Registration Note: For the first couple of weeks of each term's registration, all upper division history courses are available to History Major Juniors and Seniors (those who have completed 60 or more hours, and declared their History Major with the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences). All other undergraduate students may also register for any Spring 2012 history course after we take off the ‘POM’ designation Friday, Nov. 4. Graduate students of other disciplines may register for graduate level history courses (HIST 6000 - 6999) this same date.

Advisement Services

If you are a Junior or Senior in History, you need to be advised in the History Department in LeConte Hall. If you have not yet officially declared your major, you will first need to apply to be a History major at the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, in Memorial Hall. If you are not yet a Junior, you will be advised for registration in Memorial Hall, by a Franklin College of Arts and Sciences advisor. You must have completed 60 course hours in order to declare your History major and to be advised in the History Department. Please see below for your assigned advisor.

Advising for undergraduates begins late September for the Spring semester, and mid-February for Summer and Fall semesters. The History Department posts start dates for advising in LeConte Hall each term prior to advisement. It is in your best interest to see an advisor when our advising sessions begin so that you may register at the earliest possible time. Please see below for the name of your advisor.

HISTORY MAJORS - to apply for the Major, go to the College of Arts & Sciences, in Memorial Hall. If you would like to speak to an advisor about the major, please see below for contact information.

MINORS - to apply for the Minor, or submit a Minor completion form, please go to Rm. 220, the Main Office, LeConte Hall. Minor requirements may be found at the UGA bulletin.

Your History advisor - See the Undergraduate Advisor in Rm. 220B LeConte Hall for advisement during the Fall and Spring semesters. There will be a walk-in schedule posted on the door once advising begins for early registration. For late advising (summer) please stop by the Main Office Rm. 220 in History to see an advisor.

HONORS advisor - All honors juniors in history need to see Prof. Willis in Rm. 124 LeConte Hall for advisement. Prof. Willis has a signup sheet on his door each term. If you are taking an Honors HIST 4960H, 4970H, 4990H etc. Summer or Fall you must obtain the application form from Prof Willis during advisement. Once the form is complete, turn it in to Rm. 211 for authorization and copying. Please do this EARLY during PHASE 1A registration!!!!

PROBATION or academic dismissal students Advising - see Laurie Kane in Rm. 211 LeConte Hall to make an advising appointment.

TRANSFERS of Credit - please apply at the Main Office in Rm. 220 LeConte Hall. You will need to submit copies of your UGA DARS (student record) and course descriptions from the transferring institution's college bulletin to the Main Office, Rm. 220, and complete a short application for approval. Additional information may be required.

IB credit, AP approvals - Please submit materials with the following information to the Main Office, Rm. 220 LeConte Hall:
- Full name, last 4 digits of SS
- Email address
- Test Scores
- Course syllabi

Study Abroad credit - before you leave for study abroad, it is important that you contact the office of Study Abroad at UGA well before you leave for your program to ensure that any credits you are may be transferred by submitting their required forms. They also have information on their website on finding study abroad programs.

Graduation Certification - If you have 2 or fewer upper division History courses left to take to complete your major, go to Rm. 211 LeConte Hall for your graduation/major check at any time between 8 am and 4 pm Monday-Friday.

History Paper Requirement

Our majors are required to submit a writing sample for our department to have on file for each of our students. Please submit a research paper in history from each of the history classes you have written a paper for to the advisor in Rm. 220B LeConte Hall. If you have not yet taken a HIST course, you will need to wait until you do so.

Please submit the paper by the time of your advisement session to Rm. 220B LeConte Hall. Please put your full name and the last 4-digits of your SS # on the front page of the paper.
HONORS students should submit the paper to our Honors advisor, Prof. Willis, as the paper will be kept in your advising file.

Faculty Mentoring

If you have questions about history as a career, applying to graduate school in history, being a history professor, or questions not related to advisement and registration, please see a faculty member in the history department for mentoring. Faculty mentors are assigned alphabetically. *If your faculty mentor is out of the country for a semester, you may see another faculty member on the list, or see your advisor for a recommendation. Any student may contact a particular faculty member of their choice if they have an interest in any certain field of history.

If your last name begins with the following letters, please see the instructor listed:

A, Professor Berry
Ba-Be, Professor Chamosa
Bi-Br, Professor Clark
Bu-Cap, Professor Cleaveland
Car-Cho, Professor Cobb
Cl-Co, Professor Ehlers
Cr-D, Professor Hamilton
E, Professor Hoffer
F, Professor Inscoe
G, Professor Kulikoff
H, Professor Lee
J-K, Professor Levine
L-Lc, Professor Mattern
Ld-Ly, Professor Mihm
M-McA, Professor Moreton
McB-Moo, Professor D. Morrow
Mor-Mu, Professor J. Morrow
N, Professor Palmer
O, Professor Pollard
P, Professor Román
Q-R, Professor Sabra
S-Sm, Professor Saunt
Sn-Sz, Professor Short
T-U, Professor Stueck
V-W, Professor Voekel
Was-Wh, Professor Whigham
Wi-Z, Professor Winship