History

Department Website: http://www.sewanee.edu/history/

Professor Goldberg

Professor Perry

Professor Ridyard, Chair

Professor Willis

Professor Register

Professor McEvoy

Associate Professor Roberson

Associate Professor Berebitsky

Assistant Professor Mansker

Assistant Professor Levine

Assistant Professor McCahill

Visiting Professor Teng

Visiting Professor Gallon

Visiting Assistant Professor Kumhera

Visiting Assistant Professor Prestia

Visiting Instructor Walker


Major in history: Students who choose history as a major must select a field of concentration from among the following: 1) United States, 2) Europe, 3) Great Britain, 4) Africa/Asia/Latin America. A member of the faculty assigned as the student's advisor helps the student plan a coherent program of study.

Required of all majors: 1) a GPA in history courses no lower than 2.00; 2) History 100 or equivalent credit from the humanities sequence; 3) five courses in history in the field of concentration; 4) four courses outside the field of concentration, one of which must be in the Africa/Asia/Latin America field; 5) History 352; 6) a passing grade on the written comprehensive examination in the last semester of the senior year.

Required for honors in history: 1) a GPA in courses in history no lower than 3.50; 2) a grade of honors on a major research paper written during the first semester of the senior year; 3) a grade of distinction on the written comprehensive examination in the last semester of the senior year.

Students enrolled in or credited with humanities courses do not receive credit for History 100, and no student receives credit for more than one section of History 100.

Minor in history: In order to minor in history, students must complete five courses above the 100 level, excluding History 352. No comprehensive examination is required.