History majors must complete 11, one-semester, 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, 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). One of the courses must be a Greek or Latin course at the 200 level or above. Advanced placement can substitute for either or both of the courses, if at the appropriate level. Suggested intermediate courses are 01:490:207 Classical Greek Prose (3) and 01:580:203 Intermediate Latin Prose (3).
2. Three ancient history or classics survey courses at the 200 level, from among:
01:190:205 Greek Civilization (3)
01:190:206 Roman Civilization (3)
01:508:200 Ancient Near East (3)
01:510:201 Ancient Greece (3)
01:510:202/01:190:209 Ancient Rome (3)
01:510:205 Byzantium: The Imperial Age (3)
01:510:207 Byzantium: The Last Centuries (3)
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:
01:190:310 Literature and Culture in Augustan Rome (3)
01:190:320 Women in Antiquity (3)
01:190:322 Greek Political Philosophy (3)
01:190:325 Cults, Magic, Witchcraft (3)
01:190:350/01:510:350 Greek Society (3)
01:190:355 Ancient Mythology and Society (3)
01:190:372 Cities of the Classical World (3)
01:190:373 Pompeii: The Life and Death of a Roman Town (3)
01:190:376 Classical World in Cinema (3)
01:490:306 From Athens to Alexandria (3)
01:490:391 Readings in Greek Prose (historical topic/author) (3)
01:510:301 Early Greece (3)
01:510:302 Classical Greece (3)
01:510:303 Hellenistic World (3)
01:510:304 The Rise of the Roman Republic (3)
01:510:306/01:190:306 Roman Empire (3)
01:510:307 The Roman World in Late Antiquity (3)
01:510:308 Ancient Cultural and Intellectual History (3)
01:510:403 Ancient Warfare and Diplomacy (3)
01:580:304 Cicero Orations (3)
01:580:325 The History of Livy (3)
01:580:329 Tacitus (3)
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) (3)
01:506:401,402 History Seminar (ancient topic) (3,3)
01:506:471,472 Research in History (ancient topic) (3,3)
01:510:407 Rome in the Age of Augustus (3)
01:580:369,370 The Seminar in Latin (historical readings) (3,3), 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).
