college history major ?

Question

I'm looking at possibly majoring in history in college, but I would like to know more information about it. When you major in history, do you study the history of EVERYTHING (the entire world, civilizations, cultures, etc.)? Or are there smaller majors under a history heading (like an American history major, a european history major, etc.). I don't see how someone could be required to learn the entire history of everything, so hopefully I'm going in the right direction here? Are there specific concentrations you can choose to study (like American history?) I know there is an American Studies major out there too but in my case that may not be an option. Does anyone have any info?

Answer 1

there will be some core requirements, but there will probably also be electives (such as 15 credit hours in upper level history courses of your choice) so you pick what you are interested in. At the undergraduate level though, there usually isn't anything that will designate you beyond History. Even if you load up on US history courses as opposed to European history or Asian history etc. Most undergraduate (BA/BS) degrees would just be in history not US History or Asian History. There are non-history majors though that involve a great deal of history course work though such as Women's studies, African-American Studies, Latin-American studies, etc. Because they often require some history, some students do a double major one in history and one in say, Women's Studies.

If you are planning on teaching (say Secondary Ed) with a history degree, I would recommend you do the double major and also do Poly Sci or Sociology or Geography or some other social science that will allow you greater opportunity to teach more subjects (attractive to budget strapped schools...although it means you would have to work that much harder in school and once you were teaching!)

Answer 2

Most history majors require a core portion of history classes.

Let's examine my school:

1 course must be in World History; 1 in European; 1 in American.

2 courses must deal with the period pre-1800 history

2 must be 200-level

After that, you can take whatever you'd like, as long as it is a history dept course. So, you could concentrate on European history, American history, African history, etc.

Does this help?

Answer 3

I am answering this question based on my experience:

When you are done taking the "requirements" and basic classes and enter upper college, you choose your field. If you like American History, take more classes in that. If you prefer European History, go that route. Your college or university should list the requirements for majors and how many classes/hours are required.

Answer 4

maximum historic previous majors require a center element of historic previous categories. enable's evaluate my training: a million direction must be in international historic previous; a million in eu; a million in American. 2 courses ought to deal with the era pre-1800 historic previous 2 must be two hundred-degree After that, you will take something you decide on, goodbye as this would be a historic previous dept direction. So, you will pay interest to eu historic previous, American historic previous, African historic previous, etc. Does this help?