Undergraduate Advising

Welcome to the history major! If you have questions, please email HistoryAdvising@UNCC.edu. We return to fall advising on August 14 at which time you can make an appointment with your faculty advisor via Connect to discuss your major, general education, and teaching licensure requirements. Current Majors

I. Appointments with assigned history advisors (during the academic year Aug. 14- May 15):

• To make an advising appointment with your faculty Advisor go to Connect via My.UNCC.edu. If your advisor has no times listed, please contact them by email (https://history.charlotte.edu/people/faculty). Contact Dr. Peter Ferdinando (pferdina@uncc.edu) in case of problems or if you have no history advisor listed in Connect.

• We will be advising remotely via Zoom. After you make an appointment, your advisor will send you a meeting link. Click on the link at your advising time using a computer with camera and microphone.
• Prior to your appointment, go to my.uncc.edu to view:

DegreeWorks to view your requirements and completed coursework

Course Summary Search under Banner to help decide what courses interest you

• After your appointment, your advisor will email you an advising sheet and Gloria Davenport will lift your advising hold (if applicable).
• For technical difficulties contact ITS (704-687-5500).

II. Completing the History Major

Click here for the History Undergraduate Handbook

How to create a class schedule

1. Follow these guidelines in creating a good schedule; and avoiding difficulties
2. Balance your courses Generally, you want to take two history courses per semester, two general education courses, and one minor, or general education, or double major course. You will shift to more minor/double major courses once you run out of general education courses. Licensure majors must take MDSK 2100 before they reach 45 earned hours.
3. Mix and match easy with hard; fun with boring. Take care of UWRT, MATH, first. Take also one 4-hour course per semester till you run out (UWRT 1104 SPAN 1201/1202; Science with Lab). Take HIST 2600 in 2^nd semester sophomore or 1^st semester junior year. Transfer students should take HIST 2600 after you have taken at least one semester of 2000 courses. Look for a double major or one or two minors early on.

When planning your coursework, keep the following in mind:

1. You may not take two history methods courses (3600, 4000/1/2/3/4, 4600) in the same semester.
2. MATH 1102 or 1105 satisfy the problem solving (math) requirement and are easier than Math 1100.
3. You may take the cross-listed section of a history course for history credit if the history section is full.
4. Licensure majors should seek advice from the COED TEAL office (https://teal.uncc.edu) in their sophomore year and beyond.
5. If you plan to study abroad, you should carefully plan your methods courses (HIST 2600, 4000, and 4600).
6. If you want to do study abroad or an internship in your junior year, start planning when you are a sophomore.
7. Consider summer school to catch up, get ahead, or prevent getting bored.
8. Reading and following up on Department Communications. Check your UNCC email account regularly.

III. Sample Course of Study
This chart offers an example of how to complete your major in a timely fashion.