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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 ²		6
HIST 2004	Historical Methods	3
HIST 3914	Critical Reading and Analysis in History	3
HIST 4914	History Research Seminar	3
Select one of the following Complementary Skills:		3
HIST/SOC/STS 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/ART/EDCI 4014	History Lab: Creative Technologies, Hidden Histories, Informal Learning
Any of the following Foreign Language courses: 2105 ,2106, 3105, 3106		3
The second introductory semester of a foreign language not used to satisfy the admissions foreign language requirement		3
Subtotal		27
Option Required Courses ³
Research/Thesis Option
Select one of the following options:		6
Option A - Year-long senior or honors thesis:
HIST 4994	Undergraduate Research
or HIST 4994H	Undergraduate Research
Option B - Semester-long project:
HIST 4994	Undergraduate Research
or HIST 4994H	Undergraduate Research
Any 2000-, 3000-, or 4000-level HIST course not used to complete History Core Degree or Depth Studies requirements
Depth Studies ⁴
Select two courses each in three of the following groups:		18
HIST Group I (Empires, Colonialism, and Globalization)
HIST 1224	Conquest and Culture in Latin American Empires
HIST 2165	History of France
HIST 2166	History of France
HIST 2346	History of the Middle East
HIST 2364	History of Japan
HIST/RLCL 2384	Gandhi in the Making of Modern India
HIST 2484	Modern Germany
HIST 3004	Colonial America
HIST 3014	The American Revolution
HIST/AINS 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/AFST/IS 3864	Development and Humanitarianism in Africa
HIST Group II (Ideas, Traditions, and Cultures)
HIST 2134	The Revolution Will Be Televised: Topics in History on TV
HIST/CLA 2224	Ancient Greek and Roman Women
HIST/CLA 2234	Classics in the Modern World
HIST/CLA 2244	Cities of Rome
HIST 2264	America in the 1960s
HIST 2276	African-American History
HIST 2355	History of China
HIST 2356	History of China
HIST/RLCL 2374	Gods and Kings in Premodern India
HIST 2494	Cities in History
HIST/CRIM 2504	Crime and Punishment in American History
HIST 2514	U.S. Food History
HIST 3064	Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1917
HIST 3084	Recent America, 1917-Present
HIST 3104	United States Social History
HIST 3105	Women in U S History
HIST 3106	Women in U S History
HIST/CRIM 3124	Murder in American History
HIST 3134	Sports in American History
HIST 3164	Sexuality in American History
HIST 3205	U.S. South
HIST 3206	U.S. South
HIST 3214	History of Appalachia
HIST 3224	History of Virginia
HIST 3324	The Medieval World
HIST 3334	The Renaissance
HIST 3344	The Era of The Reformation
HIST/RLCL 3504	The Age of The Crusades
HIST 3684	Cultural History of the Soviet Union and the Successor States
HIST 3694	History through Film
HIST 3744	Social History of Film
HIST Group III (Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine)
HIST/STS 2054	Engineering Cultures
HIST 2524	History of Agriculture
HIST/SOC/STS 2604	Introduction to Data in Social Context
HIST 2624	Topics in the History of Data in Social Context
HIST/STS 2715	History of Technology
HIST/STS 2716	History of Technology
HIST 3114	History of Capitalism
HIST 3144	American Environmental History
HIST 3624	Health and Illness in African History
HIST/STS 3705	History of Science
HIST/STS 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 3354	Reform and Revolution in Early Modern England
HIST 3394	Europe Since World War II
HIST 3484	Nazi Germany: History and Memory
HIST/JUD/RLCL 3494	The Holocaust
HIST 3524	European Military History to 1789
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		24
Free Electives
Select 24 hours of Free Electives		24
Subtotal		24
Pathways to General Education
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse
Select six hours in Pathway 1f ⁵		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 1xx5, HIST 1xxx6 or HIST 2xx5, HIST 2xx6 sequence or HIST 2374 Gods and Kings in Premodern India and HIST 2384 Gandhi in the Making of Modern India
³: 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.
⁴: We encourage students 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 course schedule or advisor for more information.
⁵: May complete #PATHWAY-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

Satisfactory Progress Toward Degree

Suggested completion of the Pathways to General Education (45 credits) by end of junior year.
Suggested completion of 15 credits 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 3.0 or above in all history courses by the semester in which you have attempted 96 credits.

Foreign Language

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.

Note: With the exception of courses used to satisfy History Core Degree Requirements, concept may be met with approved History courses

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.

2022-2023 Academic Catalog