<p>I'm a prospective Government/History double major. I've been researching the requirements and it seems not impossible. However, I'm not sure if I should place out of the intro history courses or not. I have a 5 on AP Euro, and a 4 on AP US (should've been a five haha, i got a 770 on the SAT II, so i'm pretty capable). </p>
<p>I know for gov't they urge you to start at intro courses, which I will do. However, the history dept. offers no such opinion. I understand for the sciences intro courses are a must, but I'm not sure how grad schools look at intro courses for the social sciences. I would really just want to get a move on since i'm double majoring.</p>
<p>Also, I was planning on using the Euro credit and taking the american history intro (since I'm going to concentrate in the american side of gov't and history)</p>
<p>I would say it depends on what intro american history course you plan to take and who the prof is. I took the US History: 1865 to the present with A. Sachs. I enjoyed the way he taught the course because it wasn’t about memorization at all. He gave a lecture, but we had a lot of reading. Our discussion sections were solely devoted to discussion of the books we read and how they tied into the particular period where were studying. There were no exams…just 3 short papers and a term paper.</p>
<p>I enjoyed the course because it made me think critically and I liked learning about american history through the books of the time. There were a lot of history majors in the class who felt the same way about the course and were glad they took it. As you move in to the upper division social science courses, your critical thinking skills will be crucial. </p>
<p>I don’t know if that will help you much with your decision but I just wanted to give you my opinion :)</p>