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Bachelor of Arts

History Major with Undergraduate Research/Thesis Option

Program Curriculum

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Degree Core Requirements ¹
HIST 1004	Introduction to History (or equivalent)	3
History Survey Sequence
Select one of the following:		6
HIST 1025 & HIST 1026	Introduction to European History and Introduction to European History
HIST 1115 & HIST 1116	History of the United States and History of the United States
HIST 1215 & HIST 1216	Intro to World History and Intro to World History
HIST 1515 & HIST 1516	History of Africa and History of Africa
HIST 2275 & HIST 2276	African-American History and African-American History
HIST 2345 & HIST 2346	History of the Middle East and History of the Middle East
HIST 2355 & HIST 2356	History of China and History of China
HIST 2374 & HIST 2384	Gods and Kings in Premodern India and Gandhi in the Making of Modern India
HIST 2715 & HIST 2716	History of Technology and History of Technology
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
HIST 2604	Introduction to Data in Social Context
HIST 2624	Topics in the History of Data in Social Context
HIST 3754	Public History
HIST 3764	Oral History: Methods and Practices
HIST 3774	Digital History
HIST 4014	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)
AINS 3684	Indigenous Peoples and World Politics
HIST 1234	Colonial Latin America
HIST 2724	Introduction to Displacement Studies
HIST 2166	History of France
HIST 2346	History of the Middle East
HIST 2364	History of Japan
HIST 2384	Gandhi in the Making of Modern India
HIST 2394	Tofu to Tikka: Food in Asian History
HIST 2484	Modern Germany
HIST 3004	Colonial America
HIST 3014	The American Revolution
HIST 3174	Native American History
HIST 3274	The Greek City
HIST 3314	The Later Roman Empire
HIST 3234	The North American West
HIST 3294	Roman Britain
HIST 3364	The Age of Revolution and Napoleon
HIST 3374	French Empire
HIST 3554	Age of Globalization
HIST 3594	The Rise of Modern Latin America
HIST 3604	Russia to Peter the Great
HIST 3614	Imperial Russia
HIST Group II (Ideas, Traditions, and Cultures)
HIST 2134	The Revolution Will Be Televised: Topics in History on TV
HIST 2224	Ancient Greek and Roman Women
HIST 2234	Classics in the Modern World
HIST 2244	Cities of Rome
HIST 2264	America in the 1960s
HIST 2275	African-American History
HIST 2276	African-American History
HIST 2355	History of China
HIST 2356	History of China
HIST 2374	Gods and Kings in Premodern India
HIST 2494	Cities in History
HIST 2504	Crime and Punishment in American History
HIST 2514	U.S. Food History
HIST 2544	U.S. South: Pre-Colombian to 1865
HIST 2554	U.S. South: 1865 to Present
HIST 3084	Recent America, 1917-Present
HIST 3105	Women in U S History
HIST 3106	Women in U S History
HIST 3124	Murder in American History
HIST 3134	Sports in American History
HIST 3164	Sexuality in American History
HIST 3214	History of Appalachia
HIST 3224	History of Virginia
HIST 3324	The Medieval World
HIST 3334	The Renaissance World 1300-1500
HIST 3344	Early Modern and Reformation History, 1500-1650
HIST 3504	The Age of The Crusades
HIST 3694	History through Film
HIST 3744	Social History of Film
HIST Group III (Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine)
HIST 2054	Engineering Cultures
HIST 2614	History of Espionage & Surveillance
HIST 2524	History of Agriculture
HIST 2604	Introduction to Data in Social Context
HIST 2624	Topics in the History of Data in Social Context
HIST 2715	History of Technology
HIST 2716	History of Technology
HIST 3144	American Environmental History
HIST 3624	Health and Illness in African History
HIST 3705	History of Science
HIST 3706	History of Science
HIST 3714	War and Medicine
HIST 3724	History of Disease, Medicine, and Health
HIST 3734	History of Modern Biology
HIST Group IV (Conflict, War and Peace)
HIST 1354	Conflict and Security in Modern East Asia
HIST 2184	History of the Balkans
HIST 2345	History of the Middle East
HIST 2534	America at War
HIST 3054	The American Civil War
HIST 3254	The Vietnam War
HIST 3284	The Roman Revolution
HIST 3304	The World of Alexander the Great
HIST 3484	Nazi Germany: History and Memory
HIST 3494	The Holocaust
HIST 3534	Modern Military History
HIST 3544	World War II
HIST 3564	The Cold War
HIST 3644	Twentieth-Century Russia
HIST 3654	Arab-Israeli Conflict
HIST 3664	Revolutionary China
Subtotal		18
Option Required Courses
Select one of the following:		6
Research/Thesis Option
Option A - Year-long senior or honors thesis
HIST 4994	Undergraduate Research
or HIST 4994H	Undergraduate Research
Option B - Semester-long project building on work completed in HIST 4914
HIST 4994	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 ³
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse
Select six hours in Pathway 1f ⁴		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

¹: Classes taken to fulfill the History Core Degree Requirements cannot be used to fulfill Pathways requirements
²: HIST 1014, HIST 1984, HIST 2984, HIST 3984, HIST 2104, HIST 2114, and HIST 2124 can be substituted to appropriate groups. Please see course schedule or advisor for more information.
³: With the exception of courses used to justify History Core Degree Requirements, concepts 1a, 2, 3, 5f and 7 may be met with approved History courses.
⁴: May complete 1F with ENGL 1105-ENGL 1106 First-Year Writing or COMM 1015-COMM 1016 Communication Skills.

Suggested completion of the Pathways to General Education (45 credits) by end of junior year.
Suggested completion of 15 hours of history, including HIST 2004 Historical Methods, by semester in which you have attempted 72 credits.
GPA of 2.5 or above in all history courses by the end of semester in which you have attempted 18 credits of history.
GPA of 2.0 or above in all history courses by the semester in which you have attempted 96 credits.

Graduation Requirements

Minimum of 120 credit hours for the degree.
Minimum of 36 credits in history (maximum of 60 credits).
Completion of HIST 2004 Historical Methods and HIST 3914 Critical Reading and Analysis in History with a grade of C or above.
Students must earn a C- or above for a history course to count toward their major requirements.
Overall GPA and in-major GPA of 2.0 or above. The in-major GPA is calculated using all HIST courses.

Foreign Language Requirement

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:
2 years of a foreign, classical, or sign language in high school plus an 1106 foreign language (e.g., FR, GR, SPAN) or the equivalent in college. These 3 hours count towards the 120 required for graduation.
Complete an 1105-1106 foreign language (e.g., FR, GR, SPAN) grouping or the equivalent in college. These 6 hours do not count toward the 120 required for graduation.