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Core Requirement: Any course in history numbered
below 395 may be counted toward the core curriculum requirement in
history.
Cultural Diversity Requirement:
History 162, 163, 171, 175, 176, 183, 184, 361, 364, 375, 381, 383, 384,
464, or 471 fulfill the cultural diversity requirement.
Advanced Placement Credit: Students
normally receive credit for History 122 or 141 when they have earned a
score of 5 or 4 on the Advanced Placement Examination in European or
American History of the College Entrance Examination Board. (Only a 5
will be accepted beginning with the Class of 2008.) Students normally
receive credit for a 100-level course, as appropriate, when they have
earned a score of 7 or 6 on The Higher Level Examination in History of
the International Baccalaureate Program. No more than two such courses
may count toward the major.
Major
Requirements: Eleven courses in history, including:
Major Requirements: Eleven courses in history, including:
1.
At least three, but no more than four, 100-level courses above 101,
normally to be completed by the end of the second year, divided among at least three of
the following areas (see note 2):
a. Pre-Modern
Europe (109, 110, 111, 112, 119, Humanities I)
b. Modern Europe
(120, 121, 122, Humanities II)
c. United States
(141, 142)
d. Latin America,
India, Far East, Middle East, China (162, 163, 171, 175, 176, 183, 184)
Note: Students who have completed the Humanities Program
receive credit for one 100-level course in either a or b, but not both.
2. One course numbered between 200 and 298,
to be taken at Davidson College and normally to be completed by the end
of the second year.
3. Five or six courses between 299 and 479,
at least one of which must be a topical seminar at the 400-level.
See note (2) below. (excluding 480 and the Kelley Program).
4. History 480 (Senior
Research Seminar), or History 488/489 (Kelley Honors Seminar).
Notes:
(1) One regular course applied to the
major must deal substantially with the pre-modern period
(109–119, 162, 171, 175, 183, 215, 218, 311-319, 321, 322, 414, 415, 416, 421,
422, 475, 478, HUM I
or suitable transfer course).
(2) Most courses numbered below 300 are
not open to seniors; those 300 and above are normally not open to
first-year students. Seminars are open only to juniors and seniors.
(3) History majors may elect to apply
the following course toward requirements at the 300 level: GER 231 (only
the Denham/Holocaust section).
(4) Normally, at least seven (7) of the
courses used to satisfy the major are to be taken at Davidson.
(5) If you go abroad or attend another
institution, you can receive up to two credits for a semester away from
Davidson: for a year, up to three courses. Any history course taken at
another institution for which you desire credit toward the major must be
discussed with the department chair before you leave and after you
return.
(6) Davidson’s
Cambridge Summer Program counts as one history credit at the 300-level.
Candidates for admission to the honors
program in history must have an overall grade point average of 3.2 after
the fall semester of the junior year. Honors candidates must write an
honors thesis in either History 488/489 or History 498/499 during the
senior year. To qualify for honors at graduation, candidates must have
earned an average of 3.5 or above in the major, an “A” or “A-” on
the thesis (History 489 or 499), and an overall average of 3.2 or above.
The Kendrick K. Kelley Program in
Historical Studies represents a living memorial to Ken Kelley, Class of
’63, an honors history graduate who was killed while serving in Vietnam
in 1968. The Kelley Program seeks to enrich the academic experience of
students majoring in history and to encourage them to emulate Ken
Kelley’s virtues and achievements.
The program has three components. First, junior
history majors who have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.2 are
invited to apply to the Kelley Scholars program during the spring
semester. Those admitted to the program enroll in a year-long Kelley
Seminar (History 488/489) for seniors which culminates in the writing of a
thesis. Travel funds enable Kelley Scholars to visit distant libraries and
archives to pursue their research. Second, the Kelley Lecture Series
brings distinguished historians to the Davidson campus. Third, the Kelley
Award annually recognizes the senior history major who best exemplifies
Ken Kelley’s personal qualities—superior academic performance,
self-effacing leadership, and personal integrity.
