Requirements for the History Major

Major in History

Ten three-credit upper-level history courses (those that begin with a 3, 4, or 5), consisting of :

1 History Workshop: HIST 33000

The gateway course for the standard major, the History Workshop must be taken the semester following the major declaration.

1 Departmental Seminar: HIST 43XXX

The Seminar should be taken in the area of concentration

4 Area Courses

One course from four of the following five areas. One course of the four must contain substantial material on the period before 1500.

  • African/Asian/Middle Eastern history
    Ancient/Medieval European history (to 1500)
    Modern European history (after 1500)
    United States history
    Latin American history

3 Concentration Area Courses

An area of concentration must be chosen by the beginning of the senior year, with the guidance and approval of the major’s departmental advisor. Concentration Areas include – but are certainly not limited to – the fields in the table below.

1 Elective

Any major-level history course. Course number begins with a 3, 4, or 5

Note: While nearly all history courses are taught for three credits, students can also fulfill requirements by an accumulation of one-credit mini-courses if they are offered.

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Supplementary Major in History

4 Area Courses

One course from four of the following five areas. One course of the four must contain substantial material on the period before 1500.

  • African/Asian/Middle Eastern history
    Ancient/Medieval European history (to 1500)
    Modern European history (after 1500)
    United States history
    Latin American history

3 Three electives

Any major-level history course. Course number begins with a 3, 4, or 5.

1 One Departmental Seminar: HIST 43XXX

 

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Areas of Concentration

Geographical

Thematic

African history

Political history

Asian history

Women’s history

Medieval Europe

Religious history

Middle-Eastern history

Intellectual history

Modern Europe Social history

History of Science and Technology

United States

 

Latin America

 

Trans-Atlantic history

 

Borderlands history