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2012-2013 CU Denver Catalog 
    
2012-2013 CU Denver Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

History


Chair: Marjorie Levine-Clark
Program Assistant: Tabitha Fitzpatrick
Undergraduate Advisor: Myra L. Rich
Graduate Advisor: Pamela Laird
Office: King Center, 562
Telephone: 303-556-4830
Fax: 303-556-6037
Website: clas.ucdenver.edu/history/

Faculty

 
Professors:
Pamela W. Laird, PhD, Boston University
Thomas J. Noel, PhD, University of Colorado
 
Associate Professors:
Gabriel Finkelstein, PhD, Princeton University
Marjorie Levine-Clark, PhD, University of Iowa
Carl E. Pletsch, PhD, University of Chicago
 
 Assistant Professors:
Christopher Agee, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Ryan Crewe, PhD, Yale University
Xiaojia Hou, PhD, Cornell University
Alison M. Shah, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
 
Senior Instructors:
James E. Fell Jr.
Rebecca Hunt
Richard D. Smith
John G. Whitesides
 
Instructors:
Christine Sundberg
James P. Walsh
 
Emeritus Professors:
Frederick S. Allen, PhD, Harvard University
Mary S. Conroy, PhD, Indiana University
Mark S. Foster, PhD, University of Southern California
Myra L. Rich, PhD, Yale University
James B. Whiteside, PhD, University of Colorado
James B. Wolf, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
 

 

The special responsibility of historical studies is understanding the past. History courses integrate many branches of knowledge, cutting across the lines of the social sciences and the humanities, and even the natural sciences. Identifying forces of stability and processes of change, history students develop their research, writing and analytical skills, which serve them well beyond their university years.

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Undergraduate

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR 

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR 

Internships

Students may qualify for internships with the Center for Colorado and the West, Colorado State Historical Society, Historic Denver, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Colorado Railroad Museum, the National Park Service and other agencies to earn credit and experience. Students must have a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA in at least 15 semester hours of University of Colorado course work to take an internship. Three hours of internship can be taken in one semester.

Honors Program

Students with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher in their history classes are encouraged to complete an honors thesis to achieve a degree awarded with Latin honors: cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude. A cumulative GPA of 3.5-3.69 is required for cum laude, 3.7-3.89 for magna cum laude, and 3.9-4.0 for summa cum laude. Students must enroll for HIST 4849, in which they will prepare and submit a research paper for honors review by a faculty committee.

Historical Studies Journal

Since 1983, CU Denver students in history have published this illustrated journal showcasing the most outstanding original research done each year by history students.

Independent Study

Students may take up to 9 semester hours of courses in independent study or internships (no more than 6 hours per semester), with permission of the concerned instructors and an undergraduate advisor.

Graduate

REQUIREMENTS FOR MA IN HISTORY 

PUBLIC HISTORY MA MAJOR PROGRAM 

 

 

 

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