Division
of Social Studies
Website: http://historicalstudies.bard.edu
Updated August 23, 2019
1.
Robert
J. Culp (director)
2.
Richard
Aldous
3.
Myra
Young Armstead
4.
Leon
Botstein
5.
Omar
Youssef Cheta
6.
Christian Crouch
7.
Jeannette Estruth
8.
Tabetha Ewing
9.
Cecile
E. Kuznitz
10.
Sean
McMeekin
11.
Gregory
B. Moynahan
12.
Joel
Perlmann
13.
Miles
Rodriguez
14.
Drew
Thompson
15.
Wendy
Urban-Mead (MAT)
In
the Lower College, students are expected to take three or four history courses
covering different regions and time periods and using a variety of research
methodologies. Students are required to
take a global core course before graduation, and preferably before
Moderation. For Moderation, students are
required to submit the standard two short papers, and a paper responding to an
assigned reading. By the time of their
graduation, students must have completed between six and eight history courses
covering at least three world regions and one period prior to 1800. These
should include one course focused on issues of historiography. As part of the preparation for their Senior
Project, Upper class students should take two 300-level seminars; one of these
should be a major conference taken in the junior year that culminates in a
substantial research project.
Historical
studies majors are expected to fulfill two kinds of requirements: general requirements
for the program as a whole and special requirements of individual study plans.
Moderation
Requirements:
1.
HIST elective, preferably HIST global
core course (i.e. HIST 1001 Revolution, 106 Empire to Superpower, 139 City
Cultures, 190 Cold War, or 2133 Atlantic World)
2.
HIST elective
3.
HIST elective
It is preferred
that students take a global history core course before moderation, but not
required. A global history course must
be taken before graduation.
Graduation
Requirements:
4.
HIST course fulfilling the
historiography requirement
5.
HIST 300-level course (Major
Conference)
6.
HIST 300-level course
7.
Senior Project I
8.
Senior Project II
Courses must cover
at least 3 world areas and one period prior to 1800. Over the course of their
studies students should have at least one course outside of the time-period of
the others, and at least one course outside of the geographical range of the
others.
* Please note
that historical studies course are numbered using the following rubric: 100-level
courses are broad surveys or introductions to a field; 200-level courses are
more focused regional or temporal histories; 300-level courses are usually
research or historiography courses. Course level for this reason does not
necessarily relate to difficulty. Some 300-level research classes might be
appropriate to first-year students since they provide 'hands-on' access to
historical materials; many 100-level surveys will still be challenging to
seniors.
Sample Program of Study
First
Year |
Sophomore
Year |
Junior
Year |
Senior
Year |
HIST global core
course FYSEM I (fall) FYSEM II (spring) |
HIST 100-level elective HIST 100-level elective HIST 200-level elective Moderation (spring) |
HIST 300-level
Major Conference HIST 200-level elective HIST 200-level elective |
Sr. Project I (fall) Sr. Project II (spring) HIST 200-level elective HIST 300-level elective |