Department of History — Degree Overview

History Major:Forty semester hours in History: 105 or 106, 202, 203,two additional 100 or 200-level survey courses, 390, 411, and three additional courses at the 300-400 level. Also required is a Foreign Language cognate consisting of four semester hours. The Foreign Language cognate should not be taken pass/fail.

Foreign Language Cognate Course options:

· CHIN 211 or higher (4 semester hours)
· FREN 150 or higher (4 semester hours)
· GERM 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265 (2 semester hours each. Students must take 4
  total semester hours)
· JAPN 211or higher (4semester hours)
· RUSS 260, 261, 262, 263 (2 semester hours each. Students must take 4 total
  semester hours)
· SPAN 150 or higher (4 semester hours)

Note that students studying Latin, Greek, or languages not offered at Wittenberg may
take an English-language culture or literature course in the Languages department to
fulfill the requirement.

History Major / Social Studies Licensure: Students will major in history and minor in Education. Requires advising from Education Department and admission into Social Studies Licensure Program. History Department requirements: Thirty-six hours in history: 106, 202, 203, 221 or equivalent course, 222 or equivalent course, 390, 411, and two additional courses at the 300-400 level. Courses also required in Education, Political Science and other related areas.

History Minor: 20 hours in History: two courses at the 100/200 level; two courses at the 300/400 level; and another course at any level

Required Tools of the Trade:

All majors are required to own a copy of the latest edition of Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. All upper-level classes require students to use Turabian for paper citation.