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:
Required history courses 9 hours
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 the American Deaf Community | 3 |
| HIS 332 | Mass Media & Deaf Community | 3 |
| HIS 333 | History of Disability in the U.S. | 3 |
| HIS 340 | Nineteenth Century American Deaf History | 3 |
| HIS 375 | African American History: Civil War to the Present | 3 |
| HIS 376 | History of the American City | 3 |
| HIS 377 | The United States in the Twentieth 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 Germany and World War II Through Film | 3 |
| HIS 345 | 19th Century Europe | 3 |
| HIS 346 | 20th Century Europe | 3 |
| HIS 380 | The History of Sexuality | 3 |
| HIS 440 | The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon | 3 |
African, Asian, Middle-Eastern, and Latin American history courses
Choose one course:
| HIS 344 | History of the Modern Middle East | 3 |
| HIS 351 | History of Africa | 3 |
| HIS 352 | Social Movements and Revolution in Modern Latin America | 3 |
| HIS 353 | History of Race, Gender and Culture in Latin America | 3 |
| HIS 430 | History of Latin America | 3 |
Other elective history courses