2019-2020 Samford University Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Samford University Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

History


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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.


Courses

    Global/Cultural StudiesHistory

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