Advisory
Board: Dean Jeffrey Buller, Dr. Chris Ely, Dr. Christopher
Strain
Description: History is a story about the
human past. Through the study of history,
we make other people's experiences our
own. In this way we touch other times and
places and add the knowledge and wisdom
gained by others to our own personal experience.
Studying history is not an exercise in
memorization; it is, rather, a process
of assembling information from the past
and giving meaning to it. It is a way of
thinking about the present that attempts
to make sense of the complexity of contemporary
events by examining what lies beneath them.
Understanding the past is its own reward,
but studying history pays off in other
ways as well. It trains the mind, enlarges
compassion, and provides a much-needed
perspective on some of the world's pressing
problems. History fosters critical thinking,
sharpens reading and writing skills and
prepares one for a wide variety of occupations,
from teaching to medicine, business to
law.
The Concentration in Interdisciplinary
History will provide a general knowledge
of world and U.S. history, and offer a
fundamental training in the theory and
techniques of contemporary historical practice.
While it encourages a multi-disciplinary
approach to the study of the past, students
will also develop an in-depth understanding
of a particular region and period. Each
student's specialized study will culminate
in the writing of an honors thesis on a
topic in her/his chosen area.
Available Options: Concentration in Interdisciplinary
History; Minor Concentration
Concentration in Interdisciplinary History
Concentrators will be expected to fulfill
any of the three introductory course requirements
as well as the introduction to historical
study.
Students must spend two semesters of their
senior year in consultation with their
concentration advisor researching and writing
an honors thesis. The honors thesis is
a document of forty to sixty pages in length
based on the student's original research
in her/his area of specialization.
Course
Number
Course
Name
Credits
Honors
Introductory history courses
9
HIS
3152
Honors
Historiography: Methods and
Theory
3
Honors
Courses in Area of Specialization
15
Honors
Courses in Related Disciplines
9
HIS
4971 or AMH 4970
Honors
Thesis (2 semesters)
6
Total
Credits
42
Introductory Courses: Concentrators
should take three introductory history
courses from the list below.
Course
Number
Course
Name
Credits
WOH
2012
Honors
History of Civilization I
3
WOH
2022
Honors
History of Civilization II
3
AMH
2010
Honors
U.S. History to 1877
3
AMH
2020
Honors
U.S. History from 1877
3
Courses
in Area of Specialization: Concentrators
should choose an area of specialization,
either in U.S. History, European History,
East Asian History, or Comparative World
History, by approximately the beginning
of the junior year. They should take
five history courses in their Area of
Specialization, selected from the list
below.
Course
Number
Course
Name
Credits
AMH
3630
Honors
American Environmental History
3
AMH
4932
Honors
Special Topics in American
History (may be repeated if
topic varies)
3
ASN
1933
Honors
Freshman Seminar in Asian Studies
3
ASN
3006
Honors
Introduction to Asian Studies
3
ASN
3110
Honors
Moden Japan and the Wider World
3
ASN
3413
Honors
Asia Pacific War
3
ASN
4405
Honors
Human and Nature in Japan and
East Asia
3
HIS
1933
Honors
Freshman Seminar in History
3
HIS
4906
Honors
Directed Independent Study in
History
2-3
HIS
4930
Honors
Special Topics in History
3
EUH
3662
Honors
Revolution in Europe
3
EUH
3618
Honors
Sense of Place Across Time
3
EUH
3604
Honors
European Intellectual and Cultural
History I
3
EUH
3607
Honors
European Intellectual and Cultural
History II
3
EUH
3575
Honors
Russia from the Middle Ages
to 1881
3
EUH
3576
Honors
Russia from 1881 to the Present
3
EUH
4930
Honors
Special Topics in European
History
3
Courses in
Related Disciplines: The
area of specialization must include three
relevant course offerings in other disciplines
such as literature, art history, economics,
philosophy, interdisciplinary studies,
or politics. For example, a student who
has chosen to specialize in U.S. history
may take extra-disciplinary courses such
as "American Novel to 1900" and "Government
of the United States." Other FAU
courses may be used only with the approval
of the concentration advisor. Students
are reminded that they need 45 upper-level
(3000 or 4000-level) credits to graduate.
Course
Number
Course
Name
Credits
AML
2010
Honors
American Literature to 1865
3
AML
2022
Honors
American Literature: 1865-1945
3
AML
2053
Honors
American Literature: 1945-present
3
AML
3111
Honors
American Novel to 1900
3
AML
3121
Honors
American Novel since 1900
3
AML
4640
Honors
American Indian Literature
3
AML
3452
Honors
Environmental Imagination in
American Literature and Culture
3
ARH
4930
Honors
Special Topics in Art History
3
CLA
4436
Honors
Ancient Greece
3
ENL
2012
Honors
British Literature to 1798
3
ENL
2022
Honors
British Literature since 1798
3
HUM
2211
Honors
Intellectual Traditions I:
from Antiquity to Modernity
3
HUM
2230
Honors
Intellectual Traditions II
3
SPT
2530
Honors
Hispanic Cultures and Civilizations
3
AFS
2250
Honors
Introduction to African Studies
3
AMS
3003
Honors
Colloquium in American Studies
3
WST
3015
Honors
Introduction to Women's Studies
3
IDS
3932
Honors
History and Literature of Imperialism
3
ANT
4930
Honors
Collective Memory, History
and Culture
3
ECO
3303
Honors
History of Economic Thought
3
ECS
3013
Honors
International Economic Development
3
CPO
3003
Honors
Comparative Politics
3
INR
2002
Honors
World Politics
3
CPO
4303
Honors
Latin American Politics
3
CPO
4305
Honors
Religion and Politics in Latin
America
3
INR
3102
Honors
American Foreign Policy
3
INR
3248
Honors
Exporting Democracy: US Policy
Toward Latin America in the
Twentieth Century
3
POS
1041
Honors
Government of the United States
3
POS
3691
Honors
Law and American Society
3
POS
4603
Honors
Constitutional Law 1
3
POS
4604
Honors
Constitutional Law 2
3
PHH
3100
Honors
Ancient Greek Philosophy
3
PHH
3400
Honors
Modern Philosophy 1
3
PHH
3442
Honors
Modern Philosophy 2
3
POS
4685
Honors
American Legal Development
3
PHP
3502
Honors
Hegel's Political Philosophy
3
POT
3022
Honors
History of Political Thought
1
3
POT
3023
Honors
History of Political Thought
2
3
ARH
4930
Honors
Special Topics in Art History
3
PSY
4930
History
and Systems of Psychology
3
Minor concentration in History (15 credit hours):
At least 9 hours of coursework in history must be at the 3000 or 4000 level; 6 hours may be at a lower level, for a total of 15 credit hours. Students must have at least a 2.0 grade point average in courses taken for the minor concentration.
At least 50% of upper level credits must be from Honors College courses.
Requirements:
At least two history courses at the 1000-2000 level
At least three history courses at the 3000-4000 level
