History Program Requirements

History Major Requirements:

Core Requirements

• HIS 223: U.S. to 1865
• HIS 224: U.S. since 1865
• HIS 292: World History to 1500
• HIS 293: World History since 1500
• HIS 491: Senior Seminar

Distribution Requirements

Select three US History:

• HIS 310: Revolutionary Thought during Independence
• HIS 330: Women in the American Experience
• HIS 350: African American History
• HIS 355: Jazz: History and Roots
• HIS 413: The American Civil War
• HIS 418: Birth of Modern America, 1890-1945
• HIS 443: Jim Crow Segregation and Protest in the South

Select five World History:

• HIS 301: Dictators and Democracies: Modern Latin America
• HIS 303: Goddesses and Presidents: Women in Latin America
• HIS 338: Witches, Science, and Enlightenment in Early Modern Europe
• HIS 340: Mussolini, Hitler, and World War II
• HIS 429: US Relations with the World since 1900
• HIS 437: Renaissance and Reformation
• HIS 452: History of Modern Japan

Total major hour requirements: 39 credit hours

Requirements for a Minor in History:

• HIS 223: U.S. to 1865 (meets the Humanities perspective requirement)
• HIS 224: U.S. since 1865
• HIS 292: World History to 1500 or HIS 293: World History since 1500 (meets global perspective requirement)
• Upper-level History Course (300 or 400)
• Upper-level History Course (300 or 400)
• I&I History: US or World