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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.
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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]]
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*The [[Albert Marion Elsberg Prize]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 16:11, 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:

External links