Trinity College

    The History Major

    Program Requirements

    Requirements total 45 hours. This includes 39 hours of history courses and 6 hours from supporting courses.

    Required Courses (27 hrs):

     
          HI 105            Understanding History 3 hrs
          HI 121            United States History I 3 hrs
          HI 122            United States History II 3 hrs
          HI 201            World Civilizations I 3 hrs
          HI 202            World Civilizations II 3 hrs
          HI 385            Philosophy of History 3 hrs
          GEO 100        World Geography 3 hrs

     

    Choose two (6 hours):

     
          HI 410            Ancient Greece and Rome Seminar 3 hrs
          HI 420            Medieval/Renaissance Seminar 3 hrs
          HI 430            Early Modern Europe Seminar 3 hrs
          HI 440            Modern Europe Seminar 3 hrs
          HI 475            Seminar in American History 3 hrs

    Elective Courses (12 hrs):

    Any History course above the 100 level; two must be at 300 level or above

    Supporting Courses (minimum 6 hrs):

    Choose two courses from the following selection:

    • ART 200X (3 hrs), 331, 332
    • BUS 311, 312
    • ENG 260, any 300-400 level literature course
    • MA 285X
    • MUH 341, 342
    • MUZ 200X
    • any PH course beyond 180
    • any POL course except POL 111, 250, 252
    • PSY 285X, 346X, 350X
    • SOC 285X, 324, 335, 346X, 350X
    • XX 359H

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