History majors must complete 11, one-term, 3-credit courses in
history with a grade of C or better in each course, (1.5 credit
minicourses do not count), according to the following program:
1. Four 100-level courses from among the following, no more than two of which are in the global history sequence:
Global history: 01:506:110, 111, 112, 113, 114
European history: 01:510:101, 102
U.S. history: 01:512:103, 104
2. Seven 200- through 400-level courses, at least five of which must be
at the 300 or 400 level, including a history seminar. History seminar,
either 01:506:401 or 402, is required of all majors and normally taken
in the junior year.
3. Of the 11 total courses, at least two must be in each of the three following areas:
Global, African, Asian, Latin American, or Native American
history (01:506:110-114 and all subject 508 courses)
European history (510)
United States history (512)
4. At least one course in the history of premodern civilization.
In consultation with an adviser, 100-level courses may be replaced by more advanced courses.
Ancient History and Classics Option
The ancient history and classics option in the history major requires
15 3-credit courses (of which at least three must be history department
courses and at least three must be classics department courses),
apportioned as follows:
1. At least two courses in ancient
languages (at least two languages: Latin, Greek, and/or other ancient
languages offered at the university, e.g., Sanskrit and Hebrew), with
at least one of the courses at the 200 level or above. Advanced
placement can substitute for either or both of the courses, if at the
appropriate level. Suggested courses are 01:490:207 Classical Greek
Prose and 01:580:203 Intermediate Latin Prose.
2. Three
ancient history or classics survey courses at the 200 level, from
among:
01:190:205 Greek Civilization
01:190: 206 Roman
Civilization
01:508:200 Ancient Near East
01:510: 201 Ancient
Greece
01:510:202 Ancient Rome
01:510: 205 Byzantium: The
Imperial Age
01:510:207 Byzantium: The Last Centuries In
consultation with an adviser, appropriate higher-level courses, or
courses from other departments, may be substituted for any of the
200-level courses mentioned above.
3. Six ancient history or
classics lecture courses at the 300 level, from among:
01:190:320 Women in Antiquity
01: 190:322 Greek Political
Philosophy
01:190:350 Greek Society
01:190:372 Cities of the
Classical World
01:490: 306 From Athens to Alexandria
01:490:391 Readings in Greek Prose (historical topic/author)
01:510: 301 Early Greece
01:510:302 Classical Greece
01:510:303 Hellenistic World
01:510:304 The Rise of the Roman
Republic
01:510:306 Roman Empire
01:510:307 The Roman World
in Late Antiquity
01:510:308 Ancient Cultural and Intellectual
History
01:510:403 Ancient Warfare and Diplomacy
01: 580:325 The History of Livy
01:580:329 Tacitus
4. One ancient history or classics course at the 300 or 400 level
focusing on research and writing such as:
01:490: 391 Readings in
Greek Prose (historical readings)
01:506:401,402 History Seminar (ancient topic)
01:506:471,472 Research in History (ancient topic)
01:580:
369,370 The Seminar in Latin (historical readings) college honors
or departmental project (appropriate topic)
5. Three
additional courses in history, classics, Latin, or Greek (in any
combination, but no more than two of them at the 100 level).
