History, B.A.
Course Requirements
The Core Curriculum is designed to foster critical thinking skills and introduce students to basic domains of thinking that transcend disciplines. The Core applies to all majors. Information on specific classes in the Core can be found at https://www.marshall.edu/gened/.
Course Requirements
The Core Curriculum is designed to foster critical thinking skills and introduce students to basic domains of thinking that transcend disciplines. The Core applies to all majors. Information on specific classes in the Core can be found at https://www.marshall.edu/gened/.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Curriculum | ||
| Core 1: Critical Thinking | ||
| FYS 100 | First Yr Sem Critical Thinking | 3 |
| MTH 121 | Concepts and Applications (CT) | 3 |
| HST 101 | Great Civs to 1300 (CT) | 3 |
| Core 2 | ||
| ENG 101 | Beginning Composition | 3 |
| ENG 201 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| CMM 103 | Fund Speech-Communication | 3 |
| MTH 121 | Concepts and Applications (CT) | 3 |
| Core II Natural/Physical Science | 4 | |
| Core II Humanities | 3 | |
| HST 101 | Great Civs to 1300 (CT) (Core II Social Science) | 3 |
| Core II Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Additional University Requirements | ||
| Writing Intensive | 3 | |
| Writing Intensive | 3 | |
| HST 103 | The World Since 1850 (CT) (Multicultural or International) | 3 |
| HST 400 | Senior Seminar (Capstone) | 3 |
| College-Specific | ||
| Foreign Language 101 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language 102 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language 203 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language 204 | 3 | |
| COLA Literature | 3 | |
| COLA Literature | 3 | |
| COLA Humanities | 3 | |
| HST COLA Social Science | 3 | |
| COLA Social Science (not HST) | 3 | |
| COLA Social Science (not HST) | 3 | |
| COLA Natural/Physical Science | 4 | |
| COLA International | 3 | |
| COLA Multicultural | 3 | |
| Major-Specific | ||
| HST 100 | History Methods Lab | 1 |
| HST 101 | Great Civs to 1300 (CT) | 3 |
| HST 102 | World & West 1300-1850 (CT) | 3 |
| HST 103 | The World Since 1850 (CT) | 3 |
| HST 230 | American History to 1877 (CT) | 3 |
| HST 231 | American Hist From 1877 (CT) | 3 |
| HST 300 | History Research Option | 0 |
| HST 400 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| History 200 Elective | ||
| Select one of the following: | ||
| The Developing World (CT) | ||
| Ancient Egypt | ||
| Ancient History | ||
| European Hist Medieval | ||
| Rise & Fall Nazi Germany | ||
HST 240 | ||
| Women in US History | ||
| Rise of Islam 570-1750 | ||
| Modern East Asia | ||
| United States History 300/400 Elective | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| American Military History | ||
| African-American History | ||
| Football and American Culture | ||
| American Colonial History | ||
| American Legal History | ||
| The US in the 1970s | ||
| The United States in the 1980s | ||
HST 347 | ||
| Sports and Civil Rights | ||
| The Civil Rights Movement | ||
| Conspiracies in US History | ||
| Amer Diplomacy 1900-Pres | ||
| History of Sexuality | ||
HST 408 | ||
| American Revolution | ||
HST 413 | ||
| Am Civil War & Reconstruc | ||
HST 415 | ||
HST 424 | ||
HST 431 | ||
| In Our Time-Am Since 1945 | ||
| The Vietnam War | ||
| West Virginia History | ||
HST 443 | ||
HST 444 | ||
HST 451 | ||
| History of Sports in America | ||
| European History 300/400 Elective | ||
| Select one the following: | 3 | |
| Spanish History Since 1475 | ||
| The Holocaust | ||
| Food Markets and Modernity | ||
| Tudor & Stuart England | ||
| Renaissance & Reformation | ||
| European Hist 1814-1914 | ||
HST 426 | ||
| Intel & Cult Hist Mod Eur | ||
| Soviet Russia and Beyond | ||
HST 446 | ||
| British History in Film | ||
| The Viking World | ||
| Medieval Britain | ||
| World History 300/400 Elective | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
HST 301 | ||
HST 302 | ||
| Drug Wars | ||
| The Global Cold War | ||
| World War I | ||
| The Modern Middle East | ||
HST 362 | ||
HST 378 | ||
| Asia to 1600 | ||
| Food in World History | ||
| Food Markets and Modernity | ||
| The World at War | ||
| Modern Japan | ||
| Modern China | ||
HST 439 | ||
| Arab-Israeli Conflict | ||
HST 446 | ||
| Film and Empire | ||
| Fashion and Textile History | ||
| 300/400 History Elective | 3 | |
| 300/400 History Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 1 | |
Major Information
- The total number of free electives will depend on the amount of double and triple counting of requirements.
- See course attributes each semester for courses that meet multiple requirements.
- Questions about requirements should be directed to the College of Liberal Arts (304-696-2350). Core II and COLA requirements may not be double counted.
- Forty-eight credit hours (sixteen 3-hour courses) must be at the 300/400 level.
- Students must earn a C or better in ENG 201 Advanced Composition and all foreign language courses.
- Minimum of 120 hours to graduate.
- At least twelve credit hours in History must be in courses above the 200 level.