History Program Requirements

History Major Requirements:

Core Requirements

• HIS 223: U.S. to 1865
• HIS 224: U.S. since 1865
• HIS 292: World History to 1500
• HIS 293: World History since 1500
• HIS 491: Senior Seminar

Distribution Requirements (complete any eight classes)

• HIS 309: Jim Crow Segregation, Resistance, and Protest
• HIS 310: Revolutionary Thought during Independence
• HIS 338: Witches, Science, and Enlightenment in Early Modern Europe
• HIS 340: Mussolini, Hitler, and World War II
• HIS 349: Appalachian History
• HIS 350: African American History
• HIS 355: Jazz: History and Roots
• HIS 413: The American Civil War
• HIS 418: The Birth of Modern America, 1890-1945
• HIS 429: US Relations with the World since 1898
• HIS 437: Renaissance and Reformation
• HIS 441: The French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon
• HIS 452: History of Modern Japan

Total major hour requirements: 39 credit hours

Requirements for a Minor in History:

• HIS 223: U.S. to 1865 (meets the Humanities perspective requirement)
• HIS 224: U.S. since 1865
• HIS 292: World History to 1500 or HIS 293: World History since 1500 (meets global perspective requirement)
• Upper-level History Course (300 or 400)
• Upper-level History Course (300 or 400)
• I&I History: US or World