Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago

The UIC Department of History
The History Department at UIC ranks among the top 20 graduate programs in history. Located in the heart of Chicago, the UIC campus is an ideal place to pursue graduate training in history. At any one time, approximately 250 undergraduate majors and 160 graduate students are enrolled and working toward degrees in the UIC History Department.

Faculty
The UIC Department of History includes approximately 40 full-time faculty. Among the faculty are a number of award-winning scholars in fields such as U.S. African American History, gay and lesbian history, comparative labor history, and Mexican history.

Library Resources
The UIC Library's special Collections houses important archival materials on the history of Chicago, social and urban reform, race, and politics. UIC has reciprocal agreements with major research libraries in the Chicago area including the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, the Chicago Historical Society, and the Newberry Library. In addition, the Great Lakes branch of the National Archives is located nearby. UIC is a member of the CIC…

For more information about the Department of History visit : http://www.uic.edu/depts/hist/

All UIC graduate programs are overseen by the Graduate College, which sets policy regarding tuition, matriculation, and academic standards. Policies may be found in the Graduate Catalogue: http://www.uic.edu/depts/grad/

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