Bachelor of Arts in History with Concentration in Public History and a Minor in Communication

Course Requirements

Course No. Course Title Credits
COMM 208Public Speaking3
COMM 240Mass Media and Society4
COMM 241Introduction to Film and Video4
COMM 246Television Production4
COMM 333Intercultural Communication3
COMM 345Nonfiction Video Production4
HIST 200The Nature of Historical Inquiry4
HIST 330History of American Immigration (*)3
HIST 331Rhode Island History3
HIST 361Seminar in History4
HIST 363Internship in Applied History (**)3-6
HIST 371Reading Course in History3
HIST 381Workshop: History and the Elementary Education Teacher (***)1
One course at the 300-level in Western history3
One course at the 300-level in non-Western history3
Five Courses from
HIST 320American Colonial History3
HIST 321The American Revolution3
HIST 322The Early American Republic3
HIST 323The Emergence of Modern America3
HIST 326American Cultural History: The Nineteenth Century3
HIST 333Women in American History3
HIST 334The Black Experience in America3
*A 350 topics course on American immigration or American labor history may be substituted for this course.
**Students who have already earned a bachelor's degree must take this course for 5 credits; other students must take it for 4 credits.
***Students who have already earned a bachelor's degree must take this course for 1 credit; other students must take it for 2 credits.
It is recommended that students also take ANTH 1-2 and courses in Africana studies, anthropology, or gender and women's studies.

Total Credit Hours

65

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