History majors must complete eleven, 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 eleven 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
fifteen 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 Golden Age
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 Social Institutions
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 Roman Republic
01:510:306 Roman Empire
01:510: 307 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).
