Students in all of the HST major concentrations are required to take a pair of linked courses that includes a topical 300-level HST course in one quarter (called the “gateway course”) and the linked HST 390 research practicum , which is also the major’s
Senior Capstone Seminar,on the same topic and taught by the same instructor the
following quarter. Students are strongly encouraged to take this sequence either
in their junior or senior year bearing in mind that the sequences are reliably
offered only in Autumn-Winter and Winter-Spring. HST 299 is a prerequisite for HST 390.
Not all 300-level HST courses are gateways to HST 390 practicum, so make sure that you take the right classes. The History Department posts the sets online and in SAC 420.
Note that HST 390 counts as a capstone and not as one of the six 300 level HST courses.