History Major Description and Requirements
We offer a four-year program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in History. Following completion of foundation courses, students pursue different fields of history depending upon their intellectual and career interests. As appropriate, political science and liberal arts courses (up to 15 credits) can be used to fulfill some requirements of the major.
First Year Courses
HIST 103 Pre-Modern Civilization
HIST 104 Modern World Civilization
HIST 203 United States History I
HIST 204 United States History II
Second Year Courses
HIST 200 Research and Bibliography
HIST 205 Historiography
POSC 201 US Government and Public Policy
POSC 202 Comparative Government and Public Policy
Third Year Courses
HIST 305 Topics in European History
HIST 310 Topics in Asian History
HIST 330 Topics in Latin American History
HIST 340 Topics in the History of the Middle East and the Muslim World
or HIST 350 Topics in African History
Fourth Year Courses
Two 400-level seminars chosen from:
HIST 401 Seminar in Historical Periods
HIST 403 Seminar in Issues in History
One of the following:
One additional 400-level seminar
or HIST 405 Senior Thesis
or HIST 510 Teaching Assistantship in History
or HIST 540 Internship in History
