History Major

36 credit hours

Required Courses: 18 credit hours

HIST 110	Western Civilization I (WT)	3
HIST 111	Western Civilization II (WT)	3
HIST 120	American Experience to 1877 (US)	3
HIST 121	American Experience Since 1877 (US)	3
HIST 251	Methods and Philosophies of History (C)(W)	3
HIST 490	History Thesis Seminar (W)	3

Take One American History Course: 3 credit hours

HIST 214	Confederates in the Attic (US)	3
HIST 215	Flappers, Fundamentalists, FDR: US Experience 1919-1945	3
HIST 218	The Search for Equality: The United States since World War II (US)	3
HIST 274	Pluralism and Identity in American Religion, 1877-1929 (RT)	3
HIST 300	Revolutionary America (W)	3

Take One European History Course: 3 credit hours

HIST 225	A Revolutionary Time: Europe During the Modern Era (WT)	3
HIST 345	Ireland North and South: From Revolutionary Era to Troubled Times 1798-1998	3

Take One Latin American History Course: 3 credit hours

HIST 161	Latin America at the Movies (PW)	3
HIST 230	Cultural History of Mexico (PW)	3
HIST 261	History of Latin America 1450-2010 (PW)	3

Required Elective Courses: 9 credit hours

 

HIST

History Elective courses

9

History Sample Plan of Study

Following is one possible way to complete the major.  

Students should fill in gaps with coursework required for the core curriculum and other majors/minors to take an average of 14 credit hours each fall and spring, and 3-4 credit hours each Interim.  Total credit hours needs to be 124 for degree completion.

First Year

Fall Semester

FYS 110	First Year Seminar I (FS)	4
HIST 110	Western Civilization I (WT)	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

HIST 111	Western Civilization II (WT)	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Second Year

Fall Semester

HIST 120	American Experience to 1877 (US)	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

HIST 121	American Experience Since 1877 (US)	3
HIST	Elective course	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Third Year

Fall Semester

HIST	Elective course	3
HIST	Elective course	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

HIST 251	Methods and Philosophies of History (C)(W)	3
HIST	Elective course	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

HIST 490	History Thesis Seminar (W)	3
HIST	Elective course	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course

3-4

Spring Semester

HIST	Elective course	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4