History Major, B.A., B.S.

B.A. and B.S. degrees 

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

1. Students planning or considering a major or minor in history are urged to consult with an advisor as early as possible in their college careers. Students may select any history faculty member to serve as advisor.
2. Six (6) hours of Credit/No Credit in history courses will be accepted in the major or minor, but these hours may not be in 400 level or 500 level courses.
3. Survey or introductory courses (when transferred from another college or university) are accepted for no more than 3 hours per course on the major or minor.
4. History majors, particularly those planning to do graduate work in history, are strongly urged to include two years of foreign language study in their undergraduate programs.
5. History majors and minors planning to do graduate work in history are strongly urged to take both the general aptitude and advanced history tests of the Graduate Record Examination early in their senior year. These examinations are generally required for admission to graduate schools.
6. Credit Limitation. Courses in the department that are subject to graduate credit limitation under the policy covering unspecified content or variable credit include HST 532, 590, 595, 597, 601, 690, and 791.
7. The history department does not accept the CLEP examination for credit toward a major or minor.
8. Up to 6 hours of credit for AP examinations will be approved as follows: 3 credits for a score of three for History (American) in HST 111 or HST 112; History (European) in HST 101 or HST 102; or History (World) in HST 201 or HST 202 or 6 credits for a score of four or five for History (American) in HST 111 and HST 112; History (European) in HST 101 and HST 102; or History (World) in HST 201 and HST 202.
9. The History Department strongly urges all history majors and minors to study abroad, particularly those planning to teach history or to go on to graduate study. Students are encouraged to meet with a department study abroad faculty advisor or an Office of Study Abroad advisor as early as possible.

Program Requirements

Required Courses I (4 hours)

HST 301

The Craft of History

4(4-0)

Required Courses II (3 hours)

HST 496WI

Research Seminar

3(3-0)

Note: HST 496WI or a substitute approved by an advisor.

Required Courses III (3 hours)

U.S. History

Select one of the following:

HST 110	The American Experience	3(3-0)
HST 111	The Quest for Liberty: The United States to 1865	3(3-0)
HST 112	The Struggle for Equality: The United States, 1865-Present	3(3-0)
HST 221	Growing Up in America	3(3-0)
HST 222WI	Cherokees, Slaves and the Struggle for Racial Justice	3(3-0)
HST 226/WGS 226	From Trials to Women’s Liberation: Women in America	3(3-0)
HST 228	American Business: A History	3(3-0)
HST 302	Comparative Environmental History	3(3-0)
HST 303	The American Revolution	3(3-0)
HST 312	American Military Experience	3(3-0)
HST 315	The Vietnam War	3(3-0)
HST 319	The United States since World War II	3(3-0)
HST 320	United States Social History to 1865	3(3-0)
HST 321	United States Social History since 1865	3(3-0)
HST 322	Westward Movement in America	3(3-0)
HST 323	History of Native Americans	3(3-0)
HST 324	'Death is Better than Slavery': African American History to 1877	3(3-0)
HST 325	'By Any Means Necessary': African American History, 1877-Present	3(3-0)
HST 328	Technology in American History	3(3-0)
HST 329	Film and the Politics of Gender, 1960-Present	3(3-0)
HST 330	'We the People': U.S. Constitutional History	3(3-0)
HST 333	History of Michigan	3(3-0)
HST 335	History of the Rock and Roll Era	3(3-0)
HST 511	Colonial British America	3(3-0)
HST 513	Era of the Early Republic, 1789-1825	3(3-0)
HST 514	Democracy, Expansion, and Reform in America, 1824-1848	3(3-0)
HST 515	Civil War and Reconstruction	3(3-0)
HST 516	Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1920	3(3-0)
HST 517	U.S. Rise in World Leadership, 1917-1945	3(3-0)
HST 518	African Americans and the Law: From Slavery to Civil Rights	3(3-0)
HST 522	Indians of the Great Lakes Region	3(3-0)
HST 523	American Diplomatic History, 1775-1898	3(3-0)
HST 524	American Diplomatic History Since 1898	3(3-0)
HST 525	The Industrialization of America	3(3-0)
HST 526	Modern American Political Culture, 1865-Present	3(3-0)
HST 532	Michigan History Studies	1-3(Spec)
HST 562	The Atlantic World in the Age of Empire	3(3-0)

Required Courses IV (3 hours)

Modern European History

Select one of the following:

HST 102	The Development of Western Civilization: From 1700 to the Present	3(3-0)
HST 106	Twentieth Century: Western World Issues	3(3-0)
HST 254/WGS 254	Women in European History	3(3-0)
HST 280	Nazi Germany and the Holocaust	3(3-0)
HST 343	History of Paris	3(3-0)
HST 344	Modern Europe, 1815-1918	3(3-0)
HST 347	The French Revolution and Napoleonic Period	3(3-0)
HST 349	Russia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	3(3-0)
HST 351	Britain since 1689	3(3-0)
HST 352	British Imperialism	3(3-0)
HST 353	Germany since 1870	3(3-0)
HST 356	Europe Since 1945	3(3-0)
HST 542	The Enlightenment in Europe	3(3-0)
HST 543	Napoleon	3(3-0)
HST 548	Russian Thought	3(3-0)
HST 558	Europe, 1914-1945	3(3-0)

Required Courses V (3 hours)

Non-Western History

Select one of the following:

HST 163	The Latin American Experience	3(3-0)
HST 168	Modern East Asia	3(3-0)
HST 176	The African Experience	3(3-0)
HST 236	Babylon and Beyond: Ancient Civilizations of the Near/Middle East	3(3-0)
HST 237	Baghdad and Beyond: The Middle East from 600 C.E.	3(3-0)
HST 261	Indigenous Peoples of Latin America: Precontact to 1821	3(3-0)
HST 336	Iran and Iraq in History	3(3-0)
HST 361/REL 361	Sinners and Saints of Colonial Latin America	3(3-0)
HST 362	Latin American Revolutions: Mexico, Cuba and Central America	3(3-0)
HST 369	Traditional China	3(3-0)
HST 370	Modern China	3(3-0)
HST 375	Continuity and Change in Contemporary Africa, 1960s to the Present	3(3-0)
HST 376	East/Central Africa: Issues	3(3-0)
HST 377	West Africa	3(3-0)
HST 378	South Africa	3(3-0)
HST 379/HUM 340	Race, Class and Power: South Africa in the 20th Century	3(3-0)
HST 382/REL 382	History of Israel	3(3-0)
HST 535	The Middle East in the Modern Era	3(3-0)
HST 560	Mind Games	3(3-0)
HST 576	Colonialism in Africa, 1880s-1960s	3(3-0)

Note: HST 236, HST 237, and HST 369 may fill requirements for either Required Courses V or Required Courses VI, but cannot fill requirements for both categories.

Required Courses VI (3 hours)

Pre-Modern History

Select one of the following:

HST 101	The Development of Western Civilization: From Ancient Times to 1700 A.D.	3(3-0)
HST 200	Medieval Civilization	3(3-0)
HST 201	World History to 1500	3(3-0)
HST 236	Babylon and Beyond: Ancient Civilizations of the Near/Middle East	3(3-0)
HST 237	Baghdad and Beyond: The Middle East from 600 C.E.	3(3-0)
HST 238	Ancient Greece and Rome	3(3-0)
HST 336	Iran and Iraq in History	3(3-0)
HST 338	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire	3(3-0)
HST 340	The High Middle Ages	3(3-0)
HST 341	Renaissance and Reformation	3(3-0)
HST 342	The Culture of Renaissance Italy (Study Abroad)	3(Spec)
HST 346	The World of Versailles: Power and the Politics of Splendor in 17th-	3(3-0)
HST 348	Russia through the Reign of Catherine the Great	3(3-0)
HST 350	English History to 1688: From Stonehenge to the Glorious	3(3-0)
HST 369	Traditional China	3(3-0)
HST 505	Tudor England	3(3-0)
HST 537	The Age of Cicero	3(3-0)
HST 538	Athens: Classical Period	3(3-0)

Note: HST 236, HST 237, AND HST 369 count for either non-Western or pre-Modern. No course, however, can fill requirements in more than one area.

Required Courses VII (6 hours)

Six (6) additional hours of history courses numbered 100-599.

Electives I (6 hours)

Two additional courses at 300-500 level

Electives II (3 hours)

One additional course at 500 level - HST 590 cannot be used for this requirement

Total: 34 semester hours