History
2011-12 FINAL 1-30-12
LENDOL G. CALDER, Professor
B.A., University of Texas-Austin; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
TODD C. CLEVELAND, Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., New Hampshire; Ph.D., Minnesota
DAVID L. ELLIS, Associate Professor, Chair
B.A., Wake Forest; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
THOMAS F. MAYER, Professor
B.A., M.A., Michigan State; Ph.D., Minnesota
JANE E. SIMONSEN, Associate Professor
B.A., Gustavus Adolphus; M.A., Ph.D. Iowa
VAN J. SYMONS, Professor
B.A., Brigham Young; Ph.D., Brown
MOLLY TODD, Assistant Professor
B.A., Reed; M.A., University of Texas-Austin; Ph.D., Wisconsin
STEPHEN WARREN, Associate Professor
B.A., Indiana; M.A., Arizona State; Ph.D., Indiana
Plan 1 — Major in History
30 credits, distributed as follows: 6 credits from 100-level history courses; 3 credits for 200; 6 credits for 481 and 482; 15 additional credits in history, 12 of which must be at the 300/400 level.
Additional Requirements: Students in Plan 1 must: take at least two 3-credit courses centered on topics in African, Asian, and/or Latin American history; take at least one 3-credit “skills and methods” course (oral history, public history, historiography or internship); take at least two 3-credit courses centered on topics before 1800.
Plan 2 — Major in Teaching History
36 credits distributed as follows: 9 credits in U.S. history (6 credits from 130, 131, 132; 3 credits from a 300-level U.S. history course in a period other than the ones taken at the 100-level); 9 credits in European history (3 from 110 or 111; 3 from 112 or 113; 3 from 390 (when a European topic), 310, 311, 312, 315, 341, 346); 12 credits from 150 or 151, 305 or 306, 371, and one of the following: 120, 121, 140, 141, 330, 348; 3 for 200; 3 for 490 (may substitute with 481/482 sequence or 450/451 sequence). See Department of Secondary Education for required supporting courses.
Plan 3 — History Honors
33 credits distributed as follows: 6 credits from 100-level history courses; 3 credits for 200; 6 credits for 450 and 451; 18 additional credits in history, 15 of which must be at the 300/400 level. In addition, honors majors must show proficiency in a foreign language, either by taking a language through 203 or demonstrating the equivalent result in a language exam.
Additional Requirements: Students in Plan 1 must: take at least two 3-credit courses centered on topics in African, Asian, and/or Latin American history; take at least one 3-credit “skills and methods” course (oral history, public history, historiography or internship); take at least two 3-credit courses centered on topics before 1800.
Minor in History
18 credits, distributed as follows: 6 credits from 100-level history courses; 3 credits from history 200; 9 credits from 300- and 400-level history courses.
NOTE: Unless permission of the instructor is given, all 300- and 400-level courses have a prerequisite of any 100-level course. Students are strongly recommended to take 200 before taking any 300-or 400-level courses. Instructors may specify that upper-level courses have 200 as a prerequisite, unless permission of the instructor is given.
