Generally, any history course from an accredited institution will transfer, but such a course may not always be an appropriate prerequisite for one of our courses. Please check out our catalog copy. All of the course descriptions with their prereqs can be found there. Your coming prepared will make it that much easier to determine your transfer credits, and may even mean that more credits eventually transfer to the major. Back to the Index Questions about Declaring a Major or Minor in History.
Students begin their majors at different times.
It is not uncommon for native students to be well along in the program by the time they have completed the sophomore year, while transfer students do not declare until they reach the university, most often at the beginning of the junior year. The department encourages students to declare the major as soon as possible. Choosing an advisor is easier than it may first appear. Often the advisor is someone the student has had for a course, and it is a good idea to approach an instructor with whom the student feels comfortable for information about the department and the major. That faculty member may end up being the student s advisor or may send the student to another faculty member who is better able to meet the student s needs.