Major Requirements

The joint major is an integrated program consisting of 45 credits from the combined disciplines and not less than 21 credits from each. At least 27 of the 45 credits must be at the 300 level or above. In political science, at least 12 of the credits must be at the 300 to 400 level. The student must take one term of History Seminar (01:506:401 or 402), or the Public History Internship (506:451), or  Honors in History (01:506:495 and 496) in the senior year. All courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.

The history component of the joint major requires the following:

1. At least one course in each of the following three areas:

    a.  Global, African, Asian, Latin American, or Native American history (selected 506 courses and all  508 courses)

    b.  European history (510)

    c.  United States history (512)

2. At least one course in the history of a premodern civilization.

3. At least 12 credits must be at the 300 or 400 level.

Each student's program in the joint major must be approved by an adviser in the history department.