2006-2007 Academic Year - Trinity University

TRINITY UNIVERSITY
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Departmental requirements:
31 semester hours in history including a 4000 level seminar that serves as the Senior
Experience for the major, and one course from each of these three areas: (a) United
States history; (b) European history; (c) Asian, Middle East, Latin American history, and
African history. A maximum of 12 hours from 1000 level courses may count toward the
major.
III. Electives sufficient to total 124 semester hours.
THE MINOR
The requirements for a minor in history are as follows:
I. 18 semester hours in history.
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At least 9 hours must be from upper division.
THE HONORS PROGRAM
I. University requirements
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Departmental requirements:
A. Admission to the program
1. 3.33 overall Trinity University G.P.A.
2. 3.66 average department G.P.A.
3. 3.66 average in the following courses:
a) HIST 3381: Historians and Their Craft
b) Seminar (HIST 4-00, 4-20, 4-30, 4-40, 4-50, 4-60, 4-70, or 4-80)
c) Two upper-division courses in the student’s field of specialty
4. Applications will be made by May 5.
B. Requirements: Successful completion of a senior thesis written in a fall and spring
(HIST 4498, 4499).
A full description of the program is available in the department office.
COURSES
LOWER DIVISION
The following courses serve as introductions to broad areas of historical study; they
are generally taken in the first or second year, but are open to all students.
African History
HIST 1300
HIST 1310
The African Experience
This course introduces students to aspects of African history and their relation to
contemporary issues. The approach is interdisciplinary and incorporates visual and
literary documents. Topics may include the politics of antiquity, the trans-Atlantic
slave trade, the historical development of Islam, Christianization, colonization and
decolonization, with particular attention to West Africa and the Ethiopian region.
Ancient Greece and Rome
Ancient Greece and Rome
A historical introduction to selected aspects of the political, cultural, and intellectual
life of the Greek and Roman world, with particular attention to the Greek and
Roman contribution to western civilization.
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