UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


 HY. 484.-The Near East in Modern Times. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequi-
site: 12 hours of social science including HY. 201-202. Not offered 1952-53.
 Developments in the Balkan Peninsula and the Near and Middle East during the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The forces of nationalism and imperialism in the
Balkan states, Turkey, and the Arab lands.
 HY. 491 (Formerly SCS. 491).-Masterpieces in the Social Sciences. 3
hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: Senior standing and a major in one of the social
sciences. Identical with SY. 491, ES. 491, and PCL. 491. Offered 1.
 A reading course for advanced undergraduate students. Enrollment limited to
students having the approval of their adviser in the major field and the course chair-
man. Selected works of representative authors who have contributed most to the
fields of economics, history, sociology, political science, geography, and anthropology
will be read and evaluated.
 HY. 492 (Formerly SCS. 492) .-Masterpieces in the Social Sciences. 3
hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: Senior standing and a major in one of the social
sciences. Identical with SY. 492, ES. 492, and PCL. 492. Offered 2.
 The second half of the course HY. 491-492.

 GRADUATE COURSES
 Graduate students desiring to take work leading to the degrees of Master of Arts
and Doctor of Philosophy must have completed an undergraduate major in History of
not less than 24 hours or 36 hours in the social sciences, 18 of which were in History.
 For the M. A. degree, a minimum of 24 hours of course work is required, 12 to 18
hours of which must be in history and 6 to 12 hours in a separate but related discipline.
An acceptable thesis must be presented and a proficiency in reading one foreign lan-
guage be demonstrated. No credit earned in HY. 500 may be counted in fulfillment
of the 24 hour requirement for the M. A. degree. A mastery of one field of history,
at least one course in a field of History related to the area of primary concentration,
and HY. 503 are minimum requirements for the degree.
 For the Ph.D. degree, the primary area of History must be United States History
 or Latin-American History and the dissertation must be in one of these fields. A mas-
 tery of five of the following fields of History is required for the doctorate: (1) United
 States to 1815, (2) United States since 1815, (3) Colonial Latin America, (4) Re-
 publican Latin America, (5) Ancient, (6) Medieval, (7) Modern Europe, (8) English,
 (9) Asiatic. A reading knowledge of French and German is required, unless the
 student's graduate supervisory committee recommends the substitution of another lan-
 guage for either French or German. A minor must be offered in a field other than
 history, and although a minimum of 12 hours will be necessary, the graduate com-
 mittee of advisers will determine the requirement for the minor.

 HY. 500.-Thesis. Variable credit, maximum 6 hours. Credits earned for
 HY. 500 cannot be used to meet any of the 24 hours required for the degree
 of Master of Arts. Prerequisite: 12 hours of graduate credit. Offered 1, 2, 3.
 Directed research and writing.
 HY. 503.-Introduction to Historical Research. Required of all graduate
 majors. Offered 1.
 The basic elements of historical method, bibliography and historiography.

The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.