2021-2022 Undergraduate General Catalog


History Major

36 credit hours

Required Courses: 18 credit hours

HIST 110Western Civilization I (WT)

3

HIST 111Western Civilization II (WT)

3

HIST 120American Experience to 1877 (US)

3

HIST 121American Experience Since 1877 (US)

3

HIST 251Methods and Philosophies of History (C)(W)

3

HIST 490History Thesis Seminar (W)

3


Take One American History Course: 3 credit hours

HIST 214Confederates in the Attic (US)

3

HIST 215Flappers, Fundamentalists, FDR: US Experience 1919-1945

3

HIST 218The Search for Equality: The United States since World War II (US)

3

HIST 274Pluralism and Identity in American Religion, 1877-1929 (RT)

3

HIST 300Revolutionary America (W)

3

Take One European History Course: 3 credit hours

HIST 225A Revolutionary Time: Europe During the Modern Era (WT)

3

HIST 345Ireland North and South: From Revolutionary Era to Troubled Times 1798-1998

3

Take One Latin American History Course: 3 credit hours

HIST 161Latin America at the Movies (PW)

3

HIST 230Cultural History of Mexico (PW)

3

HIST 261History 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 110First Year Seminar I (FS)

4

HIST 110Western 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 111Western 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 120American 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 121American 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 251Methods 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 490History 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