History majors must complete 12 courses in history (36 credits) with a grade of C or better in each course. A minimum of eight courses
for the major must be taken at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. All history majors must
fulfill the following requirements: 1. At least five courses at the 300 or 400 level
2. At least eight courses at the 200 through 400 level
3. History Workshop, 01:506:299, taken by the end of the
sophomore year; transfer students must take 01:506:299 in their first semester at
Rutgers
4. A History Seminar, either 01:506:401 or 402, usually taken
in the junior year, but can be taken in the senior year
5. Of the 12 history courses, at least two must be in each
of the following three areas:
a. Global, African, Asian, Latin
American, or Native American history (508 and selected 506 courses)
b. European history (510)
c. United States history (512)
6. At least one course focusing on the period before 1500
C.E.
7. History majors shall not count more than two overlapping
courses between history and any other majors or minors.
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 History of the Byzantine Empire (3)
01:510:207 Byzantine Civilization (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 Augustan Rome (3)
01:190:320 Women in Antiquity (3)
01:190:322 Greek Political Philosophy (3)
01:190:325 Cults, Magic, and 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)
01:490:306 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)
01:510:305 The Crisis 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 Creating Culture and History in the Ancient World (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)