Name ___________________________________________________ Catalog ________
Advisor __________________________Phone ______________Email______________
HISTORY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (Effective, fall 2012)
A. Complete the following required courses (16 hours):
_____ 121
_____ 122
_____ 201
_____ 202
_____ 299
_____ 499
Development of World Civilization I(3)
Development of World Civilization II (3)
History of the United States I (3)
History of the United States II (3)
History and Historians (3)
Senior Seminar (1)
B. Complete 24 Upper Division Hours:
At least 12 hours in U.S. History:
_____ 302
_____ 303
_____ 310
_____ 331
_____ 401
_____ 403
_____ 404
_____ 434
_____ 435
_____ 444
_____ 450
_____ 460
_____ 461
_____ 462
_____ 463
_____ 464
_____ 465
_____ 466
_____ 467
_____ 480
_____ 494
_____ 495
_____ 496
_____ 497
_____ 498
Introduction to Public History (3)
Women in American History (3)
American Military History (3)
History of Tennessee (3)*
Independent Study in U.S. History (3) **
Social and Cultural History of the U.S. (3)
Sex and Gender in American History (3)
African American History I (3)
African American History II (3)
Imperial America, 1877 to 1900 *(3)
Public History Internship (3-6) **
Topics in Diplomatic History ** ♦
The Colonial Period and the Revolution (3)
The Constitution and the Rise of the Federation (3)
US Foreign Relations to 1920 (3)
US Foreign Relations since 1920 (3)
History of American Thought to 1877 (3)
History of American Thought since 1877 (3)
Travel Study in U.S. History and Culture (1-3) **
Topics in U.S. History (3) **
Antebellum America, 1815-1850 (The Jacksonian Era) (3)
The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 (3)
History of the U.S., 1900-1945 (3)
History of the U.S., 1945-Present (3)
The Sixties (3)
At least 12 hours in Ancient, European, Asian, African, Middle Eastern, Mexican or Latin
American History, three (3) of which must come from the following European History courses:
_____ 340
_____ 341
_____ 342
_____ 343
_____ 420
_____ 421
The Age of Enlightenment and Revolution, 1715-1815
Restoration, Revolution, and Colonialism, 1815-1914
From War to War, 1915-1945
Contemporary Europe, 1945 to Present
Late Antiquity and Medieval History (3)
Renaissance and Reformation (3)
The balance, for a total of at least 12 hours, may come from the following:
_____ 304 Women in World History (3)
_____ 320 Ancient Greece (3)
_____ 321 Ancient Rome (3)
_____ 323 The Middle East, 500-1800 (3)
_____ 324 The Modern Middle East (3)
_____ 402 Independent Study in World History (3) **
_____ 414 History of England, 1066-1714 (3)
_____ 415 History of England, 1714-Present (3)
_____ 422 Modern Germany, 1815-Present (3)
_____ 441 History of Latin America (3)
_____ 442 History of Mexico *(3)
_____ 447 History of Russia (3)
_____ 448 Russia Since 1917 (3)
_____ 459 The Twenty-First Century World* (3)
_____ 468 Travel Study in International History and Culture (1-3) **
_____ 470 Topics in World History (3) **
_____ 484 History of Africa, 1400 to Present (3)
_____ 490 Topics in Non-U.S. History (3) **
♦ May be taken for U.S. or Non-U.S. Credit with instructor’s approval
* Courses not regularly offered or currently unavailable
** No more than six hours in any special topics category, internship, or independent study may be
counted toward the major; no more than nine total hours in these special courses may be counted
toward the major.
NOTE: All History Majors must record a minimum score of 414 on the ACAT exit examination.
Majors must also complete a minor in another field as well as all general education requirements
for the BA or BS degree and selected electives to qualify for graduation.
THE HISTORY MINOR
A. Six hours from HIST 121 and 122 or HIST 201 and 202
B. Twelve hours of upper division history courses (no more than 6 hours may come from special
topics courses: 401, 402, 450, 467, 468, 470, 480, and 490)