History, BA, History Concentration

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First Year

Fall Semester

FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
HIST 1010 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
or HIST 1017 - HONORS: WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 1070 - WORLD CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
MATH 1050 - FINITE MATHEMATICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
or MATH 1070 - APPLIED ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s) &
MATH 1080 - APPLIED ALGEBRA LABORATORY 2 Credit Hour(s)
or MATH 1610 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s)
LS 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION RESEARCH 1 Credit Hour(s)
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 15-17

Spring Semester

HIST 1020 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or HIST 1027 - HONORS: WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 1080 - WORLD CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
ART 1060 - SURVEY OF WORLD ART HISTORY II 3 Credit Hour(s)
or MUS 1510 - INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC 3 Credit Hour(s)
or THEA 1310 - INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHIL 2010 - INTRODUCTION TO LOGICAL REASONING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
or Math Credits / Units: 3
GEOG 1030 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Second Year

Fall Semester

HIST 2010 - AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or HIST 2017 - HONORS: AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 2010 - AMERICAN POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ¹ Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ANY COMM from COMM/LANG GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

POLI 2020 - STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ¹ Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,2 Credits / Units: 3
HIST 2020 - AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or HIST 2027 - HONORS: AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 2290 - INTRODUCTION TO GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 2300 - WORLD LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 2310 - ENGLISH LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 2320 - AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 2330 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Third Year

Fall Semester

PHIL 3010 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or PHIL 3020 - GREAT PHILOSOPHERS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or PHIL 3100 - CRITICAL THINKING 3 Credit Hour(s)
or PHIL 3130 - ETHICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or PHIL 3140 - SPECIAL TOPICS PHILOSOPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ¹ Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,2 Credits / Units: 3
AMERICAN HISTORY 4000-LEVEL ELECTIVE ^††³ Credits / Units: 3
ASIAN/LATIN/OTHER 4000-LEVEL HIST ELECTIVE ^{†† 4} Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

HIST 4000-LEVEL BRITISH/EUROPEAN ^{†† 5} Credits / Units: 3
HIST 3000/4000-LEVEL ELECTIVE ^†† Credits / Units: 3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ¹ Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,2 Credits / Units: 3
PHIL 3150 - PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or PHIL 3200 - PHILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or PHIL 3210 - EXISTENTIALISM CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or PHIL 4160 - AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or PHIL 4170 - INTELLECTUAL HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

HIST 4000-LEVEL ELECTIVE ^†† Credits / Units: 3
HIST EXPERIENTIAL ^{†† 6} Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVES ⁷Credits / Units: 6
GEOG 3000 or 4000-LEVEL ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

HIST 4000-LEVEL ELECTIVE ^†† Credits / Units: 3
POLI 4000-LEVEL ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVES ⁷ Credits / Units: 6
HIST 4990 - SEMINAR IN EUROPEAN HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or HIST 4970 - SEMINAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††

Total Credit Hours: 15

Total Semester Hours Required 120-122

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^††Major course requiring a grade of “C” or higher.

¹Twelve (12) semester hours in one foreign language (taken sequentially) are required.

² A two-course sequence is required (see GER section of this catalog for options). If the two-course sequence is taken in the physical sciences, the additional three-hour course must be taken from the life sciences, and vice versa.

American History 4000-Level Elective

HIST 4730 - COLONIAL AMERICA 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4740 - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1763 TO 1791) 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4750 - AMERICA IN THE EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD (1788 TO 1816) 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4760 - AMERICA IN THE AGE OF COMPROMISE (1816 TO 1850) 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4770 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850 TO 1877) 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4780 - THE AMERICAN FRONTIER 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4790 - EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN UNITED STATES (1877 TO 1917) 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4800 - AMERICA, THE WORLD WARS, AND THE NEW DEAL (1917 TO 1945) 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4820 - AMERICA IN THE COLD WAR AND BEYOND (1945 TO PRESENT) 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4850 - MILITARY HISTORY OF AMERICA TO 1865 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4870 - MILITARY HISTORY OF AMERICA SINCE 1865 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4920 - HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4930 - HISTORY OF THE NEW SOUTH 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4950 - CRIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4960 - THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION 3 Credit Hour(s)

Asian/Latin/Other 4000-level History Elective

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HIST 4440 - ANCIENT CHINA AND THE ORIENT - HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4450 - MODERN CHINA AND THE ORIENT 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4460 - HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA TO 1820 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4470 - HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA SINCE 1820 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4480 - HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN AREA 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4490 - HISTORY OF MEXICO 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4540 - HISTORY OF MODERN RUSSIA 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4590 - REVOLUTIONARY ASIA 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4680 - WOMEN IN EUROPEAN HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4690 - WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY, (1600 TO PRESENT) 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4890 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4940 - HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST 3 Credit Hour(s)

History 4000-level British/European

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HIST 4090 - HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4100 - HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4160 - EARLY MIDDLE AGES 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4180 - THE LATER MIDDLE AGES 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4190 - RENAISSANCE EUROPE 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4230 - REFORMATION EUROPE 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4240 - EUROPE AGE OF REASON (1648-1789) 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4290 - EUROPE DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC ERA (1789-1815) 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4330 - NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPE, 1815-1914 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4340 - MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY; 1914 TO THE PRESENT 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4370 - ANCIENT MEDIEVAL BRITAIN 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4380 - TUDOR-STUART BRITAIN 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4390 - HANOVERIAN AND VICTORIAN BRITAIN 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 4400 - MODERN BRITAIN 3 Credit Hour(s)

History Experiential

⁶ Majors will acquire Experiential Learning experience by participating in an internship or Study Abroad or writing and presenting an Honors Senior Thesis or independent research project.

Electives

⁷ Majors planning to attend graduate or law school are encouraged to consider a Minor in English, Foreign Language, Geography, Philosophy, or Political Science.