History Major

(30 credit hours)

The thirty-hour major includes the following requirements:

1. HIST101 [or *HIST 103] AND HIST102 [*or HIST104] *applies to students matriculating in fall 2009 and later.

2. HIST268, Seminar for History Majors *

3. History course before 1700. List of Courses Qualifying for Pre-1700 Requirement

4. One course in Asian, African, Latin American, or Middle Eastern History. List of Courses Qualifying for Non-Western History Requirement

5. Fifteen credits at the 300 level or above. At least one of these courses must be a seminar at the 400 level or above (excluding HIST 464, 468, HIST491, HIST493 and Independent Study).

Note: All History majors are encouraged to take HIST268 in their sophomore year, or at the latest, during the junior year and before they take a 400-level seminar.

* HIST 268 does not count for any other history requirements.

Exceptions to any of the stated requirements may, in special circumstances, be granted upon petition to the Undergraduate Studies Committee.

Check Sheet for History Majors

Check Sheet for College of Arts and Science B.A. Degree