History Major

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Major Hours: 30

Major Requirements:

(Exclusive of HIST 101–102, HIST 103–104, or HIST 115–116)

Three hours from each of the following five areas of distribution (15 hours total) chosen in consultation with his/her department advisor:

Pre-Modern (before 1500)

Modern Europe (since 1500)

Modern Asia, Africa, Latin America

United States

Comparative/Transnational

9 hours history electives (chosen by the student in consultation with his/her department advisor) from any of the above five areas.

HIST 299 The Historian's Craft, is required of all majors and minors and must be successfully completed before enrolling in the capstone research seminar.

Three hours in a capstone research seminar normally taken in the senior year, which requires the writing of a substantial paper.

NOTES: Majors must have passed at least one 200-level course before taking a 300-level course and have passed at least one 300-level course before taking a 400-level course. All majors must take HIST 299 no later than concurrently with their third history class numbered 200 or higher.

All majors must have taken at least two related (one 200-level and one 300-level) courses before seeking permission to take a capstone research seminar, senior paper, or bachelor's essay. Exceptional students and qualified students who have a particular research interest that cannot be addressed in research seminars being offered may, if authorized by the department, satisfy this requirement by completing HIST 498 Senior Paper.

Areas of Distribution

Pre-Modern:

HIST 230	Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
HIST 231	Ancient Greece
HIST 232	Ancient Rome
HIST 234	Early Middle Ages
HIST 235	High Middle Ages
HIST 245	Tsarist Russia to 1796
HIST 266	Aztecs, Maya, and Their Ancestors
HIST 270	Special Topics in Pre-Modern History
HIST 272	Pre-Colonial Africa
HIST 282	History of China to 1800
HIST 286	History of Japan to 1800
HIST 333	Witches, Saints, and Heretics
HIST 336	Italian Renaissance
HIST 370	Special Topics in Pre-Modern History
HIST 470	Research Seminar in Pre-Modern History

Modern Europe since 1500:

HIST 241	Special Topics in Modern European History
HIST 242	History of Modern France
HIST 244	Political and Social History of Germany from 1866 to the Present
HIST 246	Imperial Russia to 1917
HIST 252	Women in Europe
HIST 258	European Jewish History: Medieval to the Twentieth Century
HIST 334	European Social History to 1800
HIST 337	Age of Reformation
HIST 341	Age of Enlightenment and Revolution
HIST 344	Modern European Cultural History
HIST 345	Modern German Cultural and Intellectual History
HIST 346	History of the Soviet Union
HIST 347	Special Topics in Modern European History
HIST 354	Tudor England, 1485–1603
HIST 355	Stuart England, 1603–1714
HIST 356	Georgian Britain
HIST 357	Victorian Britain
HIST 441	Research Seminar in Modern European History

Modern Asia, Africa, Latin America:

HIST 261	Special Topics in Modern Asia, Africa or Latin America
HIST 262	Colonial Latin America
HIST 263	Modern Latin America
HIST 264	Caribbean to 1800
HIST 265	Caribbean Since 1800
HIST 273	Modern Africa
HIST 276	Medieval Islamic Civilization
HIST 277	Modern Middle East
HIST 283	History of Modern China
HIST 285	Indian Subcontinent Since 1500
HIST 287	History of Modern Japan
HIST 361	Special Topics in Modern Asia, Africa or Latin America
HIST 364	Sugar and Slaves in Colonial Brazil
HIST 365	Modern Brazil
HIST 372	North Africa (The Maghrib) Since 1800
HIST 373	West Africa Since 1800
HIST 377	Iran/Persia: From Cyrus to Ayatollah Khomeini
HIST 461	Research Seminar in Modern Asia, Africa, or Latin America
HIST 473	Pan Africanism/OAU

United States:

HIST 201	United States to 1865
HIST 202	United States Since 1865
HIST 210	Special Topics in U.S. History
HIST 211	American Urban History
HIST 212	American Labor History
HIST 213	American Jewish History: Colonial Times to the Present
HIST 214	American Ethnic History: 1607 to the Present
HIST 215	Native American History
HIST 216	African American History to 1865
HIST 217	African American History Since 1865
HIST 218	American West
HIST 219	Native Americans in Film
HIST 221	Women in the United States
HIST 222	History of South Carolina
HIST 224	History of the South to 1865
HIST 225	History of the South Since 1865
HIST 301	Colonial America, 1585–1763
HIST 302	Era of the American Revolution, 1763–1800
HIST 303	History of the United States: The Young Republic, 1800–1845
HIST 304	History of the United States: The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1845–1877
HIST 305	History of the United States: The Response to Industrialism, 1877–1918
HIST 306	History of the United States: Affluence and Adversity, 1918–1945
HIST 307	History of the United States: Cold War America, 1945–Present
HIST 310	Special Topics in U.S. History
HIST 311	Diplomatic History of the United States, 1766–1898
HIST 312	Diplomatic History of the United States Since 1898
HIST 320	Special Topics in Low Country History
HIST 323	Society and Culture of Early Charleston
HIST 410	Research Seminar in U.S. History
HIST 420	Research Seminar in Lowcountry History

Comparative/Transnational:

HIST 256	History of Science and Technology
HIST 291	Disease, Medicine, and History
HIST 292	Disease, Medicine, and World History
HIST 359	Modem Jewish History: French Revolution to the Present
HIST 366	Comparative Slavery in the Americas
HIST 250	Special Topics in Comparative/Transnational History
HIST 350	Special Topics in Comparative/Transnational History
HIST 450	Research Seminar in Comparative/Transnational History

NOTE: HIST 400, 402, 403, 496, 498, and 499 may be counted in any one of the five areas of distribution, depending upon the topic of study.