History, BA

Requirements

For this program history courses are grouped into the following fields:

• ❑ United States

• ❑ Europe

• ❑ East and South Asia

• ❑ Africa and Middle East

• ❑ Ancient

• ❑ Western Hemisphere (outside U.S.)

• Credits to be distributed as follows:

• ❑ Four courses in one of the above fields

• ❑ Three courses in a second field

• ❑ Two courses in a third field

• ❑  HIST 499 - Historical Research (4 credits)

• ❑ Electives under advisement

• At least one-half of the total history credits taken in fulfillment of the History requirement must be in upper division (300-400 level) courses.

Additional Requirements

The department recommends that majors take the maximum permissible number of history courses in the General University Requirements program. Further, history majors are encouraged to enroll in Methods of Research and Analysis (Hist 398), which offers practical training in the tools of historical research. Students planning to declare a history major should do so at the earliest possible date.

It is strongly recommended that majors who elect a four-course history concentration in a field where languages other than English predominate take enough language study to become proficient in appropriate language(s). Students planning on graduate study in history are cautioned that many graduate schools require foreign language proficiency for admission.

University Graduation Requirements

General University Requirements (GURS) 
Writing Proficiency Requirement (WP) 
180 Minimum Total Credits 
60 Minimum Upper Division Credits 
Residency Requirement 
Minimum Grade Requirements 
Final Quarter Requirement