Department Website: http://history.sewanee.edu/
Professor Goldberg, Interim Chair
Professor Perry
Professor Ridyard
Professor Willis
Professor Register
Professor McEvoy
Professor Roberson
Professor Berebitsky
Professor McCardell
Associate Professor Mansker
Associate Professor Levine
Assistant Professor Whitmer
Assistant Professor Roberts
Visiting Assistant Professor Walker
Major in History: Students who choose history as a major must pass at least 10 courses in the department beyond the 100 level. A member of the history faculty assigned as the student's advisor will help the student plan a coherent program of study.
Required of all majors:
1) a GPA no lower than 2.00 in history courses;
2) History 100 or equivalent credits from the humanities sequence;
3) participation in the department's two capstone courses, Junior Tutorial (Hist 352) and the Senior Research Seminar (Hist 452);
4) at least one course focused on the period before 1700;
5) at least one course focused on the period after 1700;
6) at least one course focused on an area outside Europe and the United States;
7) a passing grade on the written comprehensive examination in the last semester of the senior year.
Required for honors in history:
1) a GPA no lower than 3.50 in history courses;
2) a grade of at least B+ on the paper submitted in the Senior Research Seminar (Hist 452);
3) a grade of honors on an extension of that research paper in the Honors Seminar (Hist 440) during the second semester of the senior year;
4) a grade of distinction on the comprehensive examination in the last semester of the senior year.
Minor in History: To minor in history, students must pass any five courses above the 100 level, excluding Hist 352 (Junior Tutorial), the Senior Research Seminar (Hist 452), and Hist 440 (Honors Seminar). No comprehensive examination is required.
Humanities Sequence and History 100: A student who receives credit for the Humanities Sequence 101 through 202 may not receive credit for History 100. No student may receive credit for more than one section of History 100.
