History, Bachelor of Arts

Coordinator: J. Moore

REQUIRED MAJOR HOURS	33
REQUIRED MINOR HOURS	15-20
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS	48-53
COURSES ATTAINABLE IN GEN ED:  HIST 245

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students will have the ability to articulate the importance of historical causation, including the awareness that all historical events are due to a complex range of causal factors;
2. Students will be able to describe the historical context of important historical developments, involving the interplay of a society’s political, religious and social and geographical forces;
3. Students will demonstrate knowledge of historical periodization (salient common features and differences of people, places and groups in various time periods);
4. Students will be able to articulate the importance of historical continuity and change over time;
5. Students will be able to know and make use of both primary and secondary sources of history in historical research and writing; and
6. Students will be able to identify and analyze key concepts and issues in a given culture.

Program Requirements

Required Major Hours

HIST 200

Introduction to Historical Study

3

American History (Choose at least three)

HIST 244	Survey of United States History to 1877	3
HIST 245	Survey of United States History from 1877 to the Present	3
HIST 314	Making America: Colonization, Revolution and the U. S. Constitution	3
HIST 318	Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST 324/RELI 324	American Christianity	3
HIST 325	The History of the New South	3
HIST 345	North Carolina History	3
HIST 401	Slavery in the Atlantic	3
HIST 402	The Long Civil Rights Movement	3
HIST 411	Diplomatic History of the United States	3
HIST 431	Special Topics: American History	3

HIST 401: May be used in one category only

European History (Choose at least two)

HIST 311	Medieval Europe	3
HIST 322/RELI 322	Early and Medieval Christianity	3
HIST 327	The Renaissance and Reformation	3
HIST 331	Nineteenth-Century Europe	3
HIST 332	Twentieth-Century Europe	3
HIST 380	Modern Germany Since 1789	3
HIST 383	The Second World War	3
HIST 414	History of England to 1688	3
HIST 430	Special Topics: European History	3

Non-Western History (Choose at least one)

HIST 401	Slavery in the Atlantic	3
POLS 351	Politics of Developing Areas	3
POLS 352	African Politics	3
POLS 353	Middle East Politics	3
POLS 355	Asian Politics	3
POLS 430	Special Topics	3
GEOG 102	World Regional Geography	3
GLST 202	International Relations and Comparative Politics	3
GLST 340	International Political Economy	3
RELI 346	World Religions	3

POLS 430: if on a relevant non-Western topic

HIST 401: May be used in one category only

HIST Elective Courses (12 credit hours)

Select 12 hours of HIST courses at 200 level or higher.

Total Credit Hours:

33

Required Minor Hours

A minor selected from any of the University’s offerings.

Total Credit Hours:

15-20

Total Credit Hours: 48-53

Additional Requirements for Transfer Majors

All students transferring under the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement must complete HIST 101 and HIST 102 as part of the General Education curriculum.