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Faculty

Jonathan J. Den Hartog, Chair, Professor
S. Jonathan Bass, 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
LeeAnn Reynolds, Associate Professor
Annalise DeVries, Assistant Professor
Brian J. Hamm, Assistant Professor
Anthony H. Minnema, Assistant Professor
Ginger S. Frost, Research 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.)  with a required concentration in one of the following:
          Europe, Human Geography, Latin American, Middle East
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 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

• Global & Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Major (B.A.)
• History Major (B.A.)
• History Major w/a Concentration in Legal Studies (B.A.)

• Asian Studies Minor
• Global & Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Minor
• History Minor

Courses

• GCST 201 - Introduction to Global and Cultural Studies (4)
• GCST 300 - Approaches to Global Issues (4)

• HIST 200 - Global Perspectives (4)
• HIST 217 - Early America (4)
• HIST 218 - Modern America (4)
• HIST 300 - The Historian’s Craft (4)
• HIST 301 - Revolutionary America (4)
• HIST 302 - The New Nation (4)
• HIST 305 - The Civil War & Reconstruction (4)
• HIST 306 - The Emergence of Modern America (4)
• HIST 307 - The Great Depression & World War II (4)
• HIST 308 - Cold War America: Media & Politics (4)
• HIST 312 - Medieval Intellectual History (4)
• HIST 313 - The Reformation (4)
• HIST 314 - Early Modern Intellectual History (4)
• HIST 315 - American Intellectual History (4)
• HIST 316 - Modern Intellectual History (4)
• HIST 317 - Nationalism (4)
• HIST 318 - Imperialism (4)
• HIST 322 - Early 20th Century Europe (4)
• HIST 323 - Recent European History (4)
• HIST 326 - Modern Russia (4)
• HIST 331 - Ancient Near East and Greece (4)
• HIST 332 - Roman Republic and Empire (4)
• HIST 333 - Foundations of Islamic Civilization (4)
• HIST 335 - Modern Middle East (4)
• HIST 336 - Modern Africa (4)
• HIST 337 - History of International Women’s Movements (4)
• HIST 338 - Crusades and Jihads (4)
• HIST 341 - China to 1644 (4)
• HIST 342 - Modern China (4)
• HIST 343 - Modern Japan (4)
• HIST 345 - Christianity and Imperialism (4)
• HIST 350 - Modern Latin America (4)
• HIST 351 - Modern Mexico and Central America (4)
• HIST 355 - Colonial Latin America (4)
• HIST 361 - Bridging London (4)
• HIST 362 - Early Modern England (4)
• HIST 363 - Modern England (4)
• HIST 370 - Suburban Nation (4)
• HIST 390 - Monarchs, Bishops, and Martyrs: The English Reformation (4)
• HIST 391 - Exploring North American Landscapes (4)
• HIST 399 - London Study Topics (4)
• HIST 400 - Special Topics in History (4)
• HIST 401 - Oral History (4)
• HIST 403 - The Civil Rights Movement (4)
• HIST 405 - Digital History (4)
• HIST 408 - Birmingham and the New South (4)
• HIST 409 - Alabama and Southern Culture (4)
• HIST 410 - The American Presidency (4)
• HIST 437 - The History of American Women (4)
• HIST 438 - The Family, Sex, & Law in Modern Europe (4)
• HIST 439 - Race and Violence (4)
• HIST 440 - Riots, Rebellions, & Revolutions (4)
• HIST 441 - Immigration (4)
• HIST 444 - Law and Society (4)
• HIST 445 - American Constitutional History (4)
• HIST 447 - The Development of American Law (4)
• HIST 448 - Seminar in Legal Studies (4)
• HIST 470 - Internship (4)
• HIST 471 - Legal Studies Internship (2-4)
• HIST 473 - Civic Engagement Internship (2-4)
• HIST 474 - Public History & Museum Studies Internship (2-4)
• HIST 479 - Rise of the British State (4)
• HIST 490 - War and Society (4)
• HIST 491 - History and the Environment (4)
• HIST 492 - The Vietnam War (4)
• HIST 495 - Senior Seminar (4)
• HIST 497 - Independent Studies in History (4)