History Degree
This degree has a Required General Education Core (GEC) totaling 44-47 hours.
The GEC includes courses in:
Area I: Foundation Skills (18-21 hours)
Area II: A Liberal Arts Education (26 hours)
Degree Requirements
Area I – Foundation Skills - 18-21 hours
| FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 2 |
Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours
Area I – Mathematics - 3-4 hours
Area II - Arts and Humanities (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - The Social Sciences (choose two)- 6 hours
Area II - History - 6 hours
| HIS 201 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| HIS 202 | History of the United States II | 3 |
Area II - The Natural Sciences - 8 hours
Choose one course from the following:
Area II - Choose one course from the following:
History Core Requirements - 21 hours
| HIS 191 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| HIS 192 | World Civilizations since 1500 | 3 |
| HIS 225 | Introduction to Historical Methods | 3 |
| HIS 496 | Seminar in History | 3 |
Choose one of the following courses:
| HIS 300 | The Civil War | 3 |
| HIS 415 | The Emergence of Modern America | 3 |
| HIS 426 | United States History, 1941 to the Present | 3 |
Choose one of the following courses:
Choose one of the following courses:
Required History Electives - 24 hours
Choose eight History electives at the 300 level or higher
Social Science Requirements - 15 hours
| ECON 241 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| | or | |
| ECON 242 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| GEOG 200 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
| PSY 201 | General Psychology | 3 |
| | or | |
| PSY 420 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 221 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| POLSC 223 | Introduction to American National Government & Politics | 3 |
| | or | |
| POLSC 224 | Introduction to American State and Local Government & Politics | 3 |
Social Science Electives (300 level or higher) - 9 hours
| ANTH | ANTH Elective | 3 |
| GEOG | GEOG Elective | 3 |
| GEOG | GEOG Elective | 3 |
General Electives….....4-7 hours
Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120.
Total GEC Credit Hours (44-47 hours)
Total Required History Core Courses (21 hours)
Total History Electives (24 hours)
Total Social Science Requirements (15 hours)
Total Social Science Electives (9 hours)
Total General Electives (4-7 hours)
All courses require a “C” or higher.
120 minimum hours required for graduation.