History

Program Structure

Below is a sample History program overview. For a more specific program overview, consult the Academic Catalog for your year.

Patrick Henry College structures its academic program around its distinctive, classical liberal arts Core Curriculum consisting of 63 credits plus foreign language. Building on the foundation of PHC’s exceptional Core, History students will take:

6 credits of history courses

8 credits of apprenticeship courses

33 credits of major electives

11 credits of open electives

Major Courses (47 credits)

Robert Spinney, classroom, history, 2

 

History Courses

(6 credits)

Historical Research

Historiography

 

Apprenticeship Courses

(8 credits)

Directed Research & Writing: Senior Thesis 

 

Major Electives

(33 credits)

American/European HistoryHistory Major

Classical History

Historical Studies, non-Western

History Courses

Additional Upper Level Electives

 

Open Electives

(11 credits)

Credit earned in the attainment of foreign language ability may be applied to Open Electives.

 

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