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History Major
Requirements
The History Major consists of thirty-six credits in history distributed as follows:
Area I
Western Civilization and World History Surveys
Two Courses -- one from each group
- Group I: HIST 111, 131
- Group II: HIST 112, 132
Area II
United States History Surveys
Two courses
- HIST 221 United States History and Constitutions to 1865
- HIST 222 United States History and Constitutions since 1865
One upper-division (300-400 level) course, including at least one seminar or colloquium, from each of the following areas:
- Area III Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern Europe
- Area IV Modern Europe
- Area V United States to 1877
- Area VI United States since 1877
- Area VII Traditional World
- Area VIII Modern World
- Area IX Upper-division history electives
Two upper-division (300-400 level) history electives, each of which must come from a different geographical area (World History, Europe History, United States History). Thus, no more than one elective from Areas III and IV; V and VI; and VII and VIII respectively.
Students seeking middle school or high school certification with a History major should select an additional course in Area III as one of their electives so that they have taken one course from the Ancient/Medieval offerings and one from Early Modern Europe for a total of 6 credit hours in Area III toward the major.
Restrictions
No grade lower than a "C -" in a history course may be used to fulfill the requirements for the History Major. Students receiving a D or an F in a history course may continue as history majors but must either retake and successfully complete the course (with a grade of "C -" or better) or must successfully complete another course that fulfills the same required "Area" for the major.
No more than six credit-hours of 100-level and six credit-hours of 200-level courses may be applied to the major.
No more than three credit-hours from the following may be applied to the major:
- HIST 498 Internship in History,
- HIST 499 Directed Study in History.
The following courses may be used to meet area requirements: (The specific area, however, depends on the topic or topics addressed in the course)
- HIST 439 Topics in Non-U.S. History
- HIST 440 Topics in U.S. History
- HIST 485 Honors Thesis
- HIST 490 Historical Studies at Oxford
- HIST 495 Undergraduate History Colloquium
- HIST 496 Undergraduate History Seminar
- HIST 498 Internship in History
- HIST 499 Directed Study in History
Last Modified: February 27, 2009
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