The history curriculum follows the traditional and time-tested method of teaching history, reading original texts (in translation when necessary) and combining lectures with discussion in the classroom.
Requirements
Note: This is a general overview of the major and minor. For more information, please consult the current college catalog, or contact the department.
History Major
The history major consists of the following courses:
Western Civilization
At least nine credit hours total, three credit hours from each category
- Ancient and Medieval History
- History 310: The Ancient Worlds
- History 311: Early Middle Ages
- History 312: High and Late Middle Ages
- History 400: Ancient Near East
- History 401: Mycenaean, Archaic, and Classical Greece
- History 402: Ancient Rome
- History 404: Alexander the Great and Hellenism
- History 405: History of Late Antiquity
- History 406: Medieval England
- Early Modern & Modern Europe
- History 314: Europe, 1618-1798
- History 315: Nineteenth-Century Europe
- History 316: Europe in the Twentieth Century
- History 407: Renaissance
- History 416: History of England After 1485
- History 452: The Reformation
American History
At least six credit hours total, three credit hours from each section
- Early American History
- History 300: Colonial America to 1763
- History 301: The Founding of the American Republic
- History 302: Jacksonian America
- History 303 Sectionalism and the American Civil War
- History 483: Constitutional History of the United States to 1877
- Modern American
- History 304: Gilded Age and Progressive Era America
- History 305: The U.S. from the Great War to the Cold War
- History 306: Cold War America
- History 307: The U.S. Since the Cold War
- History 484: Constitutional History of the United States Since 1877
History Minor
A minor in history consists of 18 hours beyond the College core, with at least one course selected from each of the four core categories.