Undergraduate history office student handbook

The 33 credit hours must fulfill the following four required areas (see below for details):

B) Breadth (12 credit hours)

C) Concentration (12 credit hours)

D) Progression (included in above credit hours)

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  If students double count courses and fulfill all of the requirements in Categories A-C before reaching the required 33 credit hours (described in the Overview, above), they must still satisfy the 33-credit-houre requirement of the Major. They will fill in the remaining credit hours with History courses of their choosing.
  

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  A student is never required to exceed 33 credit hours in order to fulfill the requirements in Categories A-C.
  
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  No more than 3 credit hours of History 3193 or 4193 (“Individual Studies”) may be counted towards the Major Program.
  
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  No more than 6 credit hours of History 2798, 3798, or 4798 (“Study Tour”) may be counted towards the Major Program.
  
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  No more than 9 credit hours of 4998, 4998H, 4999, and 4999H may be counted towards the Major Program.
  
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  With the Academic Advisor's approval, up to 6 credit hours of courses from other Departments may be designated as part of Category B (Breadth) requirements for the Major Program in History.
  

The following three seminars (9 credit hours) are required of all History majors.

The “gateway” course for History majors, which emphasizes critical reading and writing, and introduces students to the methodologies, approaches, and historiographies of historical study. A student must pass History 2800 with at least a “C.”

One of the following reading seminars—normally taken in the junior year, and with a focus on historiography, analysis, methodology, and interpretation—is required. Note: History 4193, 4194, 4585 and 4797-4999 do not fulfill this requirement.

One of the following research seminars, emphasizing research and writing skills, is required and is usually taken during the senior year. Note: History 4193, 4194, 4585 and 4797-4998 do not fulfill this requirement.

Overview: Students are required to develop a program that includes chronological and geographic breadth. This includes:

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   2 courses (6 credit hours) focusing chronologically on the period before 1750
   
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   2 courses (6 credit hours) focusing chronologically on the period after 1750
   
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   2 courses (6 credit hours) focusing primarily on East Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia
   
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   2 courses (6 credit hours) focusing primarily on North America and/or Europe
   
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   1 course (3 credit hours) focusing on comparative, transnational, transregional, or global history
   

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  Students are permitted to use one course to satisfy more than one of these five areas of breadth simultaneously. For example, a course on Ancient Rome would satisfy the pre-1750 requirement and a “Europe” requirement simultaneously. That is, geographical and chronological requirements can be fulfilled by the same course.
  
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  In addition, the two 4000-level seminars can also fulfill any of these chronological and geographic requirements. That is, A. (2) or (3) can simultaneously satisfy any of the requirements in Category B. For Example, History 4211 (Readings in Roman History) would not only satisfy the A (2) requirement of a Reading Seminar but would also satisfy one pre-1750 requirement and one “Europe” requirement.
  
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  Courses used to satisfy Category C (Concentration) can simultaneously count towards Category B (see below under Category C for further discussion), and vice versa.
  
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  As a result, the total of the credit hours required for each of the 5 different sub-categories of Category B “Breadth” do not add up to the 12 credit hours required in this Category. However, as a result of double counting, both within the requirements of Category B and among Categories A-C, no student will be required to take more than 12 distinct credit hours in Category B.