MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY



MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

Department of History

Course Requirements for B.A. Degree in History – 124 Semester Hours

For Students who became a history major in the Summer 2008 or after

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Hours________________Course_____________________________________________

Basic Skills (16-23 hours)

6 English Composition (grade of C or better required)

9 Foreign Language

6 College Mathematics and Statistics

3 Public Speaking (CO 1003)

Natural Sciences (9-12 hours)

3-4 Physical Science with Lab (CH, GG, PH)

3-4 Biological Science with Lab (BIO)

3-4 Physical or Biological Science elective

Humanities (21 hours)

3 Literature (English Department)

12 History – two sequences from the following list:

HI 1063/1073 Early and Modern United States History

HI 1163/1173 World History Before 1500 and Since 1500

HI 1213/1223 Early and Modern Western World

HI 1313/1323 Early and Modern East Asian Civilizations

3 Philosophy Elective

3 Literature, Philosophy, Religion elective

Social Sciences (18 hours)

18 Every student is required to take six courses from four of the following departments: Anthropology, Communication (CO 1223 or 1403 only), Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. No more than two courses from any one department will apply with the exception of economics, in which only one course will apply.

Fine Arts (3 hours)

3 Fine Arts Elective (Art History, Art Appreciation, Music Appreciation,

History of Theater)

3 Computer Literacy (3 hours)

Major Field (History 27 hours – at least 15 must be taken at MSU)

6 Upper level Category I

6 Upper level Category II

6 Upper level Category III

6 Upper level any other History in Category 1, 2, or 3

3 Historiography (HI 3903) fulfills requirements for JR/SR Level Writing Course

(Grade of C or better required)

Electives (12-26 hours)

Majors must have a 2.0 average in all their course work and a 2.5 average in their history courses – 39 hours. Total upper level Arts and Sciences requirement – 31 hours which must be taken at MSU. Last 31 hours of the degree must be taken in residence at MSU.

History courses accepted in fulfillment of the department requirement in upper division Category I

HI 3013 African American History to 1865

HI 3023 African American History Since 1865

HI 3183 World Environmental History

HI 3363 History of U.S. Transportation

HI 3613 History of Life Sciences

HI 3813 Modern Latin America

HI 3853 The United States and Latin America

HI 3893 20th Century World History

HI 4000 Special Problems

HI 4193 U.S. Environmental History

HI 4273 Women in American History

HI 4283 History of Southern Women

HI 4293 History of Gender and Science

HI 4333 Native American History to 1830

HI 4363 African-American History and Culture

HI 4373 History of Modern Civil Rights Movement

HI 4383 Native American History since 1830

HI 4403 The Ancient Near East (cross-listed as REL 4403)

HI 4563 Viet Nam Between Revolution and War, 1940-1990

HI 4583 China Since 1800

HI 4593 Japan Since 1600

HI 4653 History of Science and Technology

HI 4783 African Civilization to 1880

HI 4793 Modern Africa

HI 4833 Colonial Latin America

HI 4843 Latin American Republics

HI 4853 Modern Mexico

HI 4903 The Far East

HI 4990 Special Topics in History

History courses accepted in fulfillment of the department requirement in upper division Category II:

HI 3703 The Western Church: Beginning to Reformation

HI 3743 History of England

HI 3763 Hitler and Nazi Germany

HI 3773 History of the Holocaust

HI 3783 Modern European Imperialism

HI 4000 Special Problems

HI 4213 History of Grand Strategy & International Security

HI 4223 Intelligence Gathering in the 20th Century

HI 4413 Ancient Greece and Rome

HI 4603 Medieval Civilization

HI 4643 Renaissance and Reformation

HI 4673 Europe 1789-1914

HI 4683 Europe: The First World War to Hitler

HI 4693 Europe: The Second World War to the Common Market

HI 4703 England to 1485

HI 4713 Tudor and Stuart England

HI 4723 History of Britain since 1688

HI 4743 Evolution of International Politics

HI 4753 History of Russia

HI 4763 History of Modern Germany

HI 4773 History of Modern France

HI 4990 Special Topics in History

History courses accepted in fulfillment of the department requirement in upper division Category III:

HI 3333 Mississippi History

HI 4000 Special Problems

HI 4103 Colonial America

HI 4113 U.S. History 1783-1825

HI 4123 Jacksonian America 1825-1850

HI 4133 Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877

HI 4143 Revolutionary America

HI 4153 U.S. History 1877-1917

HI 4163 U.S. 1917-1945

HI 4173 U.S. History Since 1945

HI 4183 U.S. Economic History (cross-listed as EC 4183)

HI 4203 Diplomatic History of the U.S.

HI 4233 American Military History: The American Experience

HI 4243 American Life and Thought

HI 4253 Religion in America (cross-listed as REL 4253)

HI 4263 America’s Viet Nam War

HI 4303 The Old South

HI 4313 The New South

HI 4323 The American West

HI 4333 Native American History to 1830

HI 4383 Native American History since 1830

HI 4990 Special Topics in History

****NOTE: Of the eight (*) Upper Division courses required, only one (1) may be HI 4000 Special Problems.

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