History Honors

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The Honors in History program is not the same as collegiate honors, and you do not have to belong to collegiate honors in order to participate in this program. The qualifications for the program are as follows:

*history major
*at least junior status
*3.67 GPA in history courses
*3.33 GPA

The above required GPAs include courses taken elsewhere if the credits have been transferred.

The requirements of the program are:

*Register for the Honors Tutorial (History 397). The Honors Tutorial is offered only in the Fall Semester. The Tutorial involves writing a research paper, based on primary sources, of about 20-30 pages. The results of this research are presented in a short oral presentation at a gala finale class to which friends, family, and other faculty are invited.

(Please note the Honors Tutorial no longer substitutes for the Senior Colloquium. In fact, there no longer is a Senior Colloquium. History 291 Junior Colloquium is required of all majors, including Honors students.)

*Register for an Honors Colloquium (History 396: Variable Title). An Honors Colloquium is offered in the Spring Semester at the Lake Shore Campus on various topics chosen by the professor.

Some small points:

1) Either History 396 or History 397 may be counted as an elective so that there is a total of 13 courses for the Honors Program-one course beyond the regular major requirement.

2) Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminars, when taught by history faculty, may be counted for History 291, 396 or 397 (3 hrs. credit).

Upon completion of the program, students attaining Honors in History will have this noted on their college transcripts and will receive a silver honors key from the department at the Awards Convocation held each December and May.

Here is the Honors History Major program in schematic form:

Introductory (Core) Courses (4) Four courses, one from each of the following categories:

 

European	Hist. 101, 102, or 106	3 hrs.
American	Hist. 111, 112, or 103	3 hrs.
Non-Western	Hist. 104 or 108	3 hrs.
Your choice	Hist. 101, 102, 106, 111, 112, 103, 104 or 108	3 hrs.

Methods Course (1)

 

History 291

Junior Colloquium (junior year)

3 hrs.

Required Areas (4)
 

History __	300-Level Pre-1700 European History*	3 hrs.
History __	300-Level Post-1700 European History*	3 hrs.
History __	300-Level course in U.S. History *	3 hrs.
History __	300-Level course in Africa, Asia, Latin America, or Middle East *	3 hrs.

Elective Courses (2) - two (2) 3 hours, 300-level history courses, one of which can be the history internship (398)*

History__		3 hrs.
History__		3 hrs.

Honors Course (2)

History 396H	Honors Colloquium (writing intensive) (Spring)	3 hrs.
History 397H	Honors Tutorial (writing intensive) (Fall)	3 hrs.

*NOTE: Courses 289 and above are considered 300-Level courses.

Please contact Professor Barbara Rosenwein if you are interested in the Honors in History Program, (773) 508-2223.

 

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