主要的需求 and Information
主要的需求 for Class of 2025 and After
- 1 US 历史 elective (2000- or 4000-level)
- 历史电子游戏正规平台与写作(仅限历史专业3000级课程)
- 2 free electives (2000- or 4000-level)
- 2 LAMA(拉丁美洲,亚洲,中东,非洲)选修课(2000-或4000级)
- 3+ upper-division electives (4000-level)
- 高级荣誉论文或高级学术讨论会(仅限历史专业5000级课程)
主要的需求 for the Class of 2024 and Earlier
- 2-semester US 历史 survey (US 历史 I & Ii (hist 2401 2402))*
- 历史电子游戏正规平台与写作(仅限历史专业3000级课程)
- 1 free elective (2000- or 4000-level)
- 2 LAMA(拉丁美洲,亚洲,中东,非洲)选修课(2000-或4000级)
- 3+ upper-division electives (4000-level)
- 高级荣誉论文或高级学术讨论会(仅限历史专业5000级课程)
* 2024届的专业学生如果没有参加美国历史调查,应该选修两门美国历史选修课(2000或4000级).
历史系为所有电子游戏软件的学生提供三种类型的课程:
- 满足大学核心要求的核心课程(1000级课程)
- 选修课(2000级)
- Upper-division electives (4000-level)
The department also offers two types of courses that are restricted to, 并且要求, 所有主修历史的学生:
- The Study and Writing of 历史 (3000-level)
- Senior honors thesis seminar or Senior colloquium (5000-level)
Ideally, majors should take the 历史的核心 as freshmen. The sophomore year should include The Study and Writing of 历史 seminar. Junior and Senior years should be used to complete the remaining requirements.
高年级选修课(4000级)和高级讨论会(5000级)与2000级选修课的区别在于它们有大量的阅读和写作作业.
没有正式的要求选择一个专注的领域,但我们鼓励你对你关心的大问题进行一些思考. 这种方式, you can explore those questions as you pick your courses, which will bring coherence to your trajectory through the major.
Traditional ways of looking at history courses include time periods (eg, 中世纪的, 早期现代), 方法(如, social, intellectual) or regions (eg, 非洲, 拉丁美洲). 除了以这种方式考虑选课,我们还鼓励你选择你感兴趣的主题和概念的课程.
Some possible ways of thinking about thematic concentrations:
- 思想的力量
思想问题, can emerge in a variety of contexts, can emancipate and constrain, and appear in various media - Political Economy, Law, and Social Order
经济生活的组织,资本主义,等级制度,平等,人权政治 - Power, Politics, and War
民族主义和民族主义,大规模暴力和战争,不平等和正义,帝国主义 - Identities, Inequality and Justice
social与自我, 比赛, 性别, class, 性, social movements and social change, civil rights and social justice - Science, Health, Environment
新旧科学, humans and their environments, technology for better and for worse, medicine and global health - 全球地理位置
oceans, urban history, migrations and diasporas, material culture - 背景下的宗教
世界宗教,过去和现在的多元主义,宗教和种族/性别,天主教徒和耶稣会
Advanced Placement Credit
AP欧洲历史或AP世界历史成绩达到4或5分的学生已达到历史核心要求. If your course audit does not reflect this, please contact Student Services.
Transfer Credit in 历史
从其他院校转学的历史专业学生,必须查阅 Director of 本科 Studies 了解转学招生人员如何将电子游戏软件学分接受的历史选修课应用于专业要求. For transfer of Core history courses, see the Director of the 历史的核心.
暑期学校
电子游戏软件 history majors hoping to take summer school elective courses, either at BC or elsewhere, must first seek approval from the Director of 本科 Studies. When you meet with the Director of 本科 Studies, bring with you the catalog description of the course(s) you want to take. If you are planning to take a summer school course away from BC, it must be at a four-year college or university. 你应该期望获得暑期学校课程的选修课(不是高年级)学分.
记住, 历史专业的学生必须在常规学年至少修完BC大学该专业必修的10门课程中的6门. Anyone desiring to take a 历史的核心 course in summer school must see the Director of the 历史的核心.
出国留学
打算出国留学的学生应该记住,专业所需的10门课程中至少有6门必须在常规学年在BC学习.
通常情况下,外国学习课程可以作为选修学分(不包括高年级学分). 如果你认为你在国外学习的课程和我们的高级选修课一样具有挑战性.e.(它有大量的阅读和写作要求),你应该收集证据来支持这一点. Save everything, especially the course syllabus and the paper(s) you write!
历史电子游戏正规平台与写作是所有历史专业的必修课,只对历史专业的学生开放. Ideally it is taken during the Sophomore year. Taught in sections of 13-15 students, 这门课程是作为一门知识学科的历史入门课程. 这是一门三学分的课程,你将有机会第一次学习历史. 这门课程要求很高,需要投入大量的时间和精力. But the result is gratifying. You will research and write a major paper based on primary source research.
本课程旨在使各专业学生对历史方法有一个共同的理解. After taking it, they should understand from practical experience:
- the difference between primary and secondary literature;
- how to find and evaluate primary sources;
- how to interpret and synthesize the many different works they read;
- how to generate a question to guide their research;
- how to refine the question as they learn more;
- how to compose an argument and organize a paper; and
- 如何修改他们的工作,以回应其他读者的问题和批评.
上完这门课,我们的学生应该知道什么是历史学术.
Because of the small class size, 学生们和他们的同学有很多的互动, 特别是, 和他们的教练, 除了课堂会议之外,他们通常在学期中与他们单独会面几次.
Guidelines require at least 30 pages of written work for the course, 包括一份史学写作作业和一份主要的(通常是25页)电子游戏正规平台论文,以草稿和修改的形式提交.
《历史的电子游戏正规平台和写作》的每一部分都着重于一个特定的主题,解决了这些一般的史学问题.
该系设有国家历史荣誉协会α Theta分会. 所有符合基本电子游戏软件标准的学生都可以电子游戏软件:总体平均成绩为B+(3分).33) a.5 average in history with at least four courses completed.
每年, α Theta分会的教务主持人会审查大三和大四学生的成绩单,并邀请有资格的学生加入该社团. There is a small admission charge, payable to the national organization. 电子游戏软件分会每年为新成员举行一次入职仪式,并选出与教员主持人合作组织各种其他活动的官员. 该分会还为历史学院的一名教师颁发年度教学优秀奖.
有时学生的成绩单不能反映他们是否有资格加入α Theta(例如), because foreign study has temporarily given them an incomplete transcript), 所以有兴趣加入的高年级学生可以在11月1日之前联系主持人.
本科形式
Declare a 历史 主要
To declare a history major, fill out the following form and contact the Director of 本科 Studies.
出国留学批准
To get a study abroad course evaluated for approval, either before or after you take it, fill out the following form.
算上一门课程
To request to have a course counted toward your major, fill out the Degree Audit Course Substitution and Waiver form.