History Major Requirements

The BA with a major in history requires 30 semester hours in history courses, which include the following:

  • A minimum of nine hours of survey courses, drawn from at least three out of the following five categories:
    U.S.: HIST 10603, 10613 (or the Honors equivalents 20603, 20613)
    Europe: HIST 10203, 10213, 10223 (or 20203, 20213, 20223)
    Latin America: HIST 10923, 10933 (or 20923, 20933)
    Asia: HIST 10943, 10953 (or 20943, 20953)

    Middle East: HIST 10803, 10813

  • A maximum of 15 hours (at any level) in any one of these geographic areas may be counted toward the requirements for the major. Geographic association is indicated by the abbreviations U.S., EU, LA, AS and ME.
  • A minimum of 12 hours taken in courses numbered 30000 or above.
  • History majors must take one History Major Seminar. The department offers one of the four seminars each semester. They are:

HIST 49963

History Major Seminar in the History of the United States

HIST 49973

History Major Seminar in the History of Europe

HIST 49983

History Major Seminar in the History of Asia

HIST 49993

History Major Seminar in the History of Latin America

The department recommends that this course be taken during the junior year; students are encouraged to take it prior to the semester in which they plan to graduate. It is available to history majors only. Students pursuing Departmental Honors may, with the approval of the adviser, substitute a History Major Seminar for the Juniors Honors Tutorial (HIST 30153) as preparation for completing the honors thesis.





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