核心需求
The University Core requirement is a two-semester sequence in history from late medieval times to the present. Every 电子游戏软件 undergraduate must take two courses: a first course on the period between ca. 1500–1800, and a second course that covers the period between 1800 and the present.
核心课程替换程序
请填写 课程预批准表格 for the non-BC or summer Core course and submit it with supporting documentation such as syllabi and reading lists attached. Course substitutions should be requested prior to 参加课程.
最后期限:
- 10月1日 (for students who studied abroad/took non-BC classes the previous fall/春季学期s, 春季学期, 或者在夏天).
- 3月1日 (for students who studied abroad/took non-BC classes the previous fall semester).
核心需求FAQ
All 历史的核心 courses are marked on Agora and listed on the 核心课程 网页. No other courses can count as a Core course unless students receive written permission from the department’s Director of the Core.
We strongly recommend that you take the courses in order—历史的核心s build on each other, and you might find the second half more difficult if you haven’t taken the first. 然而, if you and your advisor feel you have a strong enough historical background, 你可以先吃后吃.
Although students are expected to take both halves in the same sequence, switching to a different sequence at midyear is permitted. 这是, you may start with Modern 历史 I and then switch to Asia in the World II; just make sure to take one first half and one second half, as taking two courses that cover the same time frame will 不 完成核心.
是的, but study-abroad courses need to be approved by the Director of the Core, 我们强烈建议你寻求批准 之前 出国. 请填写 课程预批准表格 for the study-abroad Core course and email the form and supporting documentation such as syllabi and reading lists to the Director of the 历史的核心 at historycore@yinghuiqibao.com 之前 参加课程. In order for a course taken abroad to fulfill the 历史的核心 requirement, 它必须涵盖以上所列的时间段(约10年). 1500-1800的核心I, and 1800 to the present for the Core II) and survey historical developments in a global or world-regional framework; in other words, it may 不 be national history or the history of bi-national relations. For example, "Modern China" will 不 count, but "East Asia 1800 to the present" will. After completing the course and returning from abroad, students need to fill out the OIP Degree Audit Course Substitution Form For Study Abroad. Email the completed form to the Director of the 历史的核心 at historycore@yinghuiqibao.com attaching the Pre-Approval email you received from the Director of the 历史的核心 approving the course 之前 you went abroad.
是的. Core courses taken through the BC summer program can be used to satisfy both courses of the 历史的核心 requirement. 学生可以在其他机构学习课程, but may count only one such course toward their Core requirement. 另一门课程必须通过MCAS.
If you take a summer course at BC and you want it to count towards your Core, 你需要得到部门的批准 之前 你注册了. You will need to email the Director of the 历史的核心 at historycore@yinghuiqibao.com 在注册课程之前. 请在邮件中注明课程编号, title, 课程日期, 以及你想要满足的条件.
如果你在另一个机构参加暑期课程, you will need approval from the Director of the Core 在参加课程之前. 请填写 课程预批准表格 for the non-BC or summer Core course and email the form and supporting documentation such as syllabi and reading lists to the Director of the 历史的核心 at historycore@yinghuiqibao.com 在参加课程之前. The Director of the 历史的核心 will email you letting you know whether the course is approved for Core course credit. As with study-abroad, the course must cover the time 期 outlined above (ca. 1500-1800的核心I, and 1800 to the present for the Core II) and survey historical developments in a global or world-regional framework. Remember that transfer credits from a不her institution, 不包括留学项目, will be given for no more than one of the two Core courses.
- A score of 4 or 5 on the AP European or World 历史 examination fulfills the history Core completely.
- A score of 6 or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Exam in history fulfills the history Core completely.
- A score of C or better on the CGE Advanced Level exam in history fulfills the history Core completely.
- A score of C or better on the CGE Advanced Subsidiary Level exam in history fulfills the second half of the history Core. Such students would still need to take the first half of the Core.
核心价值
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历史的核心 courses examine the complex historical processes that lie behind modern-day transnational relationships, 值, 和想法. 他们向学生介绍重要的历史概念, 方法, and controversies and examine how present concerns shape our understandings of the past. 跨越几个世纪, Core courses broaden students’ intellectual horizons by exposing them to new places, 期, 和观点. 穿越历史的核心, students will learn how to (1) use primary sources to interpret the past and (2) explain change over time.