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Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies at its meeting of November 13, 1979 gives rise to 

the following motion: 

MOTION 

That Senate approve and recommend aroval 

to the Board, as set forth in 5•79_15, 

the proposed changes in History as follows: 

(i)

change in requirements for Major

(ii)

change

in requirements for Minor

(iii)

change in requirements for Honors

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Daniel R. Birch 

Chairman 

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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY 

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C U R R I C U L U M ? 

C H A N G.E S 

1980-81 

pp. 145/146/147

CHANGE OF REQUIREMENTS ? 

FROM: 

HISTORY 145

General

"But the proper and peculiar purpose of the academic study of history is not

merely the acquisition of a wide knowledge of history, even when received in a

reliable or at least generally acceptable form. It is rather the creation of an

ability to criticize the form and the sources of this knowledge, and the awaken-

ing of a sense of the sequence of cause and effect, of the constant movement

and interplay upon each other of man and his environment, of the possibilities

and limitations of historical discovery and judgment, of the distinction between

the significant and the casual in the particular matter that is being reviewed, and

of the resolution to be satisfied with nothing less than the repose of the mind in

acquired truth, or failing that, the admission of ignorance - in a word, the ac-

quisition of the historical sense, the capacity to see or to present to others some

part of past human activity in an ordered, illuminated, critically tested form,

which reflects something, at least, of the reality that once existed."

David Knowles

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Regius Professor of Modern History

in the University of Cambridge and

Fellow of Peterhouse.

Lower Division Requirements

Students must obtain at least eighteen hours credit in 100 and 200 division

course work in history during the first four levels if they intend to enter the ma-

jor program. Students intending to enter the minor program must obtain at least

nine hours credit in 100 and 200 division course work in history. If students

have credit in associated subjects such as economic history, historical geogra-

phy, or the philosophy of history, exceptions may be made by the Department

Chairman. As upper division history courses require substantial academic back-

ground, students should normally have completed 45 credit hours (or its

equivalent) prior to enrolment in an upper division history course. Students

should consult one of the Department's faculty advisers before beginning their

programs.

Upper Division Requirements

Minor students are required to obtain credit in at least 15 hours of 400-divi-

sion work.

Major students are required to obtain credit in at least 30 hours of 400-divi-

sion work in history. Students must select courses from at least three of the

following groups: -

Group 1—Europe:

403,404. 405,406,407,408,409,414.416,417,419.

Group 2 —Canada and the United States:

423, 424, 428. 429.432. 446,447,448,449.

Group 3— Latin America, The Middle East & Africa:

458,459, 464,465.466.474,475,476.477.

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Group 4 —Thematic Courses:

480,481. 482,483,484,489,490.

A student intending to enter the History honors program shall make applica-

tion to the Department's Undergraduate Studies Committee, ordinarily at the

end of the fourth level.

The normal sequence of honors courses for all students in the fifth and sixth

levels will be: HIST 495 and 496. Before entering the seventh level, the student

must choose one of two plans.

Plan A. Designed to allow the student to pursue a broader education, this

plan allows more choice of courses outside the Department while

still providing the student with the opportunity, through addi-

tional reading and honors essay, to concentrate somewhat on a

particular area of historical enquiry. The basic requirement for

honors students under this plan is fifty-one hours of course work

in history, divided into seven 400-division courses and four

honors courses.

Plan B. This alternative offers the student a chance to free himself of the

pressures of the typical semester and to concentrate fully on

further readings, and the completion

the honors essay, in his

specific area

historical interest. The basic requirement for

honors students under this plan is fifty-six hours

course work

in history, divided into six 400-division courses, two honors

courses, and the honors semester.

The following outlines a typical program

study under the two plans (

History; 0-Optional; Honors Courses -

H495

to 14499):

Level

H 400-5 division ?

H 400.

5 division

H 400-5 division ?

H 400-5 division

H495

5 ?

H496-3

O 200-3 division ?

0 400

5 division

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Upon completion of level 6, the student must choose, after consultation with

faculty, either Plan A or Plan B for the final two semesters:

Plan ?

Plan

Level ?

Level

H 400 . 5 division H 400

5 division H 400-5 division ?

H 499-18

H 400 .

5 division H 498-5

H 400-5 division

H 497-3 ?

0 400-5 division 0 400-5 division

400.5 division 0 200-3 division 0 200-3 division

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H499-18

HISTORY 147

Languages Other Than English

Most graduate schools require some proficiency in one or two language

other than English. Those who contemplate graduate studies in history are ad-

vised to include language courses other than English in their programs.

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EQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN HISTORY 

Students must obtain at least 18 hours credit in 100 and 

200 division course work in history, including at least 6 hours 

in 100 division work, if they intend to enter the major program. 

Students should plan their lower division work with the 

Department's upper division requirements in mind. An examination 

of the Department's program will show that It offers a wide range 

of courses organized into three principal groups. Major students 

will have ample opportunity to specialize in courses in any one 

of these groups, but, in the interest f breadth of unersjanc1ing, 

they are required to take at least 

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OO or 400 

from each group. A careful selection of lower division courses 

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will prepare students to meet this requirement and lay the 

foundation for specialization in specific areas. For this reason, 

students.are advised to take at leastofle course from each of the 

following groups of lower division courses:- 

Group 1 Europe -105, 106, 216, 219, 220, 223, 224, 225, 

• 226, 227, 228, 229 

Group 2 North America - 101, 102,104 

1 201, 212, 

213

Group 3 Latin, America, Asia, Africa - 146, 151, 208, 209, 

•230, 231: 249, 251 

Major students must obtain credit in at least 30 hours of 

300 and 400 division work in history, including at least 

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9 hours 

in 300 division work and at least 9 hours in 400 division work; 

and they must select at least 

two

cour 

se

s from each of the following 

groups of courses:- 

Group 1 Europe - 310, 

403, 

418, 

Group 2 North America? 

430, 

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Group 3 Latin America? 

•.354, 

311, 312, 313, 

404, 405, 406, 

419, 420, 480 

- 322, 324, 38 

431, 432, 434, 

Asia, Africa 

458, 459, 465, 

315, 

316, 

330,

iiD,

itiZ,

408, 409, 414, 416, 417, 

0, 385, 423, 424, 428, 429, 

446, 447, 448, 449, 484 

- 324, 344, 346, 350, 352, 

475, 478, 481 

Students should consult one of the Department's 

advisors 

before beginning their program. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN HISTORY

Students intending to enter the minor program must obtain at 

least nine hours credit in 100 and 200 division course work in 

history. 

Minor students are required to obtain credit in 300 and in 

400

di;isiofl

work totalling at least 15 hours. 

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REQUIREMENTS

FOR HONORS IN HISTORY

A student intending to enter the history honors Program shall

make application to the Department's Undergraduate Studies Committee, 

ordinarily at the end of the fourth level.

An honors student must meet the basic requirement for history

majors. 

In addition honors students will take History

495,

496, 

497 and 498. Normally History 495 and 496 will he taken in the 

fifth and sixth levels. 

RATIONALE: These changes of requirements for Honors, Majors, and Minors in 

the History Department have emerged from the recent re-examination of the 

entire curriculum. 

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