2019-2020 Catalog and Student Handbook

History, Bachelor of Arts

Requirements for a major in History

Required Courses (9 Hours)

HIST 101United States History to 1877

3

Or

HIST 102United States History Since 1877

3

  

HIST 119/RELI 119World History, From Antiquity to 1100

3

Or

HIST 120History of World Civilization: 1100-1815

3

Or

HIST 121History of World Civilization: 1815 to Present

3

  

HIST 202Professional Historian

3

American History (3 Hours)

Choose one of the following not used above:

HIST 101United States History to 1877

3

HIST 102United States History Since 1877

3

HIST 240American Medicine & Public Health

3

HIST 301Era of the American Revolutionary War

3

HIST 307Civil War & Reconstruction

3

HIST 310/RELI 310History of Religion in the United States

3

HIST 311/RELI 311History of African-American Religion

3

HIST 312Recent American History

3

HIST 315Colonial America

3

HIST 316The American West

3

HIST 317Native American History

3

HIST 319Notable American Women

3

HIST 322American Foreign Relations

3

*THESE COURSES CAN SERVE EITHER THE AMERICAN HISTORY OR THE EUROPEAN/NON-WESTERN REQUIREMENT, BUT NOT BOTH.

European History (3 Hours)

Choose one of the following not used above:

HIST 111/RELI 111Christianity: a Global History

3

HIST 119/RELI 119World History, From Antiquity to 1100

3

HIST 120History of World Civilization: 1100-1815

3

HIST 121History of World Civilization: 1815 to Present

3

HIST 220Introduction to Human Geography

3

HIST 230World War II

3

HIST 252History of Britain to 1714

3

HIST 253History of Britain, 1714 to Present

3

HIST 329European Feminism & Tradition

3

HIST 339/RELI 339Middle Ages

3

HIST 340/RELI 340Renaissance & Reformation

3

HIST 349Twentieth Century Europe

3

HIST 352Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

3

HIST 354Age of Nationalism

3

Asian History (3 Hours)

Choose one of the following:

HIST 260Chinese Civilization

3

HIST 270/RELI 270History of Chinese Buddhism

3

HIST 359East Asian History to 1850

3

HIST 360East Asian History From 1800

3

History Electives (18 Hours)

Choose six additional history courses with a minimum of nine hours at the 300-400 level.

Senior Capstone (3 Hours)

HIST 402Senior Capstone

3

Total Credit Hours: 39

Recommended for prospective graduate school students: Two foreign languages.

Recommended for prospective law school students: Accounting 201 and 202.