Majors complete at least 35 credits in the geographic areas offered, namely African history, East Asian history, European history, Latin American history and U.S. history, and/or in such thematic areas as African-American history, Atlantic World, colonialism and imperialism, gender, Jewish history, political ideology, revolutionary and reform movements, thought and culture, and war and conflict. Majors are urged to take an Earlham Seminar in history during their first year and an introductory course in the primary area of study.
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3-4 courses from a thematic or a geographic area of their choice
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3-4 courses from a second geographic area
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2 elective courses — non-western if areas are Europe/U.S.;
elective courses may also support or augment themes or areas.
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2 upper-level research courses, chosen from upper-level four-credit
courses that are designated as giving Research Credit, HIST 484 Ford/Knight
Research Project, or the Newberry Library Program.
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HIST 410 Philosophy of History OR
HIST 482 American Historiography
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HIST 488 Senior Capstone Experience. The Capstone Experience is a history colloquium offered in the Spring Semester of the Senior year.
