History–B.A.

History Major (39 cr)

A. Core Requirements* (21 cr)

HIS 302 - Historiography: Perspectives on Historians and Histories

Select two courses in US History:

At least one of which must be HIS 202 or HIS 203; the other may be lower or upper-division.

Select two courses in European History:

At least one of which must be HIS 100, HIS 101, HIS 230, or HIS 231; the other may be lower or upper-division.

Select two courses in World, African, Asian, or Latin American History:

At least one of which must be at the 100 or 200-level; the other may be lower or upper-division.

B. Core Requirements—Specialization (12 cr)

Four upper-division history courses with a geographic or thematic focus, chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor; one of the courses must be a history capstone seminar.

C. Elective Requirements (6 cr)

Two history electives, under advisement.

D. Cognate Requirements (None)

Notes:

*At least one of the courses taken for the core requirement must focus mainly on the period before 1800.

At least 21 of the 39 hours credited to the major must be in 300-499 courses (upper-division). No SUNY Oswego course in which the student receives a grade below C- shall count toward the major.