Mar 31, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

History, B.A.

Minimum number of credits required to graduate: 124

Minimum cumulative GPA required to graduate: 2.0

Minimum number of credits to complete the major: 40

School: School of Arts and Sciences

Department of Political Science, Policy and History

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Major Requirements

The history major requires a minimum of 40 credits and a minimum of ten history courses. In addition, in order to better understand other cultures and conduct research, students must either successfully complete courses in a foreign language through the second intermediate level or its equivalent; or complete two additional approved related courses.

Required Subject Area Courses

Complete one course in each of the following five subject areas.

Pre-Modern Survey

Choose one course from the following:

HIS 1119 - The European Experience: Antiquity to the Reformation Credits: 4
HIS 1130 - World History Before 1500 Credits: 4

Modern Survey

Choose one course from the following:

HIS 1120 - The European Experience: Early Modern to the Present Credits: 4
HIS 1131 - World History 1500 to present Credits: 4

European History

Choose one course from the following:

HIS 3350 - Ancient History Credits: 4
HIS 3355 - Barbarians and Holy Men: The History of Late Antiquity Credits: 4
HIS 3360 - Medieval European Civilization Credits: 4
HIS 3370 - Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration Credits: 4
HIS 3376 - Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon Credits: 4
HIS 3378 - History of Modern Britain Credits: 4
HIS 3380 - Science, Technology, and Society Credits: 4
HIS 3390 - Modern European Social History Credits: 4
HIS 3391 - Women in Modern European History Credits: 4
HIS 3401 - Europe’s Revolutionary Nineteenth Century Credits: 4
HIS 3410 - Twentieth-Century Europe Credits: 4
HIS 3412 - Hitler, Mussolini, and the Fascist Challenge in Europe, 1900-1950 Credits: 4
HIS 3470 - History of Imperial Russia Credits: 4
HIS 3471 - From Lenin to Putin: Russia in the Twentieth Century Credits: 4

United States History

Choose one course from the following:

HIS 1106 - U.S. History: From Pre-Contact through the Civil War and Reconstruction Credits: 4
HIS 1107 - U.S. History: From Reconstruction to the Present Credits: 4
HIS 3320 - The American City Credits: 4
HIS 3325 - History Outside the Classroom: The Practice of Public History Credits: 4
HIS 3326 - Building America: A History of American Architecture Credits: 4
HIS 3425 - Contemporary United States History Credits: 4
HIS 3426 - African-American History from Slave Trade to the Present Credits: 4
HIS 3434 - Revolutionary America, 1760-1800 Credits: 4
HIS 3435 - The Peoples of Early America Credits: 4
HIS 3437 - Civil War and Reconstruction Credits: 4
HIS 3438 - History of the Early American Republic,1800-1848 Credits: 4
HIS 3525 - Environmental History of North America Credits: 4

World History

Choose one course from the following:

HIS 3330 - World History Since 1945 Credits: 4
HIS 3331 - Slaves and Spice: A History of the Indian Ocean Credits: 4
HIS 3335 - World Environment History 1300-Present Credits: 4
HIS 3365 - The History of Muslim Communities, 600-1600 Credits: 4
HIS 3366 - History of Modern Middle East Credits: 4
HIS 3439 - Slavery and Race in the Early Modern Atlantic World, 1400-1800 Credits: 4
HIS 3440 - Survey of Latin American History: From Pre-Contact to the Present Credits: 4
HIS 3550 - Global Empire, Race, and Nature,1750-1945 Credits: 4

Methodology and Thesis

Complete the following two courses:

HIS 3991 - Introduction to Historical Methodology Credits: 4
HIS 4991 - Senior Thesis Credits: 4

Required Electives

Complete three elective history courses at the 2000 level or above, which can include HIS 3000 Special Topics in History . Note that up to eight credits of History internship (HIS 4896 Internship in History and HIS 4897 Internship in History ) can count toward the major requirements.