History with Legal Studies emphasis

Degree Requirements

Area I – Foundation Skills - 2 hours

FSL 101

Foundations of Scholarship and Learning

2

FSL 101 is required for new and transferring freshmen with less that 24 credit hours. Students must earn a "C" or higher in FSL 101.

Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours

ENG 101	English Composition I	3
ENG 102	English Composition II	3
SPEE 220	Fundamentals of Speech	3
SPAN 111	Elementary Spanish I	3
SPAN 112	Elementary Spanish II	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in ENG 101, ENG 102, and SPAN 111.

Area I – Mathematics - 3-4 hours

MATH 110	Mathematics for the Liberal Arts	3
MATH 111	College Algebra	3
MATH 112	Trigonometry	3
MATH 121	Calculus I	4

Area II - Arts and Humanities (choose one) - 3 hours

ART 191	Enhancing Art Understanding	3
ENG 210	Introduction to Film Studies	3
MU 129	Music Listening	3
PHIL 201	Introduction to Philosophy	3
THR 100	Introduction to Theatre	3

Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours

ENG 215	Introduction to Literature	3
ENG 216	Topics in Literature	3

Area II - The Social Sciences (choose two) - 6 hours

ANTH 210/SOC 210	Cultural Anthropology	3
ECON 241	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
	or
ECON 242	Principles of Microeconomics	3
PSY 201	General Psychology	3
	or
PSY 211	Psychology of Human Growth & Development	3
SOC 221	Introduction to Sociology	3

Area II - History - 6 hours

HIS 201	History of the United States I	3
HIS 202	History of the United States II	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in HIS 201 and HIS 202.

Area II - Natural Sciences - 7-8 hours

Choose one from the following: 

BIO 100	Principles of Biology	4
BIO 111	General Biology I	3

AND Choose one from the following:

ASTR 100	Introduction to Astronomy	4
CHEM 103	Fundamentals of Chemistry	3
	and
CHEM 103L	Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab	1
CHEM 111	General Chemistry I	3
	and
CHEM 111L	General Chemistry I Lab	1
PHY 201	College Physics I	4
PHY 210	General Physics I	4
PS 100	Physical Science	4

History Core Courses - 27 hours

HIS 191	World Civilization to 1500	3
HIS 192	World Civilization since 1500	3
HIS 225	Introduction to Historical Methods	3
HIS 496	Seminar in History	3

Choose one Early U.S. History Course:

HIS 300	The Civil War	3
HIS 400	Colonial History	3
HIS 401	Jacksonian Democracy	3

Choose one Modern U.S. History Course:

HIS 415	Emergence of Modern America	3
HIS 426	United States History, 1941 to the Present	3
HIS 430	Expansion of the United States	3

Choose two non-U.S. History courses:

HIS 322	Asian History	3
HIS 324	Latin American History	3
HIS 435	Early Modern Europe	3
HIS 445	Comparative Empires	3

Choose one Thematic History course:

HIS 327	American Women's History	3
HIS 420	Southern U.S. History	3
HIS 427	American Indian History	3

Required Legal studies courses - 36-46 hours

CRJ 111/SOC 111	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CRJ 324	Ethics in Criminal Justice	3
CRJ 329	Criminal Evidence	3
CRJ 360/POLSC 360	The American Judicial Process	3
CRJ 410	Principles of Criminal Law	3
CRJ 411/POLSC 411	Constitutional Law	3
CRJ 466/PBADM 466	Administrative Law	3
CRJ 499	Internship in Criminal Justice	1-3
	or
HIS 450	Practicum in History	1-3
	and
HIS 499/HIS 450	Internship in History	10
POLSC 340/HIS 340	The American Presidency	3
PSY 420	Abnormal Psychology	3
SOC 223	Social Problems	3

Choose one course from the following Millennium Issues series:

SOC 390/CRJ 390	Violence in America	3
SOC 391/CRJ 391	Millennium Issues: Pornography in Society	3
SOC 392/CRJ 392	Millennium Issues: Drugs and Alcohol Abuse	3
SOC 393/CRJ 393	Millennium Issues: Sick People, Sick Society: Gambling, Rape, Child Abuse & Other Social Ills	3

General electives - 0-13 hours

Choose sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to 120.