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A program of courses should be worked out in consultation with the undergraduate advisors in each department. Minimum requirements are as follows:
History
Twenty-four hours (six courses) including: twenty hours (five courses) at or above the 300-level, of which four hours (one course) must be a 400-level colloquium (HIST 487, 488, or 489).
Art History
Twenty-eight hours (seven courses) including: twenty-four hours (six courses) of art history; minimum twelve hours (three courses) at the 300-level or above; of these three courses, at least one course (four hours) must be at the 400-level; four hours (one course) of any studio art class.
One of the introductory survey courses (ARTHIST 101 or 102) is required, but may not be applied to the four divisions (see below).
At lease one course in each of the following four divisions is required:
- Ancient Mediterranean and Anatolia;
- Medieval Europe, Renaissance, and Baroque;
- Europe and the United States: late 18th century to contemporary;
- Ancient Americas, Africa, the African Diaspora, Islam and Asia.
Neither Honors (ARTHIST 495) nor an Internship (ARTHIST 397) apply to the major. Only four hours (one course) in Supervised Reading and Research (ARTHIST 398) may be applied to the major.
Honors students are required to take one advanced seminar (normally at the ARTHIST 500- or 700-level) that can be counted toward the major.
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A student electing a joint major will take at least six courses (24 hours) in the Department of History (as described below) and at least seven courses (28 hours) in the Department of Classics (as described below).
History
Six courses (24 hours) will be taken focusing on a subject area common to the two disciplines, and must be approved by the advisors.
Classics
- Five courses (20 hours) in either Greek or Latin;
- One course (4 hours) in classical civilization or art history;
- One course (4 hours) in independent study for the writing of a senior thesis
A student must complete the following requirements of the respective departments:
Economics and Mathematics Courses
Completion of no fewer than 40 semester hours, including
Economics 101, 112, 201, 212, 220, 221 (or either 420 or 422), Mathematics
111, plus three electives in Economics (one of which must be at the
400-level).
History
Completion of no fewer than 32 hours, 24 of which must be at the 300 level or above. Included in these must be at least:
- one course in American history prior to 1860;
- one course in American history since 1860;
- one course in European history prior to 1750;
- one course in European history since 1750;
- one course in African, East Asian, Latin American or Near Eastern history.
- one colloquium (History 487SWR, 488SWR, or 489SWR).
At least five of these six courses must be at the 300 level or above.
Two research papers are required, one of which should be written in the History colloquium.
Economics and History Courses
- One of either Economics/History 351 or 352.
- One of either Economics/History 355 or 356.
Credits in these four courses may be used to satisfy the hours required in both Economics and History.
With respect to the distribution requirements in History:
Economics/History 351 may be used to satisfy #3, #4, or #5 - dependent on topic;
Economics/History 352 may be used to satisfy #4;
Economics/History 355 and 356 may be used to satisfy either #1 or #2.
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Joint Major in History and EnglishEnglish Department website
The departments of History and English offer an interdisciplinary joint major designed for students interested in exploring the relationship between experience and imagination in Anglophone culture. The joint major seeks a coherence which draws upon expertise in each department to aid the student in fashioning an individual program of study. The goal of the program is a logical and focused curriculum for exploring the relationships of literature and history. Student participation in the intellectual life of each department is thus a high priority, and the exact nature of the individual class list should be worked out in consultation with the student's advisor in each department. There are no geographical or chronological limits placed on this joint major, but a thematic unity is expected.
Students interested in the joint major are strongly encouraged to file their application at the beginning of their junior year. The official letter of application must include a description of the student's proposed field of concentration within the joint major (e.g. Irish, African-American, comparative colonial, etc.), and must be signed by an advisor in each department. This letter calls upon the student to plan a course of study, though the student is not required to adhere precisely to that curriculum. Applications must be submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Studies in each department no later than the end of registration of the first semester of the senior year.
Requirements
- Overall requirement --- 52 hours (13 courses).
- Six courses in History, five of which must be above the 200 level, and all of which must demonstrate a thematic coherence.
- Six courses in English, all of which must be above the 100 level and four of which must be above the 200 level, and all of which must demonstrate a thematic coherence.
- A thirteenth course--a writing course--which may be an honors class which produces an honors thesis; a directed reading course which produces a senior essay (of 5,000 words, to be read by the student's advisor in each department); or, with the written permission of and in consultation with a professor in the History or English Department, an upper division course in either department in which the student produces a term paper. The term paper produced should develop specific relationships between history and literature.
The class list must be approved in writing by the student's advisor in each department.
Application for the History-English Joint Major (.PDF)
The departments of History and Religion offer an interdisciplinary joint major as an alternative to a departmental or double major. The joint major seeks a coherence which draws upon expertise in each department to aid the student in fashioning an individual program of study. The goal of the program is a logical and focussed curriculum for exploring the role of religion in history. Student participation in the intellectual life of each department is thus a high priority, and the exact nature of the individual class list should be worked out in consultation with advisers in each department. There are no geographical or chronological limits placed on this joint major.
Completion of a major or minor requires a minimum of a C average (2.0) in the major. The S/U option may be exercised in the Department of History for a maximum of four credit hours (one course) in the major.
Overall Requirement
At least 56 hours (14 courses)
Religion
Twenty-eight (28) hours (7 courses), to include:
- Religion 300
- Religion 490
- At least one course selected from Religion 301-320
- Four additional courses, two of which must be at the at the 300-level or above
History
Twenty-eight (28) hours (7 courses), of which twenty-four hours (6 courses) must be above the 200-level, addressing subject matter common to the two disciplines, and one of which must be a colloquium (History 487, 488, 489).
Term Papers
Joint majors will write at least one term paper in their junior year and one term paper in their senior year. One of these papers must be written in conjunction with a History course taken by the student, the other in conjunction with a Religion course. These papers will focus on the historical development of religion or religious ideas.
The class list must be approved by an adviser in each department.
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