Professor John Shovlin is the DUS. He can be reached via email at john.shovlin@nyu.edu, by phone at (212) 998-8639, and in person in KJCC, Rm. 422.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you are a CAS student, you may declare your major by visiting your History advisor and filling out a declaration form. You can find all history forms here. You may also email this form to history.undergrad@nyu.edu
You do NOT need to take the Workshop to declare the major.
If your primary school at NYU is not CAS, you will need to meet with your major advisor in your home school and fill out a History declaration form there.
History majors will need to fill out a Major Planning Form and meet with the History advisor during the registration clearance advising period. Majors will recieve a detailed email with registration clearance dates and other details about the registration process. Clearance on Albert can take up to 2 business days to complete, so please plan accordingly.
Students enrolled in order departments are still encouraged to stop by History registration clearance in order to go over their requirements. Students who are abroad may email their registration worksheets to history.undergrad@nyu.edu.
No need to worry, ALBERT sometimes organizes History courses incorrectly. If your report is not accurate, please contact your History advisor at history.undergrad@nyu.edu or 212-998-8647 to correct this.
You do NOT have to take any introductory courses. You are only permitted to take up to 4 introductory courses to count toward the major, and 1 introductory course to count towards the minor.
In the history department, advanced courses have course numbers of HIST-UA 100 and above. Introductory courses are course numbers between HIST-UA 1 – 99.
Introductory courses cover broad perspectives of issues or time periods, while advanced courses deal with more specific themes in greater depth.
No pass/fail courses may be counted toward the history major or minor.
Yes, you should try to register under the HIST-UA course number in order for it to show up automatically under your major/minor. You may contact your History advisor with questions.
History majors may double count up to two cross-listed courses to count toward the History major; but be sure to check the policy of your other major/minor departments.
The only History courses with prerequisites are Capstone Seminars (HIST-UA 4XX); these courses require that you have taken the Workshop before registering.
Since the History Department offers and sponsors more than 100 courses per year, in addition to mounting courses at every NYU Global site, students are expected to complete their requirements through courses sponsored by the department. In rare cases, however, students can petition to receive credit towards their major/minor for courses based outside of the department. The two most common such cases are (1) students transferring to NYU from other universities, (2) students who have identified courses in other departments that do not overlap with our department’s offerings – for example, ancient Egyptian history. In these cases, majors may petition up to 3 courses, and minors may petition 1 course, to count toward their History requirements. In order to petition a course, you must email history.undergrad@nyu.edu your completed Course Petition Form and the course syllabus.
*Please note: Course Petitions through the History department only assess whether a course may be counted towards the history major or minor. It does not guarantee acceptance of credits at NYU. If you are petitioning a course taken outside of NYU, you must first go to CAS Advising (Silver Center, 9th fl.) to petition for the credits to be accepted by the university. Once the non-NYU course appears on your transcript, you can petition for it to count toward your history degree.
Yes. If the class was offered under a history (HIST-UA) course number or if it was cross-listed with history, it will automatically count towards your major or minor. All classes taken abroad are considered advanced level classes. If History courses taken aboard do NOT have HIST-UA course numbers, than you may petition up to 3 outside courses to count toward the major and 1 outside course for the minor.
Three LS courses may be counted toward the major: Social Foundations I, II and III. Students must take 5 advanced courses so only one more introductory course (below HIST-UA 100) course may be counted toward the major. One Social Foundations course can count for the minor. Additional information on the LS transition to History can be found here.
- Social Foundations I fulfills the Pre-1800 requirement.
- Social Foundations II fulfills the Introductory European requirement
- Social Foundations III fulfills an elective.
The History department accepts up to 4 credits of AP history (1 AP course) to count towards an introductory course for the major, provided that CAS has accepted the credit. No AP credit will be accepted towards the history minor. If AP credit is used toward the major, only two other non-NYU courses could count toward the major.
CORE classes (CORE-UA), Freshman Honors Seminars (FRSEM-UA), and Advanced/Collegiate Honors Seminar (AHSEM-UA) can count toward the major/minor ONLY IF the courses are taught by History Faculty Members. You would NOT need to petition the courses to count toward the major.
Advanced/Collegiate Honors Seminars (AHSEM-UA) are considered advanced level courses. CORE classes (CORE-UA), and Freshman Honors Seminars (FRSEM-UA) are considered introductory.
Independents studies allow students to dive into a specific topic of study with a History faculty advisor, while history-related internships (e.g. UN agency, an archive, museum, library, philanthropy, a publishing house, or an appropriate television program) give students insight into how history can be used in the professional world. No Internship or Independent Study will be accepted towards the history minor.
History majors interested in receiving academic credit for an independent study or internship should fill out an application and return it to the History advisor. You can find the applications here.