History Major: Specialist Track

The Specialist Track offers students the opportunity to “specialize” their program of study on a particular set of issues and themes. The Specialist Track enables students to focus on particular areas of interest in the History major and to develop expertise in a given area, often in connection with a desired career pathway and/or another major or minor. The requirements are:

A total of 40 semester hours, distributed as follows and chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor:

Maximum of 16 lower-division semester hours, including:

• One lower-division seminar: HIST 2000, HIST 2050, HIST 2200, HIST 2450, HIST 2500, HIST 2600, HIST 2700, HIST 2800, or HIST 2910
• Maximum of 3 additional lower-division courses (HIST 1xxx or HIST 2xxx)
• NB: FFYS 1000 sections taught by History faculty may count towards the major; HIST 1xxx courses fulfill the Core EHAP requirement; and HIST 2300-49 and HIST 2400-49 courses fulfill the Core FDIV requirement.

Minimum of 24 upper-division semester hours, including:

• One upper-division seminar (HIST 5000-5899)
• Minimum of 5 additional upper-division courses (HIST 3xxx, HIST 4xxx, or HIST 5xxx)

At least 1 course per geographical region:

• Europe: HIST 1000-1299, 2001-2299, 3100-3299, 4100-4299, and 5100-5299
• US: HIST 1300-1499, 2300-2499, 3300-3499, 4300-4499, and 5300-5499
• World Regions: HIST 1500-1899, 2500-2899, 3000-3099, 3500-3899, 4000-4099, 4500-4899, 5000-5099, and 5500-5899

At least 3 courses in one of the following concentrations (click here for descriptions of the concentrations):

• Public & Applied History
• Law, Politics, and Society
• Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange
• Race, Gender, and Culture
• Environment, Science, and Technology
• Individualized Program

See also: LMU Bulletin: History, B.A.