The history curricula provide, through lectures, seminars, and directed studies, a survey of mankind's experience. The department offers courses of study leading to the B.A. or the B.S. degree and has a staff of eight full-time professors who hold the Ph.D. degree. The historian's laboratory is the library, where one finds the record of the past as preserved in primary sources and interpreted by authorities in general works, monographs, and maps. The department has a good collection of maps, slides, and microform readers.
Curricular Requirements for a B. A. in History
Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3), the general CLASS requirements for the B.A. degree, and:
- Lower-division courses selected from the following (9 credits):
Hist 101-102 History of Civilization
Hist 111-112 Introduction to U.S. History
Hist 180 - Introduction to East Asian History
Hist 210 - Introduction to Modern Latin American History
- Hist 290 - This Historian's Craft (3 credits)
- Upper-division history courses, including a seminar in senior year (27 credits)
- Related fields (20 credits)
Curricular Requirements for a B. S. in History
Note: Students expecting to study for an M.A. or Ph.D. degree in history should take the B.A. rather than the B.S. degree. Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3), the general CLASS requirements for the B.S. degree, and:
- Lower-division courses selected from the following (9 credits):
Hist 101-102 History of Civilization
Hist 111-112 Introduction to U.S. History
Hist 180 - Introduction to East Asian History
Hist 210 - Introduction to Modern Latin American History
- Hist 290 - The Historian's Craft (3 credits)
- Upper-division history courses, including a seminar in senior year (27 credits)
- Related fields (20 credits)
Any combination of the following (12 credits):
- Any foreign language (high-school foreign language may be substituted at the rate of 4 credits per year)
- Eng 257-258 Literature of Western Civilization
- FL/EN 313 Modern French Literature in Translation
- FL/EN 323/324 German Literature in Translation
- FL/EN 363/364 Literature of Ancient Greece and Rome
- FL/EN 393 Spanish Literature in Translation
- FL/EN 394 Latin American Literature in Translation
- FL/EN 395 Culture and Institutions of Latin America