Advisement for General Education Students and Department Majors and Minors

• Freshmen should be advised to take either American History (HIS 105) or Survey of American Government (POSC205) second semester of their freshman year.
• Students may decide to take HIS105 American History in their first semester as freshmen or in the second semester. Students may take HIS207 in the Spring Semester, HIS208 in the Fall Semester of their sophomore year, and begin taking advanced courses in History in the Spring Semester of their sophomore year.

History Department Majors
(History, Social Science, Social Science: Secondary Ed, Social Science: Political Science, Humanities: History, Social Science: Other Emphases, for example Sociology, Anthropology, Journalism?) should take World Civilizations I and II in sequence.

• History Department Majors must have passed World Civilizations I and World Civilizations II (or West and the World) to enroll in 300 or 400 level classes.
• All History majors and minors will have to take their writing competency exam before their first semester as juniors.
• The History Department writing competency exam requires students to write footnotes and bibliographical entries. Students will submit 20 pages of writing assignments chosen from their history department portfolios from their freshmen and sophomore years. Usually this will include essays and research papers assigned in American History and World Civilizations I and II and receiving a C or above.

Senior Petition:  When submitting your senior peition please make sure to attach a copy of your Degree Audit to the petition. Students can access Degree Audit by logging on to BSI. Follow prompts.