History - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
This major is offered through the Department of History in the School of Arts and Sciences.
To graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in History, eleven courses are required. Of these eleven, at least two and no more than four courses must be at the 100- or 200-level; two must be junior research seminars (HIST 40x, HIST 41x, HIST 42x), ordinarily taken in consecutive semesters during the junior year); and one must be a senior thesis (HIST 496), taken in the first semester of the senior year. All remaining classes must be at the 300-level and above. At the end of the sophomore year students are formally accepted as history majors. All four HSHU courses (HSHU 101, HSHU 102, HSHU 203, HSHU 204) can count as 100-, 200- or 300-level HIST courses. In order to be accepted, a student must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 and grades of C or better in all history courses taken up to the point of acceptance.
100-200 Level Course - Take Two
HIST 1XX | 100-Level History Course | |
HIST 2XX | 200-Level History Course | |
HSHU 101 | Jesus to Muhammad: The Early Christians in the Mediterranean World | 3 |
HSHU 102 | Charlemagne to Chaucer: Christian Life in the Middle Ages | 3 |
HSHU 203 | The Age of Discovery | 3 |
HSHU 204 | Christian Culture/Secular Age | 3 |
100-300 Level Course - Take Two
HIST 1XX | 100-Level History Course | |
HIST 2XX | 200-Level History Course | |
HIST 3XX | 300-Level History Course | |
HSHU 101 | Jesus to Muhammad: The Early Christians in the Mediterranean World | 3 |
HSHU 102 | Charlemagne to Chaucer: Christian Life in the Middle Ages | 3 |
HSHU 203 | The Age of Discovery | 3 |
HSHU 204 | Christian Culture/Secular Age | 3 |
History Electives - Take Four
HIST 3XX | 300-Level History Course | |
HIST 4XX | 400-Level History Course | |
Junior Seminar - Take Two
HIST 40X | History Course Numbered 400-409 | |
HIST 41X | History Course Numbered 410-419 | |
HIST 420 | American Lives in the Twentieth Century | 3 |
Senior Thesis - Take One