General Education Courses (31-32 credit hours)

For details on required courses, refer to the General Education Program . Total hours to satisfy General Education Requirements may vary as some general education requirements may be double-counted in the major with departmental approval. Please see your advisor for information.

The History Department offers the Issues in Global History (HIST 1502 ) and the Issues in United States History (HIST 1512 ) general education courses. These are open to all students within and outside the department. Majors may apply 6 credits from general education courses to their degree requirements.

Foreign Language Requirement (0-8 credit hours)

For details on required courses, refer to the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences Foreign Language Requirement . 

Introductory Courses (6 credit hours)

• HIST 1502 - Global Arts/Humanities: Issues in Global History (3)

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• HIST 1512 - Local Arts/Humanities: Issues in US History (3)

History Methodology Sequence Courses (9 credit hours)

The courses in this sequence cannot be taken at the same time.  A grade of C or above in HIST 3600  is required to progress to HIST 400x.  A grade of C or above in HIST 400x is required to progress to HIST 4600 .

Restricted Elective Courses (15 credit hours)

Non-Western History Requirements

These courses also fulfill requirements in the History Methodology Sequence and/or Restrictive Elective requirements. Select two of the following:

• HIST 2002 - Topics in Non-Western History (3)
• HIST 2092 - Topics in Non-Western History (3)
• HIST 2201 - History of Modern Asia (3)
• HIST 2206 - Colonial Latin America (3)
• HIST 2207 - Modern Latin America (3)
• HIST 2208 - Privateers, Buccaneers, and Pirates of the Caribbean, 1523-1726 (3)
• HIST 2209 - Cultures, Contacts, and Conflicts in the Colonial Caribbean, 1492-1898 (3)
• HIST 2210 - Pre-Colonial Africa (3)
• HIST 2211 - Modern Africa (3)
• HIST 2215 - A History of Muslim Societies (3)
• HIST 2216 - The Modern Middle East (3)
• HIST 3002 - Topics in Non-Western History (3)
• HIST 3010 - Non-Western History and Culture through Film (3)
• HIST 3092 - Topics in Non-Western History (3)
• HIST 3154 - Globalization in African History (3)
• HIST 3155 - Health and Healing in Africa (3)
• HIST 3165 - History of Modern Japan (3)
• HIST 3168 - Gandhi and Radical Dissent in the Modern World (3)
• HIST 3169 - Central Asia from 1800 to the Present (3)
• HIST 3176 - History of Mexico (3)
• HIST 3178 - History of Brazil (3)
• HIST 3179 - Authoritarianism in Latin America (3)
• HIST 3180 - Caribbean History (3)
• HIST 3181 - Afro-Latin American History (3)
• HIST 3190 - Slavery, Racism, and Colonialism in the African Diaspora (3)
• HIST 4002 - Topics in Non-Western Historiography (3)

Unrestricted Elective Courses

As needed to complete the credit hours required for graduation.