Curriculum in History

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

History Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)


FIRST YEAR


First Semester

††HIST 101, or
HIST 101HG
Western Civilization to 1500
Western Civilization to 1500 for Honors Students
3 hours
ART 105, or
ART 106, or
MUS 151, or
THEA 131G
Survey of World Art History I
Survey of World Art History II
Introduction to Music
Introduction to the Theatre
3 hours
ENGL 101G Freshman Composition 3 hours
MATH 161G College Algebra 3 hours
LS 102 Introduction to Information Research 1 hour
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††HIST 102, or
HIST 102H
Western Civilization since 1500
Western Civilization since 1500 for Honors Students
3 hours
ART 105, or
ART 106, or
MUS 151, or
THEA 131
Survey of World Art History I
Survey of World Art History II
Introduction to Music
Introduction to the Theatre
3 hours
ENGL 102G Critical Reading and Writing 3 hours
MATH 162, or
MATH 185, or
MATH 241G
Plane Trigonometry
Contemporary Mathematics
Elementary Statistics
3 hours
GEOG 103G Introduction to Geography 3 hours
  Total: 15 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR


First Semester

††HIST 201, or
HIST 201H
American History to 1877
American History to 1877 for Honors Students
3 hours
POLI 201 American Politics 3 hours
ENGL 230, or
ENGL 231, or
ENGL 232G
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
3 hours
Foreign 
Language1
SPAN 101, FREN 101, ITAL 101, LAT, 101, or GERM 101 3 hours
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††HIST 202, or
HIST 202H
American History since 1877
American History since 1877 for Honors Students
3 hours
POLI 202 State and Local Politics 3 hours
ENGL 230, or
ENGL 231, or
ENGL 232
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
3 hours
Foreign
Language1
SPAN 102, FREN 102, ITAL 102, LAT 102, or GERM 102 3 hours
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology 3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR


First Semester

††American
History 400-level
Elective2
  3 hours
††Asian/Latin
Am. History
Elective3
  3 hours
PHIL 301, or
PHIS 302, or
PHIL 313
Introduction to Philosophy
The Great Philosophers
Ethics
3 hours
Foreign Language1 SPAN 201, FREN 201, ITAL 201, LAT 201, or GERM 201            3 hours
Natural Science 4,G   3 hours
  Total: # hours

 

Second Semester

††British/European
History
Elective5
  3 hours
††History 400-level
Elective
  3 hours
Geography 300
or 400 levelG
  3 hours
Foreign Language1 SPAN 202, FREN 202, ITAL 202, LAT 202, or GERM 202            3 hours
Natural Science 4,G   3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

 

 

FOURTH YEAR


First Semester

††History 300
or 400 level
Elective
  3 hours
††History 400
level Elective
  3 hours
POLI 300 Research Methods and Statistics in Political Science                      3 hours
Natural Science4,G   3 hours
Elective   3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

 

Second Semester

††HIST 497 Seminar for Undergraduates in Major Problems
in American History
3 hours
††History 400
level Elective
  3 hours
Political Science
400-level
Elective
  3 hours
PHIL 315, or
PHIL 417
Philosophy of History
Intellectual History (History of Ideas)
3 hours
Elective   3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

GGeneral Education Courses

††Major course requiring a grade of "C" or better.
1Twelve (12) semester hours in one foreign language (taken sequentially) are required.
2History 469,473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 485, 487, 489, 492, 493, 495, 496, 497.
3History 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 454.
4To include both Physical and Biological Sciences, at least six hours of which must be in a two semester sequence.
5History 409, 410, 416, 418, 419, 423, 424, 429, 433, 434, 437, 438, 439, 440, 468.