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From the News column of the February 2003 Perspectives
History Majors and Enrollments Rose Sharply between 1998 and 2001 .
Figure 4: Average Number of Undergraduate Courses
per Department in History Fields by Highest Degree and Institututional
Control |
| |
Average All (N=314) |
BA (N=136) |
MA (N=82) |
PhD (N=87) |
Private
Independent (N=71) |
Private Religious (N=76) |
Public (N=167) |
| U.S.
History Courses |
25.08 |
15.83 |
29.36 |
34.43 |
16.88 |
15.77 |
32.78 |
| European
History Courses |
13.47 |
8.91 |
11.23 |
23.23 |
14.88 |
10.61 |
14.21 |
| Asian
History Courses |
4.34 |
2.58 |
3.34 |
8.11 |
5.00 |
2.32 |
5.00 |
| Latin
American History Courses |
3.19 |
2.03 |
2.99 |
5.21 |
2.91 |
2.13 |
3.80 |
| African
History Courses |
2.00 |
1.26 |
1.78 |
3.40 |
2.25 |
1.01 |
2.35 |
| Middle
East History Courses |
1.66 |
0.98 |
1.53 |
2.93 |
1.45 |
0.94 |
2.07 |
| World
History Courses |
6.65 |
4.62 |
10.30 |
4.86 |
2.64 |
2.40 |
10.29 |
| Western
Civ Courses |
4.58 |
3.11 |
6.57 |
4.84 |
2.08 |
4.61 |
5.64 |
| Other
History Courses |
8.17 |
5.88 |
7.93 |
10.98 |
7.97 |
5.05 |
9.42 |
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