美国研究哲学博士

学生可以进入博士学位。通过两条路线之一进行编程。他们可以直接报名参加连续MA / Ph.D。威廉和玛丽的学习课程（链接），或者在其他院校攻读硕士学位后，也可以攻读博士学位。通过课程和论文计划，学生将在所选专业领域，第二领域的能力以及对整个美国研究领域的广泛理解中获得透彻的基础。从机构的角度来看，高级研究生学习涉及两个主要步骤：（1）座谈会和博士学位。资格考试；（2）论文的计划，完成和答辩。每个步骤都需要与教职顾问和委员会进行广泛的合作。我们的硕士和博士学位 课程包括课程作业和独立研究。研究生可以自由选择适
William & Mary's graduate program in American Studies offers a flexible, rigorous program in interdisciplinary scholarship on the United States and the Americas. By fostering a diverse and dynamic community that reaches across disciplinary boundaries into a range of departments, the program encourages students to develop intellectual resources that will sustain them in a wide variety of careers and avocations. Graduate students work closely with their advisors to develop a program of courses and independent work that best reflects their interests, and best prepares them for original research and critical engagement with their fields. This individualized, both coherent and flexible, draws on the specialties of the program's core faculty and on the broad resources of the College as a whole. Program faculty take seriously the professional development and eventual placement of their students. Graduates currently pursue careers in higher education - particularly in History, English, Art History, and American Studies programs - as well as in museums, publishing, journalism, public history, and other areas requiring a capacity for rigorous, interdisciplinary investigation.<br><br>Our M.A. and Ph.D. programs consist of coursework and independent research. Graduate students have wide latitude to choose a program of study appropriate to their interests. Our special areas of strength include: African American Studies, Art History, Early American History and Culture, Law and American Culture, Material Culture, Popular Culture, Ritual Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Visual Studies, and Religious Studies. Together with an advisor, students will design an educational program for themselves that is both individualized and coherent.