The History Major

1. United States,
2. Europe,
3. Great Britain,
4. Africa/Asia/Latin America.

A member of the faculty assigned as the student's advisor will help the student plan a coherent program of study.

Required of all majors in History:

1. a grade point average in history courses no lower than 2.00;
2. History 100 or equivalent credit from the humanities sequence;
3. five courses in history in the field of concentration;
4. four courses outside the field of concentration, one of which must be in the Africa/Asia/Latin America field;
5. History 352;
6. a passing grade on the written comprehensive examination in the last semester of the senior year.

In order to minor in History, students must complete five courses above the 100-level, excluding History 352. No comprehensive examination is required.

Required for honors in History:

1. a grade point average in courses in history no lower than 3.5;
2. a grade of honors on a major research paper written during the first semester of the senior year and presented by the first day of the second semester of the senior year;
3. a grade of distinction on the written comprehensive examination in the last semester of the senior year.

Students may also complete the Interdisciplinary Humanities Program whose sequence then fulfills the history requirement, although the student receives no specific History 100 credit. Students enrolled in or credited with Humanities courses will  not receive credit for History 100, and no student will receive credit for more than one section of History 100.