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This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take longer.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (or HNRS 101 - HONORS FIRST YEAR SEMINAR if in the Honors Program) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/Major: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES – HIST 150 - HISTORY MATTERS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: HIST 201 - HOW TO MAKE HISTORY** (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Class in the Hands on History (HoH) category (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- HGS School Core: Language I* (Note: Most languages may count for Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS***) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; or - VALUES AND ETHICS (from a category not previously taken)***
- Career Pathways: PATH HG2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- HGS School Core: Language II* (Note: Most languages may count for Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS*** (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; or - VALUES AND ETHICS (from a category not previously taken)*** (Course must be outside of HGS) (HRS 4)
- Major: Any HIST 200 or HIST 300 class*** (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
- Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
- HGS School Core: Language III* (Note: Most languages may count for Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS*** (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class***(HRS 4)
- Major: Any HIST 200 OR HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: HIST 410 - CAPSTONE: HISTORICAL RESEARCH** (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Any HIST 200 or HIST 300 Level Class*** (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required for Graduation: 128 credits
GPA: Must be at least a 2.0
*History majors must complete or test out of (see the Testing Center at Laurel Hall) the first three levels of language instruction; this includes Foundations I (101), Foundations II (102), and Intermediate Level I (201) courses.
**Writing Intensive Requirement (students must take three WI courses in their major to graduate): HIST 201, HIST 410, and all HIST 300 courses are WI.
***You must take a combination of SIX (6) HIST 200 or HIST 300 courses to complete the major, and at least ONE (1) of these six courses must be a HIST 300 (all HIST 300 courses are WI)
Note that not all language courses will fulfill the Global Awareness GenEd requirement.
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