University Catalog

Curriculum in History
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
History Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

 

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††HIST 101 or HIST 101H, or HIST 107G	Western Civilization to 1500 Western Civilization to 1500 for Honors Students World Civilization to 1500	3
ART 105 or MUS 151 or THEA 131G	Survey of World Art History I Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre	3
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3
MATH 105 or MATH 161G	Finite Mathematics College Algebra	3
LS 102	Introduction to Information Research	1
*SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††HIST 102 or HIST 102H or HIST 108	Western Civilization since 1500 Western Civilization since 1500 for Honors Students World Civilization since 1500	3
ART 106 or MUS 151 or THEA 131	Survey of World Art History II Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre	3
ENGL 102 or ENGL 102HG	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3
Mathematics or PHIL 201G	Introduction to Logical Reasoning	3
GEOG 103G	Introduction to Geography	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

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

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††HIST 202 or HIST 202H	American History since 1877 American History since 1877 for Honors Students	3
POLI 202	State and Local Politics	3
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3
Foreign Language1	CHIN 102, SPAN 102, FREN 102, ITAL 102, LAT 102, or GERM 102	3
Natural Science2,G		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††History  400-level American3		3
††Asian/Latin/ Other History4		3
PHIL 301 or PHIL 302 or PHIL 310 or PHIL 313 or PHIL 314	Introduction to Philosophy The Great Philosophers Critical Thinking Ethics Special Topics in Philosophy	3
Foreign Language1	CHIN 201, SPAN 201, FREN 201, ITAL 201, LAT 201, or GERM 201	3
Natural Science 2,G		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††History  400-Level British/European5		3
††History 300/ 400-Level Elective		3
PHIL 315 or PHIL 320 or PHIL 321 or PHIL 416 or PHIL 417	Philosophy of History Philosophy and the Arts Existentialism and Contemporary Philosophy American Philosophy Intellectual History	3
Foreign Language1	CHIN 202, SPAN 202, FREN 202, ITAL 202, LAT 202, or GERM 202	3
Natural Science 2,G		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††History  Experiential6		3
††History 400 level Elective		3
GEOG 300 or 400 Level Elective		3
Elective7		3
Elective7		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††HIST 497	Seminar for Undergraduates in Major Problems in American History	3
††History 400-level Elective		3
Political Science 400-level Elective		3
Elective7		3
Elective7		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

*Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 credit hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with two credit 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.
²Both Biological and Physical Sciences, with six hours in a two-semester sequence.
³History 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 485, 487, 492, 493, 495, 496.
⁴History 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 454, 468, 469, 489, 494.
⁵History 409, 410, 416, 418, 419, 423, 424, 429, 433, 434, 437, 438, 439, 440.
⁶Majors will acquire Experiential Learning experience by participating in an internship or Study Abroad or writing and presenting an Honors Senior Thesis or independent research project.
⁷Majors planning to attend graduate or law school are encouraged to consider a Minor in English, Foreign Language, Geography, Philosophy, or Political Science.