Social Science- History Track

Program
Degree Type
B.A.

Social Science Core (15 Credits)

  • Choose three courses at the 100-level, one of each in HIST, POLS, and SOCI.
  • Choose two additional courses in HIST, POLS, SOCI, or CVIN at the 100 or 200 level.

Social Science Methods (11/12 credits + 4 credits in STATs)

Students are required to take SOSS 200- Introduction to Research Methods (4 Credits)

Take at least two of the following:

  • HIST 205- Historical Methods (3 Credits)- Required for History Track
  • SOSS 301- Qualitative Methods (4 Credits)
  • SOSS 302- Quantitative Methods (4 Credits)

Math Requirement

  • STAT 161 (4 Credits)

History Track Requirements

  • Complete three courses in History at the 100-level, including at least on U.S. survey.
  • Choose five courses from the following list.  Three courses must be at the 200-300 level:

HIST 105 World History to 1500 CE

HIST 110 Modern World History

HIST 111 American History to 1861

HIST 112 American History Since 1861

HIST 122 Modern Europe

HIST 123 America and the World

HIST 162 China

HIST 205 Historical Research Methods

HIST 220 Economic History of the U.S.

HIST 232 Myth, Magic, and Ritual in the Ancient World

HIST 234 Comparative Slavery and Race Relations

HIST 260 The 1960s

HIST 2XX Frederick Douglass and Social Justice*

HIST 305 Approaching Global History

HIST 316 History and Geography of Virginia and Tennessee

HIST 318 Appalachia

HIST 319 Colonial and Revolutionary America

HIST 321 Ancient Greece

HIST 322 Ancient Rome

HIST 324 Medieval Europe

HIST 335 History of Race in the United States

HIST 336 International Cold War

HIST 340 History of England

HIST 364 World Wars

HIST 379 Iran and the West

HIST 380 The Middle East and the United States

HIST 381 Atlantic World

Total Credits
41-45