1998 - 2000 Catalog Archive

Department of History

William Henry Longton, Chairperson
Theodore Natsoulas, Undergraduate Adviser


Degrees Offered

The Department of History offers a baccalaureate program for a Bachelor of Arts degree.


Advanced Placement

Students with a score of 3 will receive credit for one course (3 hours) of the appropriate World Civilizations sequence (1010-1120); students with a score of 4 or 5 will receive credit for two courses (6 hours) of the appropriate World Civilizations sequence.


Requirements for the Undergraduate Major

The major of 33 hours in history must be distributed as follows:

A.HIST 2000 (4 hours)

B.Of the remaining 29 hours, 12-16 hours (4 courses) must be at the 4000 level. At least 9-12 of these 29 hours (3 courses) shall be in fields of United States history, and at least 9-12 hours (3 courses) shall be in fields of non-United States history.

The requirement of 18 hours in related courses is to be met with courses chosen from at least three of the following areas: economics, political science, English and American literature, foreign language, geography, philosophy, sociology, psychology, art history, music history or theatre history. At least 12 of the hours in related courses must be in courses at the 3000 and 4000 levels.

Students may not take P/NC for the minimum requirements for the major but may opt for P/NC in all related courses.


Requirements for the Undergraduate Minor

The minor of 21 hours in history must be distributed as follows:

A.HIST 2000 (4 hours)

B.Of the remaining 17 hours, 9 hours must be at the 4000 level.


Honors in History

Qualified students are invited to work for the degree citation "Honors in History."

Admission

History majors who demonstrate unusual promise in the study of history are invited by the department to enroll in the Honors program. Departmental Honors may be taken concurrently with College Honors. Admission to Departmental Honors is based on the following:

1.Sophomore standing

2.Overall GPA of 3.0

3.A 3.3 GPA in all history courses (minimum of 10 hours)

4.Recommendations from two professors

5.An interview with the adviser

Requirements

Togain Departmental Honors in History, each student will satisfactorily complete the following:

1.Honors Recognition in two history courses. (Honors Recognition courses are regularly scheduled 3000-4000 level courses in which special recognition is achieved by reading and research in addition to the normal requirements of the course.)

2.Three hours of independent research under Junior Honors research (HIST 3870).

3.Six hours of thesis under Senior Honors Research (HIST 4870, 4880) leading to the completion of a senior thesis.

4.Oral examination covering the area of the senior thesis.

Last Updated: 11/15/23