Bachelor of Arts in History

Course Requirements

Course No. Course Title Credits
HIST 200The Nature of Historical Inquiry4
HIST 361Seminar in History4

One course each from Categories A, B, and C.

A. U.S. History
HIST 201U.S. History to 18773
HIST 202U.S. History from 1877 to the Present3
HIST 320American Colonial History3
HIST 321The American Revolution3
HIST 322The Early American Republic3
HIST 324America, 1914 to 19453
HIST 325America since 19453
HIST 326American Cultural History: The Nineteenth Century3
HIST 327American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century3
HIST 328History of the American West3
HIST 329Civil War and Reconstruction3
HIST 330History of American Immigration3
HIST 331Rhode Island History3
HIST 332The American Presidency3
HIST 333Women in American History3
HIST 334The Black Experience in America3
HIST 335American Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present3
HIST 336The United States and the Emerging World3
B. Western History
HIST 300History of Greece3
HIST 301Alexander and the Hellenistic World3
HIST 302The Roman Republic3
HIST 303The Roman Empire3
HIST 304Medieval History3
HIST 305The Age of the Renaissance3
HIST 306The Age of the Reformation3
HIST 307Europe in the Age of Enlightenment3
HIST 308Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789 to 18503
HIST 309Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850-19143
HIST 310Twentieth-Century Europe3
HIST 311The Origins of Russia to 17003
HIST 312Russia from Peter to Lenin3
HIST 313The Soviet Union and After3
HIST 314Women in European History3
HIST 315Western Legal Systems3
HIST 316Modern Western Political Thought3
HIST 317Politics and Society3
HIST 318Tudor-Stuart England3
HIST 352Colonial Latin America3
HIST 323The Emergence of Modern America3
C. Non-Western History
HIST 340The Muslim World from the Age of Muhammad to 18003
HIST 341The Muslim World in Modern Times, 1800 to the Present3
HIST 342Islam and Politics in Modern History3
HIST 344History of East Asia to 16003
HIST 345History of China in Modern Times3
HIST 346History of Japan in Modern Times3
HIST 347Foreign Relations of East Asia in Modern Times3
HIST 348Africa under Colonial Rule3
HIST 349History of Contemporary Africa3
Five courses in a concentration focused on one of the following: a particular time period, region, or integrative thematic principle.15

Total Credit Hours

32

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