Undergraduate Honors in History

History majors who wish to graduate with honors must meet the following requirements:

1. a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 in all history courses taken, and an overall grade point average of 3.25;

2. successful completion, with an oral defense, of a Senior Honors thesis, which includes earning six hours of credit for History 3999 (Senior Honors Thesis). No more than three hours of credit in History 3999 may be included in the minimum 36 hours of history required for the major.

Successful completion of the above requirements will carry the designation “With Honors in History” on the student’s diploma.

Through the Marshall Plan, the U.S. poured money into rebuilding Western Europe after the ravages of war.  Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin refused to allow the Eastern European nations to join the Marshall Plan and announced in its place a Council for Economic Mutual Assistance.  The Soviet Union had no intention of underwriting the costs of recovery, and the plan existed primarily as a propaganda device.  Library of Congress.