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The History Department announced yesterday its plans to reduce the number of half-courses required to graduate by two, granting concentrators more flexibility in choosing courses.
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In an e-mail to the department’s 233 declared concentrators, Director of Undergraduate Studies and History Professor Daniel L. Smail wrote that the department will now require 10 half-courses to graduate and 12 to qualify for honors.
The move—which will be in effect for the class of 2013—is coupled with a policy change that will limit concentrators to a maximum of one related-field petition to receive history concentration credit for other departmental courses.
“We hope that you will accept this invitation to explore the rich array of history courses that are taught in many departments at Harvard,” Smail wrote.