Requirements for a Major in History

Requirements for a major in History

A total of 11 courses (44 credits) as follows:

1. History 485 (Senior Seminar)
2. Ten (10) additional courses at the 100, 200, 300, and 400 levels, selected according to the following principles:
   1. Of the ten courses, no more than two sections of History 105 may count as major electives. Students in the two-semester F1 sequence, History 101 and History 102, may count no more more than one section of History 105 as a major elective.
   2. Of the ten courses, at least two must be seminar courses at the 300 level.
   3. Of the ten courses, at least two must be seminar courses at the 400 level. (History 460 does not fulfill this requirement.)
   4. Of the ten courses taken at all levels, at least one must be taken in five of the six areas listed below:
      1. History of Asia
      2. History of Europe
      3. Global/Comparative History
      4. History of Latin America
      5. History of North Africa/Middle East
      6. History of the United States  
   5. Of the ten courses taken at all levels, at least one must concentrate in the period prior to 1500 CE. The following courses meet that requirement: History 101, 102, 211, 212, 213, 222, 223, 271, 282, 293, 311, 312, 313, 375, 385, and 412. (There may be special topics as well.)
   6. History 460 may count as a 200-level history course, although it does not fulfill one of the area requirements list above.

Credit earned through AP or IB may count as History 205 elective courses with the appropriate geographic area under subsection d above. Students may apply up to two AP/IB history courses to the History major.