History Department at Binghamton University
       

        
      Undergraduate
      Program

      History Major 
      History Minor
      Honors Program
      Course Distribution
      Community College Planning Guides 
      Broome Community College Transfer Planning Guide
      For students wishing to major in History 
      The Department of History offers a wide variety of courses exploring human 
      societies over time and across the globe. For a major, History requires a 
      minimum of 10 courses distributed as follows: 
      Four courses: one from each of the following areas: (1) United States , 
      (2) Europe, (3) a third area, e.g., Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin 
      America , and (4) world history or interregional comparative history. 
      At least five 300 or 400 level courses, one of which must be a senior 
      seminar. 
      At least one other history course. However 100 level or introductory 
      courses do not count if taken in the junior and senior year. Only four 100 
      level (including no more than two courses numbered 101, 102, 103 or 104) 
      may be considered toward the major. 
      Only one independent study (HIST 397) may satisfy the major requirements 
      Only one major requirement may be taken under P/F 
      Advanced Placement credit does not count toward the major. 
      Honors courses do not count toward the major (HIST 498-499) 
      No more than four courses may be transfer red for major credit from Broome 
      Community College and other academic institutions. 
      Recommended Transfer Equivalencies from Broome Community College 
      The History Department awards credit for Broome Community College history 
      courses within the above guidelines and recommends taking a course from 
      each of the 4 geographic areas listed below: 
      United States 
      HIS 130 – United States History I 
      HIS 131 – United States History II 
      HIS 175 – Local History 
      HIS 180 – Utopia: American Visions of the Good Society 
      HIS 183 – Women's History 
      HIS 187 – The United States Civil War: Causes and Effects 
      HIS 189 – First Peoples: Native American History 
      HIS 194 – Readings in African-American History 
      Europe 
      HIS 100 – The Rise of the West: 1599-present 
      HIS 155 – War and the Western World 
      HIS 156 – Nature and Western Civilization 
      Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America 
      HIS 141 – History of Modern Latin America and the Caribbean 
      HIS 163 – Introduction to Chinese Civilization 
      HIS 164 – Introduction to Japanese Civilization 
      World History or Inter-Regional Comparative 
      HIS 116 – The West and the World to 1500 
      HIS 117 – The West and the World since 1500 
      HIS 188 – Vietnam and America 
      In addition Binghamton University accepts all General Education 
      requirements awarded at Broome Community College and encourages students 
      to concentrate on the writing requirement described below. 
      Numerous other courses taken at Broome Community College can be used as 
      electives at Binghamton University . Other courses from Broome may be 
      approved for transfer on a case-by-case basis. 
      All transferred courses must have a letter grade of C- or better. 
        
      General Education and the Harpur College Writing Requirement 
      Numerous courses in the History major will help you complete the Global 
      Interdependencies (G) requirement, Pluralism in the United States (P) and 
      the Social Science (N) requirements. We recommend completing other General 
      Education requirements before transferring to Binghamton . 
      The Harpur writing requirement consists of 4 writing intensive courses. 
      Students may transfer in a maximum of one composition course (C) and two 
      writing (W) courses. 
      Review frequently-asked questions at 
      http://harpur-advising.binghamton.edu/faq/index.html. 
      Download the most recent Gen Ed checklist at http://gened.binghamton.edu. 
      For further information on required courses and electives, see the History 
      Department Major Requirements at 
      http://binghamton.edu/history/programs.undergrad/major.htm . 
      Please note: This transfer guide outlines a plan of study that allows for 
      efficient completion of the bachelor's degree program with full 
      recognition of transfer credit equivalencies. Admission to Binghamton 
      University is very competitive and satisfactory completion of equivalent 
      courses or an Associates Degree is not a guarantee of admission. 
      If you have any questions about the History major, please contact: 
      Professor Elisa Camiscioli, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department 
      of History 
      607 777-6716 or UHISTORY@binghamton.edu