History, B.A.

Major Requirements

Credit Hours: 30+

In addition to completing the requirements for this major, students must also complete the degree requirements specified in the Academic Regulations  section of this catalog.

Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult the Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements  for more information.

Required Courses:

• HIST 299 The Historian’s Craft (3) *

Complete one course from each of the following five areas of distribution:

Electives

Complete 9 additional credit hours from any of the above five distribution areas or any HIST 200-level or higher course.

• HIST 228 History of American Sexualities, 1600-2000 (3)
• HIST 229 History of Queer America, 1600-2000 (3)
• HIST 248 Witch-Hunts in Early Modern Europe (3)
• HIST 249 Witchcraft and Witch-Hunting in the Modern World (3)
• HIST 255 History of Reproduction in the Atlantic World (3)
• HIST 257 Tudor-Stuart Britain (3)
• HIST 293 Introduction to Public History: Theory and Methods (3)
• HIST 335 Crusades (3)
• WGST 228 History of American Sexualities, 1600-2000 (3)
• WGST 229 History of Queer America, 1600-2000 (3)
• WGST 255 History of Reproduction in the Atlantic World (3)

Senior Capstone:

3 credit hours in a capstone research seminar, senior paper, or bachelor’s essay (normally taken in the senior year, which requires a substantial paper).

• CLAS 401 Research Seminar in Classics (3)
• HIST 410 Research Seminar in U.S. History (3)
• HIST 420 Research Seminar in Lowcountry History (3)
• HIST 441 Research Seminar in Modern European History (3)
• HIST 461 Research Seminar in Modern Asia, Africa, Latin America (3)
• HIST 470 Research Seminar in Premodern History (3)
• HIST 498 Senior Paper (3)
• HIST 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• HIST 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)

Notes:

• All majors must have passed at least one 200-level course before taking a 300-level course.
• All majors must have passed at least one 300-level course before taking a 400-level course.
• All majors must have taken at least two related (one 200-level and one 300-level or two 300-level) courses before seeking permission to take a capstone research seminar, senior paper or bachelor’s essay.
• No more than 9 credit hours from HIST 210  may be applied towards the program requirements.
• No more than 15 credit hours from HIST 241  may be applied towards the program requirements.
• No more than 6 credit hours from HIST 250  may be applied towards the program requirements.
• No more than 9 credit hours from HIST 261  may be applied towards the program requirements.
• No more than 12 credit hours from HIST 310  may be applied towards the program requirements.
• No more than 6 credit hours from HIST 370  may be applied towards the program requirements.
• No more than 12 credit hours from HIST 402  may be applied towards the program requirements.

Coursework Meeting Major Requirements Excluded from the Major GPA Calculation

None.  All courses that may apply toward completion of course requirements within the major apply toward the major GPA calculation.