Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: History

History

Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.

College Requirements:

Degree Requirements 

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Division Requirements:

History and Social Sciences 

Students are required to fulfill the division requirements for their major.

Total divisional units: 4

Major Requirements:

Total major units: 10

Two Units of 200-level Humanities

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
HUM 211 - The Birth of the Modern I

Prerequisite(s): HUM 110 or sophomore standing

HUM 212 - The Birth of the Modern II

Prerequisite(s): HUM 110 or sophomore standing

HUM 221 - Modern European Humanities I

Prerequisite(s): HUM 110 or sophomore standing

HUM 222 - Modern European Humanities II

Prerequisite(s): HUM 110 or sophomore standing

HUM 231 - Human and Nature (Ancient and Early Medieval China)

Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing

HUM 232 - Empires (Medieval China: From the Tang to the Yuan Dynasty)

Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing

Six Units of History at the 200 level or higher (excluding 470):

⇒The same course may fulfill multiple requirements

⇒A maximum of two cross-listed courses from other departments may be included

⇒A minimum of four units must be taken at Reed

⇒Students should inquire with the history department about appropriate substitutions

Chronological requirement:

⇒A minimum of one unit before 1800

Geographical requirement:

A minimum of one unit from four of the following geographic areas

⇒  Transregional/world/global

⇒  Africa and the Middle East

⇒  Asia

⇒  Europe

⇒  Latin America

⇒  The United States/Canada

One unit of Junior Seminar

See “Junior Year Requirements” below.

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
HIST 411 - Junior Seminar

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, and two history courses at Reed

Junior Year Requirements

  • One unit of junior seminar (included in the “Six units of History” requirement above)
  • Junior qualifying examination

Two units of Thesis

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
HIST 470 - Thesis
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