magic Bullets | 2 |
PHARMACY 564 | Psychedelic History: Sacred Plants, Science & Psychotherapy | 3 |
HIST SCI 907 | Seminar: History of Technology (Technology, Power, and Democracy) | 3 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 919 | Graduate Studies in Medical History (Life and Death in American History) | 3 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 919 | Graduate Studies in Medical History (Foucault for Historians) | 3 |
HIST SCI 921 | Seminar-Special Topics (Science from the South) | 3 |
HIST SCI 921 | Seminar-Special Topics (Science and Empire) | 3 |
HIST SCI 921 | Seminar-Special Topics (Science, Race and Nature) | 3 |
Topical Distribution Areas | ||
3. Science/Technology | ||
HIST SCI/HISTORY 323 & HIST SCI 623 | The Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton and Studies in Early Modern Science | 4 |
HIST SCI 555 | Undergraduate Seminar in History of Science | 3 |
PHARMACY 564 | Psychedelic History: Sacred Plants, Science & Psychotherapy | 3 |
HIST SCI 903 | Seminar: Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century Science (Early Modern Translation) | 3 |
HIST SCI 911 | Seminar-Eighteenth Century Science (Early Modern Translation) | 3 |
HIST SCI 907 | Seminar: History of Technology (Technology, Power, and Democracy) | 3 |
HIST SCI 921 | Seminar-Special Topics (Science and Empire) | 3 |
HIST SCI 921 | Seminar-Special Topics (Science from the South) | 3 |
HIST SCI 921 | Seminar-Special Topics (Science, Race, and Nature) | 3 |
4. Medicine/Public Health | ||
HIST SCI/S&A PHM 401 | History of Pharmacy | 2 |
HIST SCI 404 | A History of Disease | 3-4 |
HIST SCI/HISTORY/MED HIST 508 | Health, Disease and Healing II | 3-4 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 509 | The Development of Public Health in America | 3 |
HIST SCI/AFROAMER/MED HIST 523 | Race, American Medicine and Public Health | 3 |
HIST SCI/GEN&WS/MED HIST 531 | Women and Health in American History | 3 |
HIST SCI/GEN&WS/MED HIST 532 | The History of the (American) Body | 3 |
MED HIST/HIST SCI/POP HLTH 553 & MED HIST 753 | International Health and Global Society and International Health and Global Society | 4 |
PHARMACY 563 | Drug History: Dangerous Drugs and Magic Bullets | 2 |
HIST SCI/HISTORY/MED HIST 564 | Disease, Medicine and Public Health in the History of Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 919 | Graduate Studies in Medical History (Life and Death in American History) | 3 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 919 | Graduate Studies in Medical History (Flesh and Metal: A History of Bodies, Race, Labor, and Capital) | 3 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 919 | Graduate Studies in Medical History (Foucault for Historians) | 3 |
Geographic Distribution Areas | ||
5. Global/Non-Western | ||
HIST SCI/HISTORY 323 & HIST SCI 623 | The Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton and Studies in Early Modern Science | 4 |
HIST SCI/S&A PHM 401 | History of Pharmacy | 2 |
MED HIST/HIST SCI/POP HLTH 553 & MED HIST 753 | International Health and Global Society and International Health and Global Society | 4 |
HIST SCI/HISTORY/MED HIST 564 | Disease, Medicine and Public Health in the History of Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
HIST SCI 903 | Seminar: Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century Science (Early Modern Translation) | 3 |
HIST SCI 911 | Seminar-Eighteenth Century Science (Early Modern Translation) | 3 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 919 | Graduate Studies in Medical History (Flesh and Metal: A History of Bodies, Race, Labor, and Capital) | 3 |
HIST SCI 921 | Seminar-Special Topics (Science from the South) | 3 |
HIST SCI 921 | Seminar-Special Topics (Science and Empire) | 3 |
HIST SCI 921 | Seminar-Special Topics (Science, Race, and Nature) | 3 |
6. Euro-American | ||
HIST SCI 404 | A History of Disease | 3-4 |
HIST SCI/HISTORY/MED HIST 508 | Health, Disease and Healing II | 3-4 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 509 | The Development of Public Health in America | 3 |
HIST SCI/AFROAMER/MED HIST 523 | Race, American Medicine and Public Health | 3 |
HIST SCI/GEN&WS/MED HIST 531 | Women and Health in American History | 3 |
HIST SCI/GEN&WS/MED HIST 532 | The History of the (American) Body | 3 |
HIST SCI 555 | Undergraduate Seminar in History of Science | 3 |
PHARMACY 563 | Drug History: Dangerous Drugs and Magic Bullets | 2 |
PHARMACY 564 | Psychedelic History: Sacred Plants, Science & Psychotherapy | 3 |
HIST SCI 907 | Seminar: History of Technology (Technology, Power, and Democracy) | 3 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 919 | Graduate Studies in Medical History (Life and Death in American History) | 3 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 919 | Graduate Studies in Medical History (Foucault for Historians) | 3 |
History of Medicine Pathway1
This pathway within the MA degree program is intended for students with doctoral training in one of the health professions who wish to pursue a master's degree in the history of medicine.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Required Courses | ||
HIST SCI 720 | Proseminar: Historiography and Methods | 3 |
HIST SCI/HISTORY/MED HIST 508 | Health, Disease and Healing II | 3-4 |
HIST SCI/MED HIST 509 | The Development of Public Health in America | 3 |
STS 901 | Science, Technology and Medicine in Society | 3 |
Additional History of Medicine coursework | 6 | |
Additional History of Science coursework (numbered 300-600 or above) | 3 | |
Electives | 9 | |
Total Credits | 30 |
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These pathways are internal to the program and represent different pathways a student can follow to earn this degree. Pathways names do not appear in the Graduate School admissions application, and they will not appear on the transcript.
Graduate School Policies
The Graduate School’s Academic Policies and Procedures serve as the official document of record for Graduate School academic and administrative policies and procedures and are updated continuously. Note some policies redirect to entries in the official UW-Madison Policy Library. Programs may set more stringent policies than the Graduate School. Policies set by the academic degree program can be found below.
Major-Specific Policies
Prior Coursework
Graduate Credits Earned at Other Institutions
Total credits transferred for the MA degree may not exceed 6 credits. Coursework earned ten or more years prior to admission to a master’s degree is not allowed to satisfy requirements. No credits with a grade below B may be applied toward graduate credit requirements.
Undergraduate Credits Earned at Other Institutions or UW-Madison
No credits from a previous undergraduate degree are allowed to transfer.
Credits Earned as a Professional Student at UW-Madison (Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Veterinary careers)
Refer to the Graduate School: Transfer Credits for Prior Coursework policy.
Credits Earned as a University Special Student at UW–Madison
With program approval, students may transfer up to 9 credits of coursework numbered 300 or above taken as a UW–Madison University Special student. Coursework earned ten or more years prior to admission to a master’s degree is not allowed to satisfy requirements. No credits with a grade below B are transferable.
Probation
Refer to the Graduate School: Probation policy.
Advisor / Committee
Refer to the Graduate School: Advisor and Graduate School: Committees (Doctoral/Master’s/MFA) policies.
Credits Per Term Allowed
15 credit maximum. Refer to the Graduate School: Maximum Credit Loads and Overload Requests policy.
Time Limits
Refer to the Graduate School: Time Limits policy.
Grievances and Appeals
These resources may be helpful in addressing your concerns:
- Bias or Hate Reporting
- Graduate Assistantship Policies and Procedures
- Hostile and Intimidating Behavior Policies and Procedures
- Employee Assistance (for personal counseling and workplace consultation around communication and conflict involving graduate assistants and other employees, post-doctoral students, faculty and staff)
- Employee Disability Resource Office (for qualified employees or applicants with disabilities to have equal employment opportunities)
- Graduate School (for informal advice at any level of review and for official appeals of program/departmental or school/college grievance decisions)
- Office of Compliance (for class harassment and discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual violence)
- Office Student Assistance and Support (OSAS) (for all students to seek grievance assistance and support)
- Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards (for conflicts involving students)
- Ombuds Office for Faculty and Staff (for employed graduate students and post-docs, as well as faculty and staff)
- Title IX (for concerns about discrimination)
L&S Policy for Graduate Student Academic Appeals
Graduate students have the right to appeal an academic decision related to an L&S graduate program if the student believes that the decision is inconsistent with published policy.
Academic decisions that may be appealed include:
- Dismissal from the graduate program
- Failure to pass a qualifying or preliminary examination
- Failure to achieve satisfactory academic progress
- Academic disciplinary action related to failure to meet professional conduct standards
Issues such as the following cannot be appealed using this process:
- A faculty member declining to serve as a graduate student’s advisor.
- Decisions regarding the student’s disciplinary knowledge, evaluation of the quality of work, or similar judgements. These are the domain of the department faculty.
- Course grades. These can be appealed instead using the L&S Policy for Grade Appeal.
- Incidents of bias or hate, hostile and intimidating behavior, or discrimination (Title IX, Office of Compliance). Direct these to the linked campus offices appropriate for the incident(s).
Appeal Process for Graduate Students
A graduate student wishing to appeal an academic decision must follow the process in the order listed below. Note time limits within each step.
- The student should first seek informal resolution, if possible, by discussing the concern with their academic advisor, the department’s Director of Graduate Studies, and/or the department chair.
- If the program has an appeal policy listed in their graduate program handbook, the student should follow the policy as written, including adhering to any indicated deadlines. In the absence of a specific departmental process, the chair or designee will be the reviewer and decision maker, and the student should submit a written appeal to the chair within 15 business days of the academic decision. The chair or designee will notify the student in writing of their decision.
- If the departmental process upholds the original decision, the graduate student may next initiate an appeal to L&S. To do so, the student must submit a written appeal to the L&S Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Academic Affairs within 15 business days of notification of the department’s decision.
- To the fullest extent possible, the written appeal should include, in a single document: a clear and concise statement of the academic decision being appealed, any relevant background on what led to the decision, the specific policies involved, the relief sought, any relevant documentation related to the departmental appeal, and the names and titles of any individuals contributing to or involved in the decision.
- The Assistant Dean will work with the Academic Associate Dean of the appropriate division to consider the appeal. They may seek additional information and/or meetings related to the case.
- The Assistant Dean and Academic Associate Dean will provide a written decision within 20 business days.
- If L&S upholds the original decision, the graduate student may appeal to the Graduate School. More information can be found on their website: Grievances and Appeals (see: Graduate School Appeal Process).
Other
Part time enrollment is permitted, full time preferred.
Professional Development
Graduate School Resources
Take advantage of the Graduate School's professional development resources to build skills, thrive academically, and launch your career.
Program Resources
The Department of History is committed to training our students to develop skills required for a variety of careers both in and outside the academy. Although a large network of our alumni teach at colleges and universities in the U.S. and across the world, a number of our PhDs have enjoyed considerable success outside the academy. They include recent graduates who are currently a museum curator, teachers at prestigious preparatory academies, a historian with the U.S. Secretary of Defense's POW/Missing Persons Agency, a CEO of an investment firm, an analyst for a defense contractor, an editor at a small press, and consultants working with non-profits in the human services, education, and public policy fields. In recent years we have undertaken a number of initiatives, detailed below, to broaden the training of our students for a wide array of careers.
Much of the preparation for the job market occurs informally and over the course of the student's graduate career—in the mentoring relationship between faculty advisor and student, in the presentation of student research in department venues, in the student's participation in professional conferences, and in early forms of professional publication. Coursework, such as for the minor requirement or certificates, can be an avenue to expanded competencies. The Center for Humanities, for example, offers a Public Humanities certificate. Be sure to explore the Graduate School's resources such as "The Versatile PhD" and its Professional Development pages.
Whatever career paths interest you, we encourage you to plan ahead and discuss your options—early and often—with your faculty advisor(s), with the Director of Graduate Studies, or with the Graduate Coordinator.
Professional Development Seminars
Professional Development Events
Preliminary Examination Workshop
This offers a discussion of the various requirements for preliminary examinations: how to assemble committees, compiling reading lists, Graduate School requirements, and more.
Curriculum Vitae Workshops
These workshops are designed for students at all levels, ranging from first-year students writing CVs for campus positions to advanced dissertators on the job market.
Mock Interviews
The Graduate Program offers a series of opportunities to practice with a committee of our faculty for AHA interviews and on-campus job talks. They are open to a limited number of students who expect to be actively on the job market in the fall.
Careers in History Workshops
Our program is committed to helping its graduates seek and secure employment following the completion of their PhDs. Since the financial crisis in 2008, the academic job market has softened markedly. While the Graduate Program continues to provide outstanding preparation for academic jobs, we also encourage our students to think more broadly about their career prospects and the transferability of their skills. As funds permit, we occasionally bring to campus History graduates who are working in the non-profit, private, or public sector to meet with current graduate students and share their experiences. We also offer opportunities to learn best practices for post-doctoral fellowship applications.
Learning Outcomes
- Articulates, critiques, or elaborates the theories, research methods, and approaches to inquiry in HSMT.
- Identifies sources and assembles evidence pertaining to questions or problems in HSMT.
- Demonstrates understanding of science, medicine, and technology in a range of historical, social, cultural, and global contexts.
- Chooses the most appropriate methodologies and practices for a chosen research project.
- Demonstrates the ability to situate a historical question in relation to the existing literature, and to evaluate and synthesize information pertaining to questions or problems in HSMT.
- Is able to construct a persuasive historical argument that makes an original contribution to historical knowledge.
- Communicates clearly, in both written and oral form.
- Recognizes and applies established principles of ethical and professional conduct.