2024-2025 Course Catalog
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Code | Title | Credits |
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Degree Core Requirements 1 | ||
HIST 1004 | Introduction to History (or equivalent) | 3 |
History Survey Sequence | ||
Select one of the following: | 6 | |
Introduction to European History and Introduction to European History | ||
History of the United States and History of the United States | ||
Intro to World History and Intro to World History | ||
History of Africa and History of Africa | ||
HIST 2165 & HIST 2166 | and History of France | |
African-American History and African-American History | ||
History of the Middle East and History of the Middle East | ||
History of China and History of China | ||
Gods and Kings in Premodern India and Gandhi in the Making of Modern India | ||
HIST 2004 | Historical Methods | 3 |
HIST 3914 | Critical Reading and Analysis in History | 3 |
HIST 4914 | History Research Seminar | 3 |
Complementary Skills | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Introduction to Data in Social Context | ||
Topics in the History of Data in Social Context | ||
Public History | ||
Oral History: Methods and Practices | ||
Digital History | ||
History Lab: Creative Technologies, Hidden Histories, Informal Learning | ||
Any of the following Foreign Language courses: 2105 ,2106, 3105, 3106. | ||
The second introductory semester of a foreign language not used to satisfy the admissions foreign language requirement. | ||
Subtotal | 21 | |
Major Requirements | ||
Select two courses each in three of the following groups: 2 | 18 | |
HIST Group I (Empires, Colonialism, and Globalization) | ||
Indigenous Peoples and World Politics | ||
Conquest and Culture in Latin American Empires | ||
HIST 2165 | ||
History of France | ||
History of the Middle East | ||
History of Japan | ||
Gandhi in the Making of Modern India | ||
Tofu to Tikka: Food in Asian History | ||
Modern Germany | ||
Colonial America | ||
The American Revolution | ||
Native American History | ||
The Greek City | ||
The Later Roman Empire | ||
The North American West | ||
Roman Britain | ||
The Age of Revolution and Napoleon | ||
French Empire | ||
Age of Globalization | ||
The Rise of Modern Latin America | ||
Russia to Peter the Great | ||
Imperial Russia | ||
HIST 3864 | ||
HIST Group II (Ideas, Traditions, and Cultures) | ||
The Revolution Will Be Televised: Topics in History on TV | ||
Ancient Greek and Roman Women | ||
Classics in the Modern World | ||
Cities of Rome | ||
America in the 1960s | ||
African-American History | ||
African-American History | ||
History of China | ||
History of China | ||
Gods and Kings in Premodern India | ||
Cities in History | ||
Crime and Punishment in American History | ||
U.S. Food History | ||
HIST 3064 | ||
Recent America, 1917-Present | ||
HIST 3104 | ||
Women in U S History | ||
Women in U S History | ||
Murder in American History | ||
Sports in American History | ||
Sexuality in American History | ||
History of Appalachia | ||
History of Virginia | ||
The Medieval World | ||
The Renaissance | ||
The Era of The Reformation | ||
The Age of The Crusades | ||
HIST 3684 | ||
History through Film | ||
Social History of Film | ||
HIST Group III (Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine) | ||
Engineering Cultures | ||
History of Agriculture | ||
Introduction to Data in Social Context | ||
Topics in the History of Data in Social Context | ||
History of Technology | ||
History of Technology | ||
HIST 3114 | ||
American Environmental History | ||
Health and Illness in African History | ||
History of Science | ||
History of Science | ||
War and Medicine | ||
History of Disease, Medicine, and Health | ||
History of Modern Biology | ||
HIST Group IV (Conflict, War and Peace) | ||
Conflict and Security in Modern East Asia | ||
History of the Balkans | ||
History of the Middle East | ||
America at War | ||
The American Civil War | ||
The Vietnam War | ||
The Roman Revolution | ||
The World of Alexander the Great | ||
Reform and Revolution in Early Modern England | ||
HIST 3394 | ||
Nazi Germany: History and Memory | ||
The Holocaust | ||
HIST 3524 | ||
Modern Military History | ||
World War II | ||
The Cold War | ||
Twentieth-Century Russia | ||
Arab-Israeli Conflict | ||
Revolutionary China | ||
Subtotal | 18 | |
Option Required Courses | ||
Select one of the following: | 6 | |
Research/Thesis Option | ||
Option A - Year-long senior or honors thesis | ||
Undergraduate Research | ||
or HIST 4994H | Undergraduate Research | |
Option B - Semester-long project building on work completed in HIST 4914 | ||
Undergraduate Research | ||
or HIST 4994H | Undergraduate Research | |
Any 2000, 3000, or 4000-level HIST course not used to complete History degree core or major requirements | ||
Free Electives | ||
Select remaining credit hours of Free Electives | 30 | |
Subtotal | 36 | |
Pathways to General Education | ||
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse | ||
Select six hours in Pathway 1f 3 | 6 | |
Select three hours in Pathway 1a | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities | ||
Select six hours in Pathway 2 | 6 | |
Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences | ||
Select six hours in Pathway 3 | 6 | |
Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences | ||
Select six hours in Pathway 4 | 6 | |
Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking | ||
Select six hours in Pathway 5f | 6 | |
Select three hours in Pathway 5a | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts | ||
Select three hours in Pathway 6d | 3 | |
Select three hours in Pathway 6a | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States | ||
Select three hours in Pathway 7 | 3 | |
Subtotal | 45 | |
Total Credits | 120 |
Classes taken to fulfill the degree core requirements cannot be used to fulfill Pathways requirements.
Students are encouraged to take classes that reflect geographic, chronological, and thematic diversity. HIST 1014 Topics in Reacting to the Past, HIST 1984 Special Study, HIST 2984 Special Study, HIST 3984 Special Study, HIST 2104 Topics and Critical Issues in US History, HIST 2114 Topics and Critical Issues in European History, and HIST 2124 Topics and Critical Issues in World History can be substituted to appropriate groups. Please see advisor for more information.
May complete 1F with ENGL 1105 First-Year Writing-ENGL 1106 First-Year Writing, or ENGL 1204H Honors Freshman English, or COMM 1015 Communication Skills-COMM 1016 Communication Skills
Requires completion of a significant research project and submission of this project for public presentation or publication. Examples include but not are limited to: 25-50 page thesis, video or audio documentary, web site or other digital project.
Students who completed 3 years of a single foreign, classical, or sign language in high school have completed this requirement. Students who did not complete 3 years of a foreign, classical, or sign language in high school must complete one of the following:
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