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Accounting 010
African Area Studies 016
Africana Studies
Aging 018
American History 512
American Literature
American Studies 050
Anthropology 070
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Greek, Modern Greek Studies 489
Hindi 505
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History/French Joint Major 513
History/Political Science Joint Major 514
Hungarian 535
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Japanese 565
Jewish Studies 563
Journalism and Media Studies 567
Junior Year Abroad
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Labor Studies 575
Latin 580
Latin American Studies 590
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  New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2003-2005 Programs of Study for Liberal Arts Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses History Major Requirements  

Major Requirements

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).


 
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