For students under 2006 catalog year and later, the history major requires students to complete 35 hours
of history courses within the total of 120 hours for a bachelor's degree
from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Of the 35 total hours, at least 26 must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.
At least 21 hours of history courses must be taken at the University of Florida, even if a student is transferring credit for history courses from another college or university.
Students are required to take courses in a range of geographic areas, including:
Students are also required to take:
NOTE 1: students must register for their
seminar in the Department office (025 Keene-Flint Hall).
NOTE 2: students have only one opportunity to complete the History Research Seminar successfully (grade of C or better). Those who withdraw from or fail the course cannot register for another seminar. They may contact the Undergraduate Coordinator to learn how they can file a 3-stage petition to appeal this decision.
Students under the 2008 catalog year and later are also required to complete:
Only classes for which a student has earned a C or better will count toward the major (courses taken under the S/U option are therefore unacceptable).
Courses in the History Department have the following prefixes: AFH, AMH, ASH, EUH, HIS, LAH, and WOH. Only these courses may be counted toward the major. Courses used to meet the requirements of another major or minor and courses in other departments such as Art History and Classics may not be used toward the major.
For students
enrolled as history majors prior to Summer B, 2006,
the history major requires students to complete 36 hours of history courses
within the total of 120 hours for a bachelor's degree from the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Of the 36 total hours, at least 27 must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.
At least 21 hours of history courses must be taken at the University of Florida, even if a student is transferring credit for history courses from another college or university.
Students are required to take courses in a range of geographic areas, including:
Upper-division students are required to take one seminar, a research-oriented class limited to twenty students, on a topic close to the research expertise of the professor concerned. The seminar may have any history prefix but always carries the suffix 4930, e.g. AMH 4930 or AFH 4930. Students are advised to take the course as soon as they achieve junior status (3LS), but in some cases may wait until their senior year to take the seminar.
NOTE 1: students must register for their seminar in the Department office (025 Keene-Flint Hall).
NOTE 2: students have only one opportunity to complete the History Research Seminar successfully (grade of C or better). Those who withdraw from or fail the course cannot register for another seminar. They may contact the Undergraduate Coordinator to learn how they can file a 3-stage petition to appeal this decision.
Only classes for which a student has earned a C or better will count toward the major (courses taken under the S/U option are therefore unacceptable).
Courses in the History Department have the following prefixes: AFH, AMH, ASH, EUH, HIS, LAH, and WOH. Only these courses may be counted toward the major. Courses used to meet the requirements of another major or minor and courses in other departments such as Art History and Classics may not be used toward the major.
Requirements of the History Major
