History B.A.

Course Requirements for B.A. in History

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 281	History Matters I: Methods and Skills	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 282	History Matters II: Historical Research	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 389	History Matters III: Senior Research Project	2	Fall, Spring.

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 101	Multiple Voices: Africa in the World	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 102	Multiple Voices: Asia in the World	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 103	Multiple Voices: Europe in the World to 1600	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 104	Multiple Voices: Europe in the World Since 1600	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 105	Multiple Voices: Latin America in the World	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 106	Multiple Voices: Muslim People in the World	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 107	Multiple Voices: The United States in the World	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 108	History of Science and Medicine	4	Annually.

ONE COURSE EACH from Categories A, B, and C

Category A: U.S. History

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 201	U.S. History: 1400-1800	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 202	U.S. History: 1800-1920	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 203	U.S. History: 1920 to the Present	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 209	The American Revolution	3	Annually.
HIST 217	American Gender and Women’s History	3	Annually.
HIST 218	American Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present	3	Fall.
HIST 219	Popular Culture in Twentieth Century America	3	Alternate years.
HIST 320	American Colonial History	3	Annually.
HIST 322	The Early American Republic	3	Annually.
HIST 323	The Gilded Age and Progressive Era	3	Alternate years.
HIST 324	Crises of American Modernity, 1914-1945	3	Annually.
HIST 325	Superpower America 1945-1990	3	Annually.
HIST 326	American Cultural History: The Nineteenth Century	3	As needed.
HIST 328	History of the American West	3	As needed.
HIST 329	Civil War and Reconstruction	3	As needed.
HIST 330	History of American Immigration	3	As needed.
HIST 331	Rhode Island History	3	Spring.
HIST 332	The American Presidency	4	Annually.
HIST 334	African American History	3	Annually.
HIST 336	The United States and the Emerging World	3	Spring.

Category B: European History

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 220	Ancient Greece	3	Alternate years.
HIST 221	The Roman Republic	3	Alternate Years.
HIST 222	The Roman Empire	3	Alternate Years.
HIST 223	Medieval History	3	Alternate years.
HIST 224	The Glorious Renaissance	3	Fall.
HIST 234	Challenges and Confrontations: Women in Europe	3	As needed.
HIST 235	Voices of the Great War	3	Alternate years.
HIST 258	Environmental History	3	Annually.
HIST 306	Protestant Reformations and Catholic Renewal	3	As needed.
HIST 307	Europe in the Age of Enlightenment	3	As needed.
HIST 308	Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789 to 1850	3	As needed.
HIST 309	Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914	3	As needed.
HIST 310	Twentieth-Century Europe	3	As needed.
HIST 311	The Origins of Russia to 1700	3	Alternate years.
HIST 312	Russia from Peter to Lenin	3	Alternate years.
HIST 313	The Soviet Union and After	3	Alternate years.
HIST 315	Western Legal Systems	4	As needed.
HIST 316	Modern Western Political Thought	4	Fall.
HIST 317	Politics and Society	4	Spring.
HIST 318	Tudor-Stuart England	3	As needed.

Category C: Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East History

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 236	Post-Independence Africa	3	Annually.
HIST 238	Early Imperial China	3	As needed.
HIST 239	Japanese History through Art and Literature	3	Alternate years.
HIST 241	Colonial and Neocolonial Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 242	Modern Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 340	The Muslim World from the Age of Muhammad to 1800	3	As needed.
HIST 341	The Muslim World in Modern Times, 1800 to the Present	3	As needed.
HIST 342	Islam and Politics in Modern History	3	As needed.
HIST 345	History of China in Modern Times	3	As needed.
HIST 348	Africa under Colonial Rule	3	Annually.

FOUR ADDITIONAL COURSES from any of the three above categories.

Note: Of these SEVEN courses in the above categories, THREE must be at the 200-level and FOUR must be at the 300-level. At least ONE of these courses must primarily focus on history pre-1800.

Note: Connections courses cannot be used to satisfy these requirements.

Total Credit Hours: 33-37