A Specialization in History provides students with an immersive academic experience in History through a flexible curriculum. Like the History Major, the Specialization emphasizes training in historical methods, research, and writing while giving Specialists more opportunities for close collaboration with faculty and peers through additional seminars.
Spread over four years, students in a Specialization plan complete 60.0 units in History courses. Students can specialize solely in History, or they can combine a Specialization with a Minor in a different department. Typically, History Specialists take 6.0-units in first-year lectures before they apply for plan entry. During the second year, students must complete a second-year core seminar, a course that provides training in historical methods and prepare students for upper-year seminars. Students must earn a minimum grade of C+ in this core seminar to progress in the Specialization plan. Generally, students also enroll in three or four 200-level lecture courses during their second year. History Specialists complete 18.0-units of upper-year seminars along with several lecture courses in their final two years, and during this time many of our students go abroad for a semester in a foreign university and earn credits that count towards their History degree. In the final two years, students can choose from a diverse range of internship opportunities in museums, academic publishing, archives, and other placements. In their final year, students often pursue a research project and write an independent research paper under the supervision of a faculty member. Students who pursue a graduate degree in History profit from undertaking an independent research project in their senior year. The details of the Specialist plan requirements can be found below.
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