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This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.

NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2025-2026 academic year.

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CRWT Placement

CRWT 101 to CRWT 102

OR

CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S

Math Placement

MATH 021/022 to MATH 108-121

NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above. HGS School Core Language Proficiency Requirement and Placement.

First Year

Fall Semester

  • Gen Ed: (or if in the Honors Program) (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed/Major: – (HRS 4)
  • TE: (HRS 4)
  • Career Pathways:
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Spring Semester

Second Year

Fall Semester

  • TE: (HRS 4)
  • TE: (HRS 4)
  • HGS School Core: Language I* (Note: Most languages may count for Gen Ed: ***) (HRS 4)
  • Major: Class in the Hands on History (HoH) category (HRS 4)
  • Career Pathways:
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Spring Semester

  • General Education Requirement: (HRS 4)
  • General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
  • HGS School Core: Language II* (Note: Most languages may count for Gen Ed: *** (HRS 4)
  • Major: Any HIST 200 or HIST 300 class*** (HRS 4)
  • Career Pathways:
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Summer Session

Third Year

Fall Semester

  • Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
  • Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
  • HGS School Core: Language III* (Note: Most languages may count for Gen Ed: *** (HRS 4)
  • TE: (HRS 4)
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Spring Semester

  • Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class***(HRS 4)
  • Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
  • TE: ECON 101 or 102
  • TE: (HRS 4)
  • TE: (HRS 2)
  • Total: (HRS 18)

Summer Session

  • TE: (HRS 4)
  • TE: Any ANTH or GEOG class

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

  • Major: ** (HRS 4)
  • Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
  • TE: (HRS 4)
  • TE: (HRS 4)
  • TE: (HRS 2)
  • Total: (HRS 18)

Spring Semester

  • TE: (HRS 12)
  • Total: (HRS 12)

Total Credits Required for Graduation: 128 credits

GPA: Must be at least a 2.0 (3.0 required for New Jersey Teacher Certification)

General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the :

Social Science Inquiry (+W)

or

Scientific Reasoning

Historical Perspectives (+W)

Studies in the Arts and Humanities (+W)

or

Global Awareness (+W)

or

Distribution Category (Outside of HGS)

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Distribution Category

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(+W): Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.

*History majors must complete or test out of (see the Testing Center at Laurel Hall) the first three levels of language instruction; this includes Foundations I (101), Foundations II (102), and Intermediate Level I (201) courses.

**Writing Intensive Requirement (students must take three WI courses in their major to graduate): HIST 201, HIST 410, and all HIST 300 courses are WI.

***You must take a combination of SIX (6) HIST 200 or HIST 300 courses to complete the major, and at least ONE (1) of these six courses must be a HIST 300 (all HIST 300 courses are WI)

Note that not all language courses will fulfill the Global Awareness GenEd requirement.