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Letter
From the Graduate Director
Welcome, Prospective Graduate Student!
Thank you for your interest in the History graduate program at Syracuse
University. If you have not yet had an opportunity to visit our
General Information and Requirements and
Faculty sections, I refer you to them
for a description of our program and listing of current faculty with
their fields of interest. Additional information on the Maxwell School
will be sent to you from the
Graduate School if
you follow the Graduate School link and complete the Web Information
Form (WIF). Together, these materials should answer most questions about
graduate study at Syracuse, but I would be happy to answer any further
questions you may have about study in particular fields of history if
you email me at:
edlasch@maxwell.syr.edu.
The graduate history program at Syracuse is small, so there is a
considerable amount of personal contact among the students and between
students and faculty.
Interested
in making a faculty connection in History? By completing our History
Information Request Form, an appropriate History faculty member will
take the opportunity to submit additional information about their field
of interest to you. If you are unsure as to who those professors might
be, just give me a clearer idea of your particular areas of interest,
and I’ll help to direct you to the right people.
In recent years many of our full-time students have received some form
of
Financial Aid, the majority of whom have served the department as
teaching assistants. Although most financial aid decisions at Syracuse
are not made until March, the process for nominating fellowship
candidates and recipients of some other forms of assistance begins as
early as January. Thus, should you choose to apply to SU, you are to
submit the Graduate Record Examination scores (or equivalent test
results) and to complete your
application (including transcripts and recommendations) as long before
the final deadlines as possible. Our
Admission Requirements/Timeline section will help assist
you with dates and admission requirements when you are ready to apply.
How to apply/online application will bring you to the Maxwell School
website which contains three ways to apply to our graduate program.
In choosing a graduate school, the most important consideration ought to
be finding the institution with the strengths in faculty and library
holdings that match your interests. One of the best ways to find that
out is to visit campuses, and we would be pleased to welcome you to
Syracuse. If you find the opportunity to visit our department, please
let me know in advance so I might arrange for you to meet the faculty in
your field(s) of interest, to talk with other graduate students, and
take a look at the library.
My colleagues and I look forward to the opportunity to meet you. If you
have additional questions, not answered here, feel free to get in touch
with a staff member at: history@maxwell.syr.edu.
Sincerely yours,
Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
Professor of History
Director of Graduate Studies
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