History (BA Degree)

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A major in History consists of 40 hours and requires a minor. Students must earn grades of “C” or better in courses counting towards the major.

History (40 hours) + Liberal Arts Core (47 hours)

Liberal Arts Core (47 hours)

See Liberal Arts Core (LAC) for all bachelor degrees
MATH 105
or higher satisfies the Liberal Arts Core minimum requirement in Mathematics for this major.

Major Studies (16 hours)

HIST 111 - Perspectives on World Civilizations I (3 hours)
or
HIST 112 - Perspectives on World Civilizations II (3 hours)
HIST 113 - Perspectives on World Civilizations III (3 hours)
HIST 211 - American History I (3 hours)
HIST 212 - American History II (3 hours)
HIST 450 - Historiography (3 hours)
HIST 455 - Senior Thesis (1 hours)

Note:

All students placed in ENGL 099 must complete the course successfully before being allowed into HIST 111, 112 or 113.

Major Electives (24 hours)

United States History (12 hours from):

HIST 304 - American Legal History (3 hours)
HIST 305 - The Frontier In American History (3 hours)
HIST 306 - America and the Cold War through Film (3 hours)
HIST 311 - The Old South (3 hours)
HIST 318 - African-American History (3 hours)
HIST 319 - The New South (3 hours)
HIST 320 - History of South Carolina (3 hours)
HIST 374 - Colonial History (1492-1756) (3 hours)
HIST 375 - The Young Republic (1756-1823) (3 hours)
HIST 376 - Antebellum America (1823-1860) (3 hours)
HIST 377 - Civil War and Reconstruction (3 hours)
HIST 378 - America in the Gilded Age (1865-1909) (3 hours)
HIST 379 - American Nation (1909-1939) (3 hours)
HIST 380 - American Experience in World War II (3 hours)
HIST 419 - America and the Vietnam War (3 hours)
HIST 420 - History of American Diplomacy I (3 hours)
HIST 421 - U.S. Since 1945 (3 hours)
HIST 423 - American Military History (3 hours)
HIST 426 - The History of Motion Pictures in America (3 hours)
HIST 430 - History of American Diplomacy II (3 hours)
HIST 435 - Plantations in the American South (3 hours)

Optional course

A student may apply ONE of the following courses to the major requirement of 12 hours in United History from:

POLI 419 - The American Presidency (3 hours)
CHST 417 - History of Christianity in America (3 hours)
HIST 469 - Internship in Applied History (3 hours)
HIST 470 - Internship in Applied History (3 hours)

Note:

All students must have at least 125 hours to graduate. Students must meet the Residency Requirements described in this catalog.

History (BA Degree)

History (40 hours) + Liberal Arts Core (47 hours)

Liberal Arts Core (47 hours)

Major Studies (16 hours)

Note:

Major Electives (24 hours)

United States History (12 hours from):

Optional course

European History (6 hours from):

World History (3 hours from):

Pre-1750 History (3 hours from):

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