History (Minor Required), B.A.

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History is the study of the interaction of cultural, geographical, political, and economic forces and how they have shaped the world of the past and present. Thus the major in history provides a solid preparation for career and personal endeavor in the contemporary world. The major offers excellent background for students preparing for law school, graduate study, teaching, and public service. Students interested in graduate school are strongly encouraged to complete at least six hours of coursework in a foreign language.

Program Specific Requirements (10 Credit Hours)

GEO 221 - Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit(s).
6 Credit Hours Foreign Language or

6 Credit Hours from the following list:
PSC 101 - American National Government and Politics 3 Credit(s).
PSC 202 - State and Local Government 3 Credit(s).
PSC 203 - International Politics 3 Credit(s).
PSC 205 - Comparative Government 3 Credit(s).

Required Courses (18 Credit Hours)

HIS 111 - World History to 1500 3 Credit(s).
HIS 112 - World History after 1500 3 Credit(s).
HIS 201 - American History I 3 Credit(s).
HIS 202 - American History II 3 Credit(s).
HIS 398 - Historiography 3 Credit(s).
HIS 498 - Senior Seminar 3 Credit(s). (Experiential Component)

U.S. History Electives (6 Credit Hours)

Choose 6 credit hours from the following:

HIS 302 - History of Sports in the US 3 Credit(s).
HIS 306 - Gender & Sexuality in the Modern US 3 Credit(s).
HIS 307 - American Crime: Criminalization and Punishment in the 20th Century 3 Credit(s).
HIS 308 - African American History 3 Credit(s).
HIS 310 - The United States since 1945 3 Credit(s).
HIS 316 - Virginia History 3 Credit(s).
HIS 318 - The American West in History and Memory 3 Credit(s).

European History Electives (6 Credit Hours)

Choose 6 credit hours from the following:

HIS 335 - Classical Antiquity Greco-Roman History 3 Credit(s).
HIS 341 - England from Island to Empire: Early Modern British History, 1485-1775 3 Credit(s).
HIS 344 - The Scientific Revolution 3 Credit(s).
HIS 347 - The History of Disease 3 Credit(s).
HON 210 - Reason and the Individual 3 Credit(s).

Non-Western History (6 Credit Hours)

Choose 6 hours from the following:

HIS 351 - Military History to 1800 3 Credit(s).
HIS 353 - History of Barbarians 3 Credit(s).
HIS 357 - Russian History 3 Credit(s).
HIS 360 - The History of Travel and Tourism 3 Credit(s).
HIS 376 - The History of Islam 3 Credit(s).
HIS 380 - Latin American History 3 Credit(s).
HIS 383 - Caribbean Environmental History 3 Credit(s).

Electives (3 Credit Hours @ 300-400 level)

Choose any 300/400-level history course not used to satisfy the above requirements. HIS 220 may also be used as an exception with the reminder that the student must achieve a total of 30 hours at the 300/400 level.