History 390 is the capstone seminar required of all History majors. 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 Capstone Seminar, on the same topic and taught by the same instructor the following quarter. Students are strongly encouraged to begin the gateway-capstone sequence in their junior year or early in their 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 gateway-capstone sequences online and in SAC 420.
Note that HST 390 counts as a capstone and not as one of the six 300 level HST courses.
Please note that all history majors must take HST 390, even if they also take another capstone course in a different program.