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- International Baccalaureate (IB) Credit:
History Examination = 6 credits lower division
Students may count a maximum of 9 lower division AP/IB credits toward a History major, as stipulated by the rule of no more than 9 lower division credits of the 30 required for a major. - At least 5 courses (15 credits) have to be taken at Syracuse University. Students with AP credits are still required to take 5 courses here at Syracuse University.
Minor Requirements
You can find a link to the History Minor Undergraduate Requirements and Course Catalog here.
To complete a history minor, students must take 6 courses (18 credits) in history , including:
- 2 courses (6 credits) in lower-division and 2 courses (6 credits) in upper-division (300 or higher), all in a single general area of history (U.S., European, or Global concentration).
- at least 1 at least one course (3 credits) outside in each of the general area areas of concentration .(global, European, US)
- at least one course (3 credits) in each chronological period (pre-modern, modern)
- 4/6 courses must be upper-level (300+)
- At least 5 courses (15 credits) have to be taken at Syracuse University. Students with AP credits are still required to take 5 courses here at Syracuse University.
- Minors are NOT required to take seminars, but they may take HST 301 or 401 if they would likeHistory Department Seminars (HST 301 and HST 401) are not required for the minor. Either or both may be taken and counted towards the minor. HST 301 would count towards the total of the 4/6 courses that must be upper level. HST 401 would also count as the 4/6 required upper level courses. In addition, HST 401 may also count towards the geographic distribution as well as the chronological distribution, depending on the topic of that 401 as detailed in the course description.