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The William P. Clements Department of History at Southern Methodist University, in conjunction with the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, offers an innovative Ph.D. program. The course of study explores American historical experiences in global and comparative perspectives, with special emphasis on advanced-level work on the American Southwest and Mexico. It is built around three fields: a major field in American history, a second in the history of the Southwest and Mexico, and a third in global and Comparative history.  The program is enhanced by several unique University resources, most significantly, the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, which promotes research in a variety of fields related to the American Southwest, and the DeGolyer Library, which is devoted to Western Americana, Texana, and the Spanish borderlands.  For additional information, click on links to the left.