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.

   

  The following courses fulfill a United States history course:

  • HIS 300 - Special Topics in History  (depending on topic)
  • HIS 360 - Colonial and Revolutionary America  
  • HIS 364 - The Early American Republic  
  • HIS 371 - Civil War and Reconstruction  
  • HIS 375 I - U.S. Women’s History (Foundations F3a)  
  • HIS 382 - Public History  
  • HIS 433 I - Recent United States History  
  • HIS 438 - History of the South  
  • HIS 445 - History of American Diplomacy  
  • HIS 450 - Seminar in History  (depending on topic)
  • HIS 460 - History of Rock and Roll  
  • HIS 498 - Directed Study  (depending on topic)

   

  The following courses fulfill a European/World history course:

  • HIS 300 - Special Topics in History  (depending on topic)
  • HIS 303 I - Environmental History  
  • HIS 307 - Meet the Romans  
  • HIS 310 I - Modern Africa  
  • HIS 311 - Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages  
  • HIS 312 - The European Renaissance and Reformation  
  • HIS 320 I - Colonial Latin American History  
  • HIS 321 - Modern Latin American History  
  • HIS 322 - Modern Mexico  
  • HIS 332 - Nineteenth-Century Europe  
  • HIS 333 - Twentieth-Century Europe  
  • HIS 338 I - The Soviet Union and Modern Russia  
  • HIS 347 - Military History of the Western World  
  • HIS 355 - History of Islamic Societies  
  • HIS 356 - The Modern Middle East  
  • HIS 385 I - WI: European Imperialism and Decolonization  
  • HIS 444 - Nazi Germany and the Holocaust  
  • HIS 450 - Seminar in History  (depending on topic)
  • HIS 498 - Directed Study  (depending on topic)

   

  The following courses fulfill a non-western history course:

  • HIS 300 - Special Topics in History  (depending on topic)
  • HIS 310 I - Modern Africa  
  • HIS 320 I - Colonial Latin American History  
  • HIS 321 - Modern Latin American History  
  • HIS 322 - Modern Mexico  
  • HIS 355 - History of Islamic Societies  
  • HIS 356 - The Modern Middle East  
  • HIS 385 I - WI: European Imperialism and Decolonization  
  • HIS 450 - Seminar in History  (depending on topic)
  • HIS 498 - Directed Study  (depending on topic)

   

  The following courses fulfill a before AD 1500 history course:

  • HIS 300 - Special Topics in History  (depending on topic)
  • HIS 307 - Meet the Romans  
  • HIS 311 - Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages  
  • HIS 312 - The European Renaissance and Reformation  
  • HIS 347 - Military History of the Western World  
  • HIS 355 - History of Islamic Societies  
  • HIS 450 - Seminar in History  (depending on topic)
  • HIS 498 - Directed Study  (depending on topic)

Concentration: History Plus the Environment:

• HIS 303 I - Environmental History 3-0-3

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

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

Required Minor:

Complete either a Environmental Studies Minor  (19 hours) or a Biology Minor  (19 hours) or a Geology Minor  (18 hours).