Honors in Major

History major and honors student Elizabeth McFadden worked with Prof. Gregory McMahon to research the Staffordshire Moorlands Pan and life along Hadrian's Wall in northern England. Her work received an Undergraduate Research Award.

Honors for students in the History Major

This is an opportunity for majors to demonstrate their abilities. A student with an overall grade point average of 3.2 or better and a grade point average of 3.2 or better in history courses may seek to earn "Honors in History." This is a departmental program; it is NOT restricted to students in the university honors program.

To be awarded "Honors in History" a student must complete 16 credits of honor's course work within the department. A student must take a course, Senior Honors Theses, during one's senior year besides History 797, the Senior Colloquium. In addition, a student must take one of the following 700 level courses; Historiography, Historical Methods or Quantitative Methods. The student in cooperation will select the remaining two courses with one's advisor. Professor Salyer is the faculty advisor.