To apply to the Public History Program, you must submit a completed application, transcripts, two letters of recommendation, and the Graduate Record Examination General Test scores. These materials must be received at the Graduate School by JANUARY 5. By this date, you should also send a writing sample and your one-page Statement of Purpose directly to the Department of History. Admission decisions are made once a year in the winter.

Access the Graduate School's on-line application form: http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/

Request a hard-copy application and detailed information packet from the Public History Program: spoone@sc.edu

NOTE: All applicants for graduate training in the Department of History are expected to have completed either a history major or 18 hours of undergraduate courses in history beyond the survey level. If you do not have this coursework, you must show evidence of equivalent competency (for example, by successful completion of one or more graduate courses in history at another university).