Bachelor degree in History at Amherst College

 

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Bachelor Degree in History at Amherst College

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Bachelor degree
History

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History majors, in consultation with their advisors, design a course of study
that combines a broad and meaningful distribution of historical subjects and methods
with a concentration that develops analytical skills. All History majors are required
to take nine courses. On of these must be History 99, taken normally in the junior
or senior year, preferably after completion of two or more other history courses.
Those majors who wish to write a thesis must fulfill these requirements and, in
addition, take at least two courses, normally History 77 and 78, toward the completion
of their thesis.

All History majors must include as one of their courses for the major a seminar
in which they write a substantial research paper that conforms to the department's
"Guidelines for Research Papers," and that is guided by individual
consultation with the instructor. (History 99, Proseminar in History, does not
fulfill this requirement.) A student who contemplates writing a thesis in the
senior year must complete the research paper by the end of the junior year.
A student not intending to write a thesis may delay taking an appropriate seminar
and completing the paper until the senior year. In exceptional circumstances
and with the approval of the student's advisor and Department, a student may
write the research paper in a seminar at another institution or for a course
not designated as a seminar (with the consent of the instructor), as long as
the paper conforms to the department's "Guidelines for Research Papers."




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