自15世纪中叶以来，大西洋为人与技术的基本交流提供了走廊。它也充当了跨时空跨领域传播定义和挑战社区的想法的平台。佛罗里达国际大学历史学博士课程重点关注大西洋文明，其原理是探索这些交流的许多方面。该计划利用该部门特别强大的资源和师资力量，围绕着强调大西洋经验的比较框架同时反映跨学科方法的生命力的课程而设计。史蒂芬·J·格林国际和公共事务学院的历史课程得到其他同类学科研究生课程的补充。特别是，该系内拉丁美洲的力量与全校对拉丁美洲和加勒比研究的重视相吻合。
The doctoral program in History offers students opportunities to concentrate on Latin America, Africa, the United States, or Europe. Since the mid-fifteenth century, the Atlantic has provided the corridor for fundamental exchanges of peoples, technologies and ideas, defining and challenging communities across wide spans of time and space. The Atlantic Civilization focus of our doctoral program explores the many dimensions of these exchanges. Capitalizing on the department's notably strong resources and faculty, the program is designed around a curriculum that emphasizes the comparative framework of the Atlantic experience while reflecting the vitality of a cross-disciplinary approach.