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Historical studies majors are expected to fulfill two kinds of requirements: general requirements for the program as whole and special requirements of individual study plans.

Program Requirements

  • Moderation Requirements
    In the Lower College, students are expected to take three or four history courses covering different regions and time periods and using a variety of research methodologies. Students are required to take a global core course before graduation, and preferably before Moderation. For Moderation, students are required to submit the standard two short papers and a paper responding to an assigned reading.
  • Graduation Requirements
    By the time of their graduation, students must have completed between six and eight history courses covering at least three world regions and one period prior to 1800. These should include one course focused on issues of historiography. As part of the preparation for their Senior Project, Upper College students should take two 300-level seminars; one of these should be a Major Conference taken in the junior year that culminates in a substantial research project.

Current Courses and Electives

  • Courses and Electives
    The course descriptions begin with 100-level introductory classes and continue  through 300-level research seminars. Tutorials and Major Conferences are also offered regularly; recent examples include  Anarchism, Critical Geography, and The Decision to Drop the Bomb. Courses must cover at least 3 world areas and one period prior to 1800.  Over the course of their studies students should have at least one course outside of the time-period of the others, and at least one course outside of the geographical range of the others.

    Courses and Electives

    The course descriptions begin with 100-level introductory classes and continue  through 300-level research seminars. Tutorials and Major Conferences are also offered regularly; recent examples include  Anarchism, Critical Geography, and The Decision to Drop the Bomb. Courses must cover at least 3 world areas and one period prior to 1800.  Over the course of their studies students should have at least one course outside of the time-period of the others, and at least one course outside of the geographical range of the others.


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