History and Philosophy, BA (Boston)
Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston128 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source
Official catalog page for this program
BA Language Requirements
12 semester hours.
From the catalog
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
History Colloquium
History Seminar and Historical Writing
Pre-1800 History Elective
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- HIST 1100 — Law and History
- HIST 1185 — Introduction to Middle Eastern History
- HIST 1187 — Introduction to Latin American History
- HIST 1218 — Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
- HIST 1252 — Japanese Literature and Culture
- HIST 1272 — Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
- HIST 1389 — History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
- HIST 2330 — Colonial and Revolutionary America
- HIST 2370 — Renaissance to Enlightenment
- HIST 2375 — The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
- HIST 2390 — Africa and the World in Early Times
- HIST 3334 — Assassinations in World History
History Elective
8 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete two courses at any level in any field.
Introductory Level Elective
4 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete one course from the 1000 level (excluding HIST 1200 and HIST 1201).
Intermediate/Advanced History Cluster
4 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete minimum of one history course numbered 2000 to 2999 (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302).
Advanced History Elective
4 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete minimum of one history course numbered 3000 to 4999 (excluding HIST 4701).
History Capstone Seminar or Senior Project
- HIST 4701 — Capstone Seminar
Philosophy Required Courses
Advanced Philosophy Electives
8 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete two PHIL courses with a designation of 3000 or above not used to satisfy another requirement, with at least one at 4000 or 5000 level, excluding PHIL 5110.
Critical Philosophy Elective
From the catalog
Take one of the following courses not used to fulfill other requirements:
- One of:
- AFCS 1101 — Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
- PHIL 1104 — Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
- PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- PHIL 2155 — Human Rights
- PHIL 2410 — Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
- PHIL 2619 — Race and Religion in Film
- PHIL 3492 — Indigenous Philosophy
- PHIL 3500 — Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
- PHIL 3512 — Religion, Race, and Politics
- PHIL 3822 — Philosophy of Race and Racism
Philosophy Electives
48 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete three additional PHIL courses not used to satisfy other requirements.
Integrative Courses
From the catalog
Complete one of the following not used to meet another requirement:
Substitutions
Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:
Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under history-and-philosophy-ba-boston, and the official page is the authority.