Required History Courses (36 hours):

• HIS 120 - Foundations of Modern America (Foundations F4a) 3-0-3
• HIS 154 - World History to 1550 (Foundations F3b & F4a) 3-0-3
• HIS 155 - World History Since 1550 (Foundations F3b & F4a) 3-0-3
• HIS 491 I - Historiography 3-0-3

•  Plus an additional 24 hours of history electives, including 6 hours of upper-division (300-400 level) courses in United States history, and 6 hours of upper-division courses in European and/or world history. At least one elective History course at the 300-400 level must concentrate on a period before AD 1500, and at least one elective History course at the 300-400 level must concentrate on non-western History.  No more than two History courses at the 200-level may be applied toward the major.

Concentration: History Plus Gender

• HIS 375 I - U.S. Women’s History (Foundations F3a) 3-0-3

• Note: This course may count as 3 of the 9 required hours of U.S. History electives in the history core.

• HIS 402 - History + X Capstone 0-0-1

• Complete either a study abroad or internship involving women’s or gender issues*:

• HIS 496 - Academic Internship 3 to 12 hours

• Or

• WNS 496 - Academic Internship 1 to 3 hours

• *may be taken as part of requirements for the History major or Women’s and Gender Studies Minor.

Required Minor:

Complete a Women’s and Gender Studies Minor .