Required History Courses (10 hours):

• HIS 120 - Foundations of Modern America (Foundations F4a) 3-0-3

• or

• HIS 155 - World History Since 1550 (Foundations F3b & F4a) 3-0-3
• HIS 154 - World History to 1550 (Foundations F3b & F4a) 3-0-3
• HIS 491 I - Historiography 3-0-4

History Elective Courses (24 hours):

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 elective courses at the 100- or 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  
• 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)