History

Degree Requirements

Area I – Foundation Skills - 3 hours

FSL 101	Foundations of Scholarship and Learning	3
	or
HON 101	First Year Honors Seminar	3

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

Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 9 hours

ENG 101	English Composition I	3
ENG 102	English Composition II	3
	or
HON 110	Honors English Seminar	3
BUA 251/COM 251	Business Communications	3
	or
ENG 225	Spoken Word and Public Performance	3
	or
SPEE 220	Fundamentals of Speech	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in ENG 101 and ENG 102 or HON 110.

Area I – Mathematics - 3-4 hours

Choose one from the following:

MATH 110	Mathematics for the Liberal Arts	3
MATH 111	College Algebra	3
MATH 119	Precalculus	3
MATH 121	Calculus I	4

Area I - Computer Literacy - 3 hours

CIS 170	Introduction to Microcomputer Applications	3
	or
ED 190	Introduction to Computers for Instruction	3

Area II - The Arts - 3 hours

Choose one from the following:

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

Area II - Literature in English - 3 hours

Choose any 200-level literature course from the Catalog.

Area II - Social Science and Humanities - 6 hours

Choose two courses from different disciplines from the following:

ANTH 210/SOC 210	Cultural Anthropology	3
ECON 241	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
	or
ECON 242	Principles of Microeconomics	3
GEOG 200	World Regional Geography	3
HON 221	Humanities & Social Sciences Honors Seminar	3
PHIL 201	Introduction to Philosophy	3
POLSC 223	Introduction to American National Government & Politics	3
	or
POLSC 224	Introduction to American State and Local Government & Politics	3
PSY 201	General Psychology	3
	or
PSY 211	Psychology of Human Growth & Development	3
SOC 221	Introduction to Sociology	3
	or
SOC 223	Social Problems	3
	or
SOC 243	Peoples and Cultures of the World in Sociological Perspective	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 - The Natural Sciences - 8 hours

Choose two different science disciplines from the following:

ASTR 100	Introduction to Astronomy	4
BIO 100	Principles of Biology	4
BIO 111	General Biology I	3
	and
BIO 111L	General Biology I Lab	1
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
HON 140	From Atoms to Evolution	4
PHY 201	College Physics I	4
PHY 210	General Physics I	4
PS 100	Physical Science	4
SCI 105	Special Topics in Science	4

History Core Requirements - 31 hours

HIS 111	History of Western Civilization I	3
	and
HIS 112	History of Western Civilization II	3
	or
HIS 191	World Civilization to 1500	3
	and
HIS 192	World Civilization since 1500	3
HIS 225	Introduction to Historical Methods	3
HIS 486	Seminar in Historical Research Methods	2
HIS 491	Seminar in Historical Writing	2

Students must earn a "C" or higher in all history courses.

Choose two of the following U.S. History courses:

HIS 300	Civil War America	3
HIS 400	Colonial History	3
HIS 401	Jacksonian America	3
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

Students must earn a "C" or higher in all history courses.

Choose two of the following non-U.S. History courses:

HIS 321	Modern Russia and the Soviet Union	3
HIS 322	Asian History	3
HIS 326	African History	3
HIS 435	Early Modern Europe	3
HIS 445	Comparative Empires	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in all history courses.

Choose one of the following Thematic History courses:

HIS 325	African American History	3
HIS 327	History of Women, Gender, and Sexuality	3
HIS 355	American Environmental History	3
HIS 427	American Indian History	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in all history courses.

Choose one of the following Public History courses

HIS 204	Introduction to Public History	3
HIS 265	Introduction to Digital History	3
HIS 302/GEOG 302	Historical Geography	3
HIS 365	Museum Studies	3
HIS 455	American Urbanization and Suburbanization	3

Required History Electives - 18 hours

Choose courses from history at the 200 level or higher.

Students must earn a "C" or higher in History electives.

General Electives - 26-30 hours

Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120.

Total GEC Credit Hours (41-45 hours)
Total Required History Core Courses (31 hours)

Total History Electives (18 hours)

Total General Electives (26-30 hours)

 

120 minimum hours required for graduation.