Class Requirements

The History Major (33 semester hours)
*Note: HIST 103, HIST 105, HIST 107, HIST 108 are the Department's Introduction to History seminars.  Though they specifically deal with a particular period or series of events, their main purpose is to expose the student to the historical craft.  The overarching question for each is: How do historians construct a view of the past?  From this point of departure, the students examine how historians select questions for study, how they seek eyewitness accounts and interpret them, understanding the difference between primary and secondary sources, and how they present their findings.  These courses are designed to introduce first- and second-year students to the study of history; they must be taken in the the first two years of your academic study. They are offered in a two-year rotation, one course each term.
Required:
HIST 209 (3)-Medieval and Early Modern Europe, 1100-1700 HIST 210 (3)- Modern Europe, 1700-2004
Senior Exercise:
HIST 452 (3)-Senior Seminar
Choose 1 of the following courses:
HIST 103 (3)-Introduction to History: Intoxication and Addiction in American History HIST 105 (3)-Introduction to History: Doing Sweet Briar History HIST 107 (3)-Introduction to History: Stalin and Hitler HIST 108 (3)-Introduction to History: Modern Law and Medieval Past
Choose 1 course in U.S. History from the following:
HIST 135 (3)-America, Origins to 1877 HIST 136 (3)-The United States, 1877 to the Present HIST 221 (3)-Spirituality and Religious Institutions in U.S. History HIST 225 (3)-The U.S. South HIST 228 (3)-Women in America HIST 234 (3)- Masculinity and Power in America
Choose 1 course in European History before 1700 from the following:
HIST 121 (3)-Early and Medieval Britain HIST 127 (3)-English History, 1500-1689 HIST 223 (3)-The Ancient World, 8000BC to 300 AD HIST 224 (3)-The Medieval West, 400-1350 HIST 240 (3)-Gender, Sexuality, and Family in pre-modern Europe HIST 258 (3)-History of Crime and Punishment in the West HIST 308 (3)-Encounters, Conquest, and European Expansion, 1350-1650 HIST 321 (3)-Studies in Medieval History HIST 322 (3)-Renaissance and Reformation
Choose 1 course in European History after 1700 from the following:
HIST 216 (3)-The Ottoman and Habsburg Empires HIST 245 (3)-Imperial Russia HIST 246 (3)-The Soviet Union and Beyond HIST 251 (3)-The Idea of Race HIST 319 (3)-Eastern Europe and the Balkans HIST 330 (3)-History of the European Union HIST 344 (3)-Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the 20th Century HIST 355 (3)-War and Society in Modern Europe HIST 358 (3)-The Cold War as History
Choose 4 additional three-credit courses in history.
Recommended: A course in African history (HIST 269, HIST 272, or HIST 373) is strongly recommended. Notes: At least 3 of the courses (9 semester hours) elected for the major, in addition to HIST  452, must be at the 300-level or above. For the major in history, the P/CR/NC grading option may not be exercised for any course which could count toward the major.  Additional information about the P/CR/NC grading option is available under the Academic Regulations heading in this catalog.
The History Minor (18 semester hours)
Required:
HIST 209 (3)-Medieval and Early Modern Europe, 1100-1700 HIST 210 (3)- Modern Europe, 1700-2004
Choose 2 three-credit courses in history at the 300-level or above.
Choose 2 additional three-credit courses in history at any level.
Note: For the minor in history, the P/CR/NC grading option may not be exercised for any course which could count toward the minor.  Additional information about the P/CR/NC Grading option is available under the Academic Regulations heading in this catalog.
Teacher Licensure (39 semester hours)
Required:
ECON 101 (3)-Principles of Microeconomics HIST 135 (3)-American, Origins to 1877 HIST 136 (3)-The United States, 1877 to the Present HIST 209 (3)-Medieval and Early Modern Europe, 1100-1700 HIST 210 (3)- Modern Europe, 1700-2004 HIST 223 (3)-The Ancient World, 8000BC to 300 AD HIST 269 (3)-African World Affairs RELG 178 (3)-Introduction to World Religions
Choose 1 of the following sequences:
SEQUENCE A
GOVT 159 (3)-Introduction to American Government GOVT 213 (3)-Politics of Legal Order
SEQUENCE B
GOVT 122 (3)-Introduction to Comparative Politics GOVT 201 (3)-Government and Politics of East Asia

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