History Major

36 credit hours

Required Courses: 18 credit hours

HIST 110	West in the World: Greeks, Romans, and Knights (WT)	3
HIST 111	West in the World II: Creation of the Modern Age (WT)	3
HIST 120	Becoming a Nation: America's Story to 1877 (US)	3
HIST 121	America Engages the World: US History Since 1877 (US)	3
HIST 251	Historians for Hire (C)(W)	3
HIST 490	History Capstone (W)	3

Take One American History Course: 3 credit hours

HIST 214	Confederates in the Attic (US)	3
HIST 218	The Search for Equality: The United States since World War II (US)	3
HIST 300	Revolutionary America (W)	3

Take One World History Course: 3 credit hours

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

Take One European History Course: 3 credit hours

HIST 245	Ireland North and South: From Revolutionary Era to Troubled Times 1798-1998	3
HIST 310	Great Britain and the Great War	3
HIST 325	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

Required Elective Courses: 9 credit hours

Take three additional History courses.  ART 313 may count toward one of the three courses.

HIST	History Elective courses	9
ART 313	Art Since 1945 (W)(US)	3

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	West in the World: Greeks, Romans, and Knights (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	West in the World II: Creation of the Modern Age (WT)	3
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Second Year

Fall Semester

HIST 120	Becoming a Nation: America's Story 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	America Engages the World: US History 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	Historians for Hire (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 Capstone (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