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Name ___________________________________________________ Catalog ________  

Advisor __________________________Phone ______________Email______________

HISTORY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (Effective, Fall 2012)

A. Complete the following required courses (16 hours):

_____ 121  Development of World Civilization I(3)
_____ 122  Development of World Civilization II (3)
_____ 201  History of the United States I (3)
_____ 202  History of the United States II (3)
_____ 299  History and Historians (3) 
_____ 499  Senior Seminar (1)

B. Complete 24 Upper Division Hours:

At least 12 hours in U.S. History:

_____ 302  Introduction to Public History (3)
_____ 303  Women in American History (3)
_____ 310  American Military History (3)
_____ 331  History of Tennessee (3)*
_____ 401  Independent Study in U.S. History (3) **
_____ 403  Social and Cultural History of the U.S. (3)
_____ 404  Sex and Gender in American History (3)
_____ 434  African American History I (3)
_____ 435  African American History II (3)
_____ 444  Imperial America, 1877 to 1900 *(3)
_____ 450  Public History Internship (3-6) **
_____ 460  Topics in Diplomatic History ** ♦
_____ 461  The Colonial Period and the Revolution (3)
_____ 462  The Constitution and the Rise of the Federation (3)
_____ 463  US Foreign Relations to 1920 (3)
_____ 464  US Foreign Relations since 1920 (3)
_____ 465  History of American Thought to 1877 (3)
_____ 466  History of American Thought since 1877 (3)
_____ 467  Travel Study in U.S. History and Culture (1-3) **
_____ 480  Topics in U.S. History (3) **
_____ 494  Antebellum America, 1815-1850 (The Jacksonian Era) (3)
_____ 495  The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 (3)
_____ 496  History of the U.S., 1900-1945 (3)
_____ 497  History of the U.S., 1945-Present (3)
_____ 498  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  The Age of Enlightenment and Revolution, 1715-1815
_____ 341  Restoration, Revolution, and Colonialism, 1815-1914
_____ 342  From War to War, 1915-1945
_____ 343  Contemporary Europe, 1945 to Present 
_____ 420  Late Antiquity and Medieval History (3)
_____ 421  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