Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

History and Government (BA)

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 11 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3 to 4

IC: Critical Thinking 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

ID: Scientific Method

 

           

Choose course from approved list

0 to 1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

 

 

 

 

 

 

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

HIST 1113

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transformative Developments in
Western Civilization (1500-present) 

 3

IIE: Government 

POSC 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Government

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

HIST 1111

 

 

 

 

 

 

World History to the Mid-17th Century

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

 

           

Choose course from approved list

6 to 9

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:46-51

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

History and Government Major

HIST 2212Pivotal Moments in Recent U.S. History

3

HSGV 2280Introduction to Historiography

3

HSGV 4480Historiography

3

POSC 1101American Government

3

Total Credit Hours:12
Choose one track below.

Government Track

POSC 3315Georgia Politics

3

POSC 3350Governmental Institutions

3

 

Select six courses from the following list (18)

18

 

CRJU 1290Introduction to Criminal Justice

3

POSC 3300Comparative Politics

3

POSC 3330National Political Issues

3

POSC 3340Political Ideologies

3

POSC 3360International Relations

3

POSC 3370Adjudication Processes

3

POSC 3380International Law

3

POSC 4405Global Issues

3

POSC 4415Criminal Law and Procedure

3

POSC 4475Selected Topics

3

POSC 4500Constitutional Law

3

SOSC 3398Internship

1-6

Total Credit Hours:24

History Track

HIST 1111World History to the Mid-17th Century

3

HIST 1112World History Since the Mid-17th Century

3

 

Select six courses from the following list (18)

18

 

HIST 3000Graphic History

3

HIST 3301History of the United States to 1836

3

HIST 3302History of the United States, 1836-1912

3

HIST 3305History of Women

3

HIST 3310Twentieth Century Europe

3

HIST 3315History of Constantinople and the Roman Empire

3

HIST 3325History of Ancient Egypt

3

HIST 3330History of Georgia

3

HIST 3350Russia/Soviet Union

3

HIST 3390Modern Southeast Asia

3

HIST 4425The Renaissance and Reformation

3

HIST 4430History of Spain

3

HIST 4440Hitler's Germany

3

HIST 4490Special Topics I

3

HIST 4491Special Topics II

3

SOSC 3398Internship

1-6

Total Credit Hours:24

General Electives

General Electives

34-39

Total Credit Hours:34-39

Total Credit Hours: 121