History, B.A.

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Curriculum guide HIST changes, approved in 2022 packet, combined with 2020 packet, merged into one Curriculog proposal from two.
Please see memo in Descriptions for second semester senior year, HIST 498 has changed from 2 to 3 credit hours. Course change request previously submitted for that hour change.
Delete our requirement for a second Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3 Credit(s) (HFA) course, it will now be required first semester sophomore year only. No longer first semester freshman and second semester sophomore. Replace second HFA second semester with Global Awareness Elective, where students must take a course from the approved Global Awareness General Education course list other
than any HIST courses applied to the major (may take HIST 130, HIST 216, HIST 231).

Curriculum Guide

Freshman Year

First Semester

Delete our requirement for a second Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3 Credit(s) (HFA) course, it will now be required first semester sophomore year only. No longer first semester freshman and second semester sophomore. Replace second HFA second semester with Global Awareness Elective, where students must take a course from the approved Global Awareness General Education course list other
than any HIST courses applied to the major (may take HIST 130, HIST 216, HIST 231).

ENGL 100 - Ideas and Their Expression I 3 Credit(s) (WC)
HIST 106 - African-American History to 1877 (formerly HIST 201) 3 Credit(s) (AA)
MATH 101 - Fundamentals of Algebra and Trigonometry I 3 Credit(s) (MLAR) ¹
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3 Credit(s) (HFA) ²
FRST 101 - College Success 1 Credit(s) (SS)

Semester Total: 13

Second Semester

BIOL 100 - Biological Science 4 Credit(s) (SR Lab)
ENGL 101 - Ideas and Their Expression II 3 Credit(s) (WC)
HIST 107 - African-American History Since 1877 (formerly HIST 202) 3 Credit(s)
Mathematical, Logical & Analytical Reasoning Elective 3 Credit(s) (MLAR) ¹
POLI 110 - American Government and Politics (formerly POLI 200) 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 16

Sophomore Year

First Semester

HIST 206 - The World to 1400 (formerly HIST 100) 3 Credit(s)
HIST 250 - The Nature, Study, and Writing of History 3 Credit(s)
Scientific Reasoning Elective 3 Credit(s) (SR) ³
HIST 103 - North Carolina A&T State University: A Legacy of Social Activism and Aggie Pride (formerly HIST 203) 3 Credit(s)
HIST 104 - U.S. History From 1492-1877 (formerly HIST 204) 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Second Semester

HIST 207 - The World Since 1400 (formerly HIST 101) 3 Credit(s) (GA) Credits / Units: 3
ECON 201 - Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 Credit(s)
Social Science Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁴
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3 Credit(s) ¹ (HFA)²
HIST 105 - U.S. History Since 1877 (formerly HIST 205) 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Junior Year

First Semester

HIST Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁵
Social Science Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁴
Free Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁷
FOLA 3 Credit(s) ⁶
HIST 325 - Topics in African-American History 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 15

Second Semester

HIST 335 - Global History Since 1945 3 Credit(s)
FOLA 3 Credit(s) ⁶
HIST Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁵
HIST Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁵
HIST Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁵

Semester Total: 15

Senior Year

First Semester

Social Science Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁴
Free Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁷
Free Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁷
HIST 492 - Senior Seminar (formerly HIST 599) 3 Credit(s)
HIST Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁵

Semester Total: 15

Second Semester

HIST Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁵
HIST Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁵
Free Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁷
Free Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁷
Social Science Elective 3 Credit(s) ⁴
HIST 498 - Internship in History 3 Credit(s)

Semester Total: 17

Please delete old HIST 498 Internship. Course change proposal has been submitted making that course a 3, not 2 credit course.

Total Credit Hours: 120

¹ Students must take a course from the approved Knowledge of African American History and Culture General Education course list other than any HIST courses applied toward the major (may take HIST 103).

²Students must take course from the approved Mathematical, Logical & Analytical Reasoning (MLAR) Electives General Education course list and should discuss options with their adviser.

³Students must take course from the approved Humanities/Fine Arts (HFA) Electives General Education course list and should discuss options with their adviser.

⁴Students must take a course from the approved Social and Behavioral Sciences General Education course list other than any HIST courses applied toward the major (may take HIST 130, HIST 216, HIST 231).

⁵ Students must take a course from the approved Global Awareness General Education course list other than any HIST courses applied to the major (may take HIST 130, HIST 216, HIST 231).

⁶Students must take course from the Scientific Reasoning (SR) Non-Lab General Education course list and should discuss options with their adviser.

⁷ 18 hrs. Must take THREE HOURS in EACH of the following SIX areas: US, African American, Latin American, European, Asian, and African (not including any required history courses).

⁸12 hrs. Students may take any Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, or Anthropology courses for which they meet the prerequisites.

⁹13 hrs. Students may take any courses offered at the University for which they meet the prerequisites.

¹⁰ Students must take 6 credit hours of the same language.