Advising

The History Department provides concentrators with a three-tiered advising system throughout their five semesters in the program. Each history concentrator works closely with their history house advisor, an upper-level graduate student who advises all history students in the house. The house advisors are a critical first point of contact for students: they sign off on study cards, review program requirements, discuss your interests and potential coursework, and speak more generally about intellectual pathways through the Department. House advisors oversee the history community in each house and are available more generally to anyone in the house with questions about the Department. 

History concentrators can also sign up for a faculty advisor as soon as they enter the program. With their faculty advisors, students discuss their broader interests in history; what brought them to the program; and how historical skills can be a lifelong benefit no matter a student’s future profession. For thesis writers, their thesis advisor replaces their faculty during their final year in the program.

The Undergraduate Office is the third advising resource for all concentrators. All prospective students meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) or Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies (ADUS) in the weeks before concentration declaration day, and after that concentrators regularly see the DUS and ADUS at formal and informal events throughout the year. The DUS and ADUS hold weekly office hours and are eager to discuss your questions, whether they are general queries about the concentration or specific concerns about progress through the concentration or program policies. 

All pre-concentrators are encouraged to bring their questions to the DUS and ADUS.