BA Requirements Pre-Consolidation

B.A. Program Requirements Pre-Consolidation

Degree Requirements: 126 Credit Hours

See Core Curriculum for required courses in Area A1 through Area E.

		Credit Hours
Area A1 – Communication Skills (6 Credit Hours)
Select 6 credit hours from Area A1 of the Core Curriculum		6
Area A2 – Quantitative Skills (3 Credit Hours)
Select 3 credit hours from Area A2 of the Core Curriculum		3
Area B – Global Engagement (4 Credit Hours)
Select 4 credit hours from Area B of the Core Curriculum		4
Area C – Humanities, Fine Arts, and Ethics (6 Credit Hours)
Select 6 credit hours from Area C of the Core Curriculum		6
Area D – Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Technology (11 Credit Hours)
Select 11 credit hours from Area D of the Core Curriculum		11
Area E – Social Sciences (12 Credit Hours)
Select 12 credit hours from Area E of the Core Curriculum		12
Area F – Courses Appropriate to Major (18 Credit Hours)
Foreign Language 2001 – Intermediate I		3
Foreign Language 2002 – Intermediate II		3
HIST   1111	World History I: Development of World Civilization	3
HIST   2630	Historical Methods	3
Select 6-12 credit hours from the following:		6-12
ANTH   1102	Introduction to Anthropology
GEOG   1130	World Regional Geography
PHIL   2010	Introduction to Philosophy
PSYC   1101	Introduction to Psychology
RELS   2130	Introduction to Religion
SOCI   1101	Introduction to Sociology
Health and Physical Education Activities (4 Credit Hours)
HLTH   1520	Healthful Living	2
Physical Education Activities		2
Orientation (2 Credit Hours)
FYE   1220	First-Year Seminar	2
Major Requirements (24 Credit Hours)
HIST   4635	Senior Seminar (Prerequisite HIST   2630)	3
Select seven of the following: 1		21
HIST   3130	African American History to 1877
HIST   3131	African American History Since 1877
HIST   3132	Young Republic, 1788-1848
HIST   3133	United States Constitutional History
HIST   3134	American Economic History
HIST   3135	Rise of U.S. to World Power
HIST   3136	U.S. as a Global Power
HIST   3137	Topics in U.S. Women’s History
HIST   3139	History of Religion in the U.S.
HIST   3150	The History of Vietnam, 236 B.C. to Present
HIST   3230	American Military History
HIST   3231	Introduction to Public History
HIST   3233	The Early Church
HIST   3234	The History of Islam in Southeast Asia
HIST   3235	History of Modern Cuba
HIST   3250	The Muslim World to Tamerlane
HIST   3251	The Muslim World Since Genghis Khan
HIST   3330	History of Greece
HIST   3331	History of Rome
HIST   3332	Late Antiquity
HIST   3333	The Middle Ages
HIST   3334	Christian Europe 450-1750
HIST   3337	Europe, 1914-1945
HIST   3338	Contemporary Europe
HIST   3431	Modern Britain: 1485 to the Present
HIST   3432	Germany: 1648-Present
HIST   3434	Modern European Thought
HIST   3435	The Scientific Revolution
HIST   3436	The Holocaust
HIST   3530	History of Africa to 1800
HIST   3531	History of Africa since 1800
HIST   3532	The Modern Middle East
HIST   3533	Modern Eastern Europe
HIST   3534	Modern Southeast Asia
HIST   3536	Russia to 1917
HIST   3537	Colonial Latin America
HIST   3538	Modern Latin America
HIST   3630H	History Honors Seminar
HIST   4130	Georgia History
HIST   4131	Biography and History
HIST   4132	Recent America: U.S. Since 1945
HIST   4133	U.S. Diplomacy: The Cold War
HIST   4134	The Civil Rights Movement
HIST   4135	The United States in the 1960’s
HIST   4230	The Renaissance
HIST   4335	Woman Question” in Europe
HIST   4336	Science and Religion
HIST   4337	Technology and the Historian
HIST   4431	Invasion of the Americas: Contact, Encounter and Colonization in Early America
HIST   4432	Early American History
HIST   4530	Revelation and Revolution
HIST   4531	World War I
HIST   4532	Destruction of Slavery
HIST   4533	The History of Flight
HIST   4534	Dinosaurs and Extinctions
HIST   4635	Senior Seminar
HIST   4690	Senior Thesis
HIST   4790	Internship in History
HIST   5130	American Indian History
HIST   5133	Revolutionary America
HIST   5134	Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST   5137	The Antebellum South
HIST   5138	The New South
HIST   5230	Advertising and Culture
HIST   5232	Working Class History in the United States
HIST   5233	The American City
HIST   5234	Piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750
HIST   5236	Religion, Empire, and Revolution in the Eighteenth Century
HIST   5332	The Reformation
HIST   5335	World War II
HIST   5336	Revolutionary France
HIST   5339	Britain and the World
HIST   5430	Modern France
HIST   5431	Advanced Topics in Public History
HIST   5530	20th Century Russia
HIST   5531	Modern Japan
HIST   5532	Modern China, 1600 to 1949
HIST   5533	Economic Rivals: U.S.-EC-Japan
HIST   5534	Contemporary China, 1949 to Present
Minor – Required (15 Credit Hours)
Select 15 credit hours of Minor (must be approved by advisor)		15
Electives (21 Credit Hours)
Select 21 credit hours of Electives		21
Total Credit Hours		126

1	At least nine (9) credit hours must include one course from each of the following three categories: U.S. History European History “Non-western” History [African, Asian, Latin American, or Middle Eastern]

Program Requirements

• Must have a minimum grade of “C” in every History course beyond the core surveys.
• Students must be in good standing to change major to History
• No more than 30 hours of upper division course work in the major may count toward the minimum of 126 hours required for graduation.
• Student Portfolio Requirements: In the semester of graduation, students must submit a copy of the major assignment from HIST 2630; submit a copy of a research/writing sample from an upper- division history course; submit a copy of a written or blue book exam from an upper-division history course; submit a copy of the major assignment from HIST 4635; and submit the Senior Exit Survey administered in HIST 4635.

Honors in History

To graduate with Honors in History, a student must:

• Be admitted to the University Honors Program;
• Successfully complete:
  • HIST   2630 with a minimum grade of “B” or higher
  • HIST   3630H with a minimum grade of “B” or higher
  • UHON   4999 for one credit hour
  • UHON   4999 for two credit hours in separate semester with the same faculty member as the first semester of UHON   4999;
• Successfully complete and present an Honors Thesis or Capstone Project;
• Be in good standing in the University Honors Program at the time of graduation.
• (Taking the entire three credit-hour sequence of UHON   4999 with a faculty member substitutes for the HIST   4635 Senior Seminar -required for History Majors.)

Advisement

All History majors, including students in the UHP, are advised by an advisor located in the Forest Drive Building, (912) 478-7740.

 

Last updated: 9/2/2015

Last updated: 3/30/2022