Degree Requirements
B. Global History and Culture Concentration
This concentration within the History major focuses on the historical study of culture in regionally specific social and political situations from ancient to modern times. It allows students to pursue their interests in particular world regions and specific forms of cultural expression. History Majors concentrating in Global History and Culture receive the same introduction to the history discipline and its research methodologies as the Standard concentration, and develop the same skill set, but with enhanced competencies in the understanding of cultures around the world. The Global History and Culture concentration prepares students for the same career and graduate study options as the Standard Concentration, and provides additional preparation for graduate study and careers in cultural studies, policy studies, development studies, international business, international aid and development work, human rights and social justice advocacy groups, international education, and the travel industry.
Two Introductory Survey Courses:
| HIS 102 | World History to 1500 | 4 |
| HIS 103 | World History from 1500 to the Present | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
Three Global History Elective Courses:
| HIS 206 | Slavery and Racism in the Early Americas: A Comparative Perspective | 4 |
| HIS 212 | Witchcraft and Magic in the Early Modern Atlantic World | 4 |
| HIS 217 | China's Modern Centuries | 4 |
| HIS 218 | History of the Islamic World | 4 |
| HIS 220 | Introduction to African History | 4 |
| HIS 221 | Japan's Modern Centuries | 4 |
| HIS 227 | Traditional China | 4 |
| HIS 228 | Traditional Japan | 4 |
| HISH 232 | Imperialism and Nationalism in Asia and Africa | 4 |
| HIS 260 | The Holocaust | 4 |
| HISH 265 | Secular and Sacred: The Greek and Judeo-Christian Origins of Western Civilization | 4 |
| HISH 269 | Paris in the 1920s: The Cultural Impact of the Great War | 4 |
| HISH 292 | Drama and Society in Periclean Athens and Elizabethan London | 4 |
| HIS 300 | The Modern Middle East and North Africa | 4 |
| HIS 302 | Revolutionary Europe 1789 to 1919 | 4 |
| HIS 305 | The Ancient World | 4 |
| HIS 306 | The Middle Ages | 4 |
| HIS 308 | Renaissance and Reformation | 4 |
| HIS 312 | Europe Since 1919 | 4 |
| HIS 313 | Latin America | 4 |
| HISH 317 | China's Revolutionary Twentieth Century | 4 |
| HISH 319 | Mistaken Identities: Myths and Realities of the New World Encounter | 4 |
| HIS 322 | Spanish Caribbean and its Diasporas | 4 |
| HIS 325 | Narcotic Drugs and Modern Society | 4 |
| HISH 327 | Women and Gender in East Asia | 4 |
| HIS 402 | Natural and Unnatural Disasters in Modern World History | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Four Culture Elective Courses:
| ARA | ARA 202-level or above Arabic | 4 |
| ART 268 | History Survey I | 4 |
| ART 269 | History Survey II | 4 |
| ART 270 | Primitive | 4 |
| ART 271 | Pre-Columbian | 4 |
| ART 272 | Near East | 4 |
| ART 273 | Greco-Roman | 4 |
| ART 274 | Medieval | 4 |
| ART 275 | Renaissance | 4 |
| ART 278 | Far East | 4 |
| CHI | CHI 202-level or above Chinese | 4 |
| FRE | FRE 202-level or above French | 4 |
| GEO 240 | Cultural Geography | 4 |
| GER | GER 202-level or above German | 4 |
| ITA | ITA 202-level or above Italian | 4 |
| JPN | JPN 202-level or above Japanese | 4 |
| LIT 201 | World Literature I | 4 |
| LIT 202 | World Literature II | 4 |
| LIT 211 | Myth and Epic: From Orality to Literacy | 4 |
| LIT 229 | Contemporary African Literature | 4 |
| LIT 233 | Trauma Narratives: Africa | 4 |
| LIT 312 | Contemporary World Literature | 4 |
| LIT 323 | Post-Colonial Literature and Theory - South Asia | 4 |
| LIT 324 | Post-Colonial Literature and Theory | 4 |
| LIT 334 | The Medieval Vision | 4 |
| LIT 348 | Sex and Seduction in the Early American Republic | 4 |
| MUS 191 | World Music | 3 |
| PHL 205 | Feminist Philosophy | 4 |
| PHL 206 | Philosophy of Religion | 4 |
| PHL 215 | Ancient Philosophy: Plato and Aristotle | 4 |
| PHL 217 | Social and Political Philosophy | 4 |
| PHL 225 | Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant | 4 |
| PHL 235 | Philosophy of Martial Arts | 4 |
| PHL 236 | Yoga and Philosophy | 4 |
| PHL 237 | Indian and Asian Philosophy | 4 |
| PHL 320 | Chinese Philosophy | 4 |
| PHL 321 | Daoist Philosophy and Religion | 4 |
| POR | POR 202-level or above Portuguese | 4 |
| REL 205 | World Religions | 4 |
| SPA | SPA 202-level or above Spanish | 4 |
| THR 253 | Survey of World Theatre | 4 |
| THR 254 | Survey of World Theatre II | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
One History Elective Course
| HIS | HIS 202-level or above | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Upper-Level Course Requirements:
Sixteen credits counted for the major must be taken at the 300-level or above, and at least eight of these upper-level credits must be in HIS courses, including courses taken in fulfillment of the History Core and the other requirements listed above.