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2008-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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History Major


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Degree Requirements


English Composition - Total Credits: 6


English Literature - Total Credits: 3


Constitutions - Total Credits: 4


Mathematics - Total Credits: 3


Distribution Requirement Humanities and Fine Arts


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  • Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking Total Credits: 9-10


  • and two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab.

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  • Social Science Total Credits: 9

Multicultural and International


(see notes below)

Additional Degree Requirements


Foreign Language/Foreign Culture Total Credits: 6

Humanities Total Credits: 6

Fine Arts Total Credits: 6

History Major Requirements Total Credits: 42

Electives - Total Credits: 23-29


Total Credits: 124


Notes


  1. Students majoring or minoring in history should take HIST 251 after having taken at least three credits of lower-division history courses. Students should take HIST 251 before the end of their sophomore year. Students should take HIST 451 before the end of the junior year. HIST 251 is a prerequisite for HIST 451.
  2. Only six credits of 300–level work count for a major in history; only three credit hours of 300–level work count for a minor in history.
  3. Majors may take up to six credits of Independent Study (HIST 497) upon arrangement with instructors. Before registering for Independent Study, the student must complete a contract with the instructor of the Independent Study. HIST 497 may be taken in increments of one, two or three credits.
  4. Majors may take no more than eight credits Advanced Historical Studies, (HIST 498).
  5. Majors may take no more than six credits of HIST 495.
  6. Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.

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