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2025-26 Catalog 
    
2025-26 Catalog

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:

  

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Division Requirements:

  

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

Total divisional units: 4

Major Requirements:


Total major units: 10

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.

Junior Year Requirements


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

Two units of Thesis