History Major

History majors take a minimum of 12 courses:

Encountering the Past (HS 100)
Second History Core (HS 200-299)
The Historian’s Craft - Students are encouraged to take The Historian’s Craft in their sophomore year; it provides a foundation for all other HS 300- and 400-level courses
Two seminars (HS 460-498)
Senior capstone (HS 499)
Six electives. Students may take no more than two 200-level courses in addition to the second core, for a maximum of three 200-level courses.
History majors may choose an optional thematic track consisting of at least three courses. The current thematic tracks are: 1) Gender and Sexuality; 2) Health, Environment, Science, and Technology; 3) Law, Politics, and Society.

Class of 2026 Academic Worksheet
Class of 2027 Academic Worksheet
Class of 2028 Academic Worksheet

Complete information about the major can be found in the Academic Catalogue

What's New

Visit Student Planning for a list of the courses offered by the History department in Fall 2024. Students wishing to register for a closed (full) course must visit the Academic Advising Website and submit a course override request form (the link will be on the page under Fall 2024 Course Override Requests) requesting an override. Please do not submit your request directly to the course instructor or to the Department Chair. All course overrides are reviewed by the department chair and are only approved if there are extenuating circumstances. The override request will not be processed if there is a time conflict with your existing schedule, you do not have 6th course permission from your advisor, or if there is a financial hold on your account.