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Dec 24, 2024
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2014-15 Pomona College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG] Use the dropdown above to select the current 2024-25 catalog.
History Major
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Requirements for the Major in History
The major in history requires a minimum of eleven history courses, distributed as follows:
- Field specialization: at least five courses in a field, including two core courses for that field. Fields: Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean; Europe Since the Renaissance; United States; Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East; Asia; Latin America and Caribbean; and comparative/transregional/thematic (CTT).
- Breadth: At least three courses outside the primary field, drawn from at least two other areas representing both western and non-western fields. At least one course, in any field, must concentrate on any period before 1800.
- Two of the courses must be seminars, at least one of which must be a 110 research seminar, and at least one of which must be in the primary field.
- A ninth course either in the field specialization or another area.
- A two semester senior exercise culminating in either a senior thesis, senior essay or a senior tutorial in the field of specialization, in addition to the minimum five courses in that field.
Additional information, rules, and requirements:
- History courses not taken at Pomona College may count toward the History Major, unless they are cognates of courses available at Pomona.
- All courses must be taken for a letter grade to count toward the History Major. All history majors must have a history faculty advisor.
- No more than two courses for the major in history may satisfy requirements for another major.
- Students who waive a core course in a field, through placement examination or some other method approved by the department, must substitute another course from that field.
- Students opting to make CTT the primary field must develop a proposal by the end of the first semester of the junior year in consultation with their adviser and subject to approval by the department.
Senior Exercise:
By the end of the spring semester of the junior year, students submit a one-paragraph senior exercise proposal specifying a possible topic, potential sources, and their preparation for the exercise. All majors must enroll in HIST 190 PO - Senior Seminar in the fall of senior year. In the spring of the senior year they enroll in either HIST 191 PO - Senior Thesis , HIST 192 PO - Senior Essay or HIST 193 PO Senior Tutorial . A senior thesis should make extensive use of primary sources and original research. It should normally be 50-100 pages long. A senior essay should be approximately 25-35 pages long. It may be primarily a research paper or an historiographical essay. It may use a combination of primary and other sources.
Note: The Senior Thesis and Senior Essay conclude undergraduate study in history and may only be taken during the senior year.
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