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. History/political science joint majors must complete:

1. 15 courses in history and political science (45 credits);

2. 9 out of 15 courses in history and political science at the 300+ level (27 credits);

3. A minimum of 11 courses for the major must be taken at Rutgers University–New Brunswick;

4. Students must take 21 credits of political science, with 12 of those credits being at the 300+ level;

5. One course needs to be taken in each of the following four areas:

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

b. European history (510)

c. United States history (512)

d. A course focusing on the period before 1500 CE 

6. A History Seminar, either 506:401 or 506:402, in their junior or senior year. Students can also complete a Public History Internship (506:451) or Honors Program in History Thesis (506:496) for this requirement;

7. A History Workshop, 506:299, must be taken by the end of their sophomore year; junior-year transfer students must take the History Workshop in their first semester at Rutgers;

8. No more than two courses taken to complete a major or minor in another department can be used to fulfill the requirements of the history/political science joint major.