History Major

In addition to satisfying university general education requirements and requirements for the BA degree in CHSS, candidates for a degree in history must complete 36 credits of history, with at least 18 credits at the 300 and 400 levels. Additional credits of history in excess of 36 may be presented as elective credits to be counted toward graduation.

Requirements

The 36 credits must have a minimum GPA of 2.00 and are distributed as follows:

  • 6 credits of U.S. history
  • 6 credits of European history (3 credits fulfilled by the university-wide requirement HIST 100)
  • 6 credits of global, Latin American, African, Asian, or Middle Eastern history (6 credits will be met if approved history courses are used to fulfill the university general education requirement in global understanding and the college-level requirement in non-Western culture.)
  • 3 credits of HIST 300 Introduction to Historical Method, with a minimum grade of C (2.00)
  • 3 credits of HIST 499 Senior Seminar in History (fulfills university synthesis requirement)
  • 12 credits of history electives (at the 300 or 400 levels if necessary to complete the 18-credit, upper-division history requirement)

ADVISORS (by student last name)

A-C (and all minors): Dr. Joan Bristol, jbristol@gmu.edu, ROB B 361B

D-J : Dr. Michael Bottoms, mbottoms@gmu.edu, ROB B375B

K-P : Dr. Jane Censer, jcense1@gmu.edu, ROB B341

Q-Z : Dr. Meredith Lair, mlair@gmu.edu, ROB B 346

All majors and minors with questions regarding transfer credit re-evaluations or substitutions for requirements should contact Dr. Bristol, the Undergraduate Director.

Writing-Intensive Requirement

The university requires all students to complete at least one course designated as writing intensive in their majors at the 300 level or above. Students majoring in history may fulfill this requirement by successfully completing HIST 300 and 499.

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