B.A. in History

Summary of Requirements

	2020-2021
General Studies	37
Pre-Major Courses	12
Major and Related Courses	24
Free Elective Courses	47
TOTAL	120

Students who wish to major in history must have a 2.0 GPA for admission. Students with a major in history must maintain a 2.0 GPA in history courses with no more than two grades of D+ or lower in major courses.

Required pre-major courses 12 hours

To be taken in the freshman or sophomore year:

HIS 101	World Civilization I	3
HIS 102	World Civilization II	3
HIS 111	American History I	3
HIS 112	American History II	3

Required history courses 9 hours

HIS 287	Research Methods in History	3
HIS 492	Senior Seminar I	3
HIS 493	Senior Seminar II	3

Elective history courses 15 hours

Students must take at least one 300- or 400-level history course in each of the three following geographical areas: Europe, the United States, and a non-Europe non-U.S. area (Latin America, Africa, or Asia). The remaining six hours (two courses) may be satisfied with any 200-level or higher history course. A history major will be allowed to substitute one government course for a history elective in the major. Such substitution must be done with the approval of academic advisors.

U.S. history courses

Choose one course:

HIS 331	History of American Deaf Comm.	3
HIS 332	Mass Media & Deaf Community	3
HIS 333	History of Disability in US	3
HIS 340	19th Century Amer Df History	3
HIS 375	Afr-Amr His: Civil War - Prsnt	3
HIS 376	History of the American City	3
HIS 377	The US: 20th Century	3
HIS 378	U.S. Women's History	3
HIS 381	Gay & Lesbian History	3
HIS 400	Deaf Women's History	3
HIS 460	American Colonial History	3

European history courses

Choose one course:

HIS 300	Nazi Germ thru Film	3
HIS 345	19th Century Europe	3
HIS 346	20th Century Europe	3
HIS 380	The History of Sexuality	3
HIS 440	Fren Rev & Napoleon	3

African, Asian, Middle-Eastern, and Latin American history courses

Choose one course:

HIS 344	Hist Mdrn Mid East	3
HIS 351	History of Africa	3
HIS 352	Soc Mvmt & Rev in Mod LatAm	3
HIS 353	HIS of Race,Gndr,Cltr in LatAm	3
HIS 430	History of Latin America	3

Other elective history courses

HIS 150	Intro to Women's Studies	3
HIS 322	Cultural Geography	3
HIS 323	Geography and the Environment	3
HIS 495	Special Topics	1-5
HIS 499	Independent Study	1-3