History Credits Audit Work Sheet

To help you figure out what courses and credits you might still need to complete your History major.

(72 credits needed to complete major.)

Need to take courses in at least three of the following seven History fields:
1) United States HISTUS
2) Ancient &/or Medieval HISTANCNT/MDVL
3) Early Modern &/or Modern Europe HISTERLYMODEUR
4) Asia HISTASIA (East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia & the Middle East)
5) Africa & its Diaspora HISTAFRDIASPORA: Includes courses related to Africa & the history of people of African descent outside the African continent.
6) Latin America HISTLATAM
7) The Atlantic World HISTATLANTWRLD: One of the newest fields of historical scholarship. It examines the relationship between Europe, Africa, & the Americas from ca. 1500-1820 through the circulation of people, goods, and ideas.

Your Primary Field (4 courses): Students choosing fields within categories 1-4 as their primary field will take four courses. Those choosing fields 5, 6 or 7 may take four courses in that field, or take three courses in the field with one additional course that is of relevance to the field. This additional course will be chosen in consultation with the adviser.

Your Two Secondary Fields (2 courses each):  Each major must also take two courses in each of two secondary fields (24 credits).

Research Seminar, History 395 - required 6-credit course, usually taken in the your primary field. Counts toward both the senior research seminar requirement and can also be counted towards a field. Although History 395 can fulfill two requirements, please note that the 6 credits can only be counted once!

Finally, also required to complete the History major are the following courses. They count toward the total number of required History credits, but do not count towards a field:
____ Junior Colloquium, History 298 (6 credits)
____  Senior Research Proposal, History 397 (3 credits)
____ Senior Writing Proposal, History 398 (6 credits)
____ Comps, History 400 (3 credits)

1) United States: AP, 100, 110, 120, 121, 195 (counts towards ENTS), 200 (or HistAsia), 211, 212, 213, 217, 220, 221, 222, 223, 226, 227, 228, 229, 279, 306 Topics in Environmental History (also counts for ENTS), 322, 324, 395. (Also:  American Studies 115, Economics 232, 340, 341, and/or Religion 140, when taught by historians)

2) Ancient and Medieval: 100, 110, 130, 137, 138, 204, 230, 233, 235, 238-01 (3 credits), 238-02 (3 credits), 330/395, 333, 395, Classics 227 Greek History, Classics 228 Roman History, Classics 229 Later Roman Empire, Byzantium & Islam, and European Studies 110 (when taught by historians).

3) Early Modern and Modern Europe: AP, 100, 110, 118 (or U.S.), 139, 140, 141, 142, 208, 232, 236 (or Ancient/Medieval), 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 395, Economics 233

4) Asia (includes East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East): 100, 110, 150, 151, 152, 153
156, 160, 161, 167, 200 (or U.S.), 253, 254, 255, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263 (also early/modern Europe), 265, 360, 395, (Middle East Courses: MELA 230, 240, 243 when taught by an historian)

5) Africa and Its Diaspora: 100, 110, 180, 181, 182, 276, 220, 221, 283, 386, 395

6) Latin America: 100, 110, 169, 170, 208, 272, 273, 275, 276, 278, 395

7) The Atlantic World: 100, 110 (Conquest and Survival in Indigenous Mexico, English Civil War, Natives and Newcomers), 139, 169, 208, 211, 212, 220, 237, 245, 276, 395

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