What is the oral competency requirement?
Students on the new curriculum will automatically satisfy the university’s oral competency requirement by passing HIST 3001. Students on the old curriculum need to either pass the FTCA 2650 (Oral Communications) course or HIST 3996. To enroll in HIST 3996, you must also enroll in a 4000-level history course and obtain the permission of that instructor to complete the oral competency requirement in that class (professors will usually require an oral report of some kind to satisfy the requirement). That permission then needs to be conveyed to the undergraduate advisor, who will then allow you to enroll in HIST 3996.
