History

Faculty

S. Jonathan Bass, Chair, Professor
Timothy D. Hall, Professor
John Mayfield, Professor
C. Delane Tew, Professor
W. Jason Wallace, Professor; Richard J. Stockham, Jr. Chair of Western Intellectual History
Ginger S. Frost, Research Professor
LeeAnn Reynolds, Associate Professor
Annalise DeVries, Assistant Professor
Anthony H. Minnema, Assistant Professor

Undergraduate Programs and Requirements

Majors
History Major (B.A.)
History Major w/a Concentration in Legal Studies (B.A.)

Interdisciplinary Concentrations/Majors
Global & Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Major (B.A.)
International Relations Interdisciplinary Concentration (B.A.)
Latin American Studies Interdisciplinary Concentration (B.A.)

Minors
Asian Studies Minor
History Minor

Interdisciplinary Minors
Global & Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Minor
Latin American Studies Interdisciplinary Minor

The Department of History offers a major in history, plus a major in history with a concentration in legal studies. The department also offers minors in Asian studies and history.

In cooperation with several academic departments across campus, the history department also offers interdisciplinary concentrations/majors in global and cultural studies, international relations*, and Latin American studies*; as well as interdisciplinary minors in global and cultural studies and Latin American studies*.

All majors and interdisciplinary concentrations/majors earn a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree. The department offers several scholarships and awards to history and global and cultural studies majors. For more information, students should contact the department.

Students who plan to teach at the secondary school level may obtain a B.A. in history, with teacher certification, through the College of Arts and Sciences, or a major in secondary education with a history content area, leading to a bachelor of science in education (B.S.E.) degree, through the School of Education . For more information on either option, contact the Department of Teacher Education .
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*See the Department of Political Science section for the international relations curriculum table. See the Department of World Languages for the Latin American studies curriculum tables.

General Education: University Core Curriculum and Distribution Requirements

See General Education Overview in the Howard College of Arts and Sciences introductory pages for a list of required and applicable courses.

History majors and minors, and students in the global and cultural studies or international relations interdisciplinary concentrations/majors, cannot use HIST 200 - Global Perspectives (4) to meet the general education humanities requirement.

Programs

Major

Concentration (Major-Dependent)

Minor

Courses

Global/Cultural Studies

History