The Department's seminar program allows small groups of students to focus on specific historical problems and to work closely with a faculty member expert in the field.
The History Department offers two kinds of seminars. First Year Seminars are restricted to first year students and do not count towards fulfilling the requirements of the Major. The wide variety of topics offered each year aims to introduce students to history and to historical procedures, often through the use of primary sources. First-year seminars in History are included in the listing of current seminars accessible from the Registrar's web site.
Upperclass seminars (History 96) are offered on a more advanced level. Your major must include at least one upper level seminar or colloquium as part of your field of concentration (see B2 of the Standard Major Requirements) and one more upper level seminar or colloquium (History 96 or 98) that need not be part of your field of concentration but can be used to fulfill the distributive requirements of the major described in C and D of the Standard Major. Because seminars have limited enrollment and require the instructor's permission, it is critically important that students contact the faculty member offering the seminar at the earliest possible opportunity—even over a year before it is scheduled to be given. Instructors keep lists of students who they have assured admission to their seminar.
