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). A minimum of six courses for the major must be taken at Rutgers University. The 11 courses must fulfill the following distribution requirements:
1. A maximum of 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
United States history: 01:512:103, 104
2. A minimum of 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 is taken in the junior year.
3. Of the 11 total courses, at least two must be in each of the three following areas:
a. Global, African, Asian, Latin American, or Native American history (selected subject 506 courses and all subject 508 courses)
b. European history (510)
c. United States history (512)
4. At least one course in the history of premodern civilization.
No more than two courses used to complete a major or a minor in another department can be used to fulfill the requirements of the history major.
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).
