<p>I don’t believe that the history grad program at Harvard formally requires a history major or a specific number of history credit hours.</p>
<p>Now, obviously, it is extremely difficult for anybody to get admitted into their program, and especially so if you don’t have a strong background in history. Nevertheless, I don’t believe that the program has any specific admissions requirements. I believe that, in theory, you could get admitted to the program without having taken a single course in history, although that would obviously be extremely rare.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~history/GRpros_admis.cgi[/url]”>Harvard University | History Department;
<p>I believe the same is true for Yale in having no formal requirements.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.yale.edu/history/gradprogram.html#admissions[/url]”>http://www.yale.edu/history/gradprogram.html#admissions</a></p>