The Major consists of a minimum of 42 credit hours in History courses and 15 additional credit hours drawn from a prescribed list of courses from other disciplines.
The student must complete:
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Twelve credit hours from courses in each of the two following categories:
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Six credit hours in 4000-level History courses (in addition to History 4950). Prerequisite: At least six credit hours at the 3000 level, or permission of the Chair.
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Fifteen credit hours chosen from:
- Anthropology 1031
- Economics 2010
- Economics 2020
- English 2005
- English 2006
- English 2007
- Folklore 1000
- Folklore 1050
- Folklore 2401
- French 1501
- French 1502
- French 2100
- French 2101
- French 2601
- French 2602
- the former Geography 1000
- the former Geography 1001
- Geography 2001
- Philosophy 1600
- Philosophy 2701
- Philosophy 2702
- Philosophy 3400
- Political Science 1000
- Political Science 2000
- Political Science 2500
- Religious Studies 2013
- Religious Studies 2050
- Religious Studies 2051
- Sociology 1000
- Sociology 3040
- Sociology 3150
Note:
These are courses that are thematically or methodologically relevant to the study of History (students may be allowed to take others with permission of the Program Chair). Applicable courses used to satisfy the Minor requirements may also be counted as Historical Studies credits. No more than 6 credit hours from any one discipline will be counted toward Historical Studies Major.