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If you choose to major in history, your life will be ruled by a committee called the [[UNDED]] (yes, pronounced "undead"...seriously). | If you choose to major in history, your life will be ruled by a committee called the [[UNDED]] (yes, pronounced "undead"...seriously). | ||
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| + | ==Courses== | ||
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| + | Courses frequently offered by the History Department: | ||
==Professors== | ==Professors== | ||
| − | Professors officially affiliated with the History Department | + | Professors officially affiliated with the History Department: |
*[[Alan Brinkley]] | *[[Alan Brinkley]] | ||
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*[[Rashid Khalidi]] | *[[Rashid Khalidi]] | ||
*[[Emma Winter]] | *[[Emma Winter]] | ||
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| + | ==Requirements== | ||
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| + | ==Theses== | ||
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| + | To receive honors in the History Department, undergraduate students must complete a [[senior thesis]]. This document is usually around 50-80 pages, and must include substantial original research. Students writing theses either take seminars or work independently with individual advisors. While one cannot receive honors without writing a thesis, it is not, however, a graduation requirement. | ||
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| + | ==Honors and Awards== | ||
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| + | Those theses receiving honors must not constitute more than 10% of the number of history ajors in a given year. In addition to honors, the history department awards several prizes for theses and other work of note. These include: | ||
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| + | *The [[Lily Prize]] | ||
| + | *The [[Albert Marion Elsberg Prize]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 15:11, 19 May 2007
Located in Fayerweather Hall, which is old and decrepit. Appropriately.
If you choose to major in history, your life will be ruled by a committee called the UNDED (yes, pronounced "undead"...seriously).
Courses
Courses frequently offered by the History Department:
Professors
Professors officially affiliated with the History Department:
Requirements
Theses
To receive honors in the History Department, undergraduate students must complete a senior thesis. This document is usually around 50-80 pages, and must include substantial original research. Students writing theses either take seminars or work independently with individual advisors. While one cannot receive honors without writing a thesis, it is not, however, a graduation requirement.
Honors and Awards
Those theses receiving honors must not constitute more than 10% of the number of history ajors in a given year. In addition to honors, the history department awards several prizes for theses and other work of note. These include:
