Undergraduate > The General History Major
Choosing the General History Major allows students to complete coursework in both a broad range of study and a particular subject area. The General Major requires at least 12 courses and 58 units of coursework in History, satisfying the following 2 requirements.
Breadth, geographical and chronological (six to eight courses)
Majors must take at least two courses in each of three geographical fields—Field I (Africa, Asia, and Middle East); Field II (the Americas); and Field III (Europe, including Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Russia) – and in the chronologically defined Field IV (before 1700). Any given course may be counted for one of Fields I-III and Field IV.
Concentration (four courses)
Majors must complete four courses (including one colloquium or research seminar) in a single area. The proposed concentration must be approved by the major advisor; a proposal for a thematic concentration must have the approval of both the advisor and the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Areas of concentration are: Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Russia, Comparative Empires and Cultures (see description below), Europe before 1700, Europe since 1700, International History (see description below) Jewish history, Latin America, Science and Technology, the United States, the Middle East; or a thematic subject treated comparatively, such as war and revolution, work, gender, family history, popular culture/high culture, and so on. A thematic concentration must receive departmental approval.
Any given course may be counted for both Fields I-IV and the concentration.
Please see the Undergraduate Student Services Officer for information on the current course offerings and which area(s) they fulfill.