History B.A.

Course Requirements for B.A. in History

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 200	The Nature of Historical Inquiry	4	Fall, Spring.
HIST 361	Seminar in History	4	Fall, Spring.

ONE COURSE EACH from Categories A, B, and C

Category A: U.S. History

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 201	U.S. History to 1877	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 202	U.S. History from 1877 to the Present	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 320	American Colonial History	4	Annually.
HIST 321	The American Revolution	4	Annually.
HIST 322	The Early American Republic	4	Annually.
HIST 323	The Gilded Age and Progressive Era	4	Alternate years.
HIST 324	Crises of American Modernity, 1914-1945	4	Annually.
HIST 325	Superpower America 1945-1990	4	Annually.
HIST 326	American Cultural History: The Nineteenth Century	4	As needed.
HIST 327	Popular Culture in Twentieth Century America	4	Alternate years.
HIST 328	History of the American West	4	As needed.
HIST 329	Civil War and Reconstruction	4	As needed.
HIST 330	History of American Immigration	4	As needed.
HIST 331	Rhode Island History	4	Spring.
HIST 332	The American Presidency	4	Annually.
HIST 333	American Gender and Women’s History	4	Alternate years.
HIST 334	African American History	4	Annually.
HIST 335	American Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present	4	Fall.
HIST 336	The United States and the Emerging World	4	Spring.

Category B: Western History

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 300	History of Ancient Greece	4	Alternate years.
HIST 301	Alexander and the Hellenistic World	4	As needed.
HIST 302	The Roman Republic	4	As needed.
HIST 303	The Roman Empire	4	As needed.
HIST 304	Medieval History	4	As needed.
HIST 305	The Age of the Renaissance	4	Fall.
HIST 306	Protestant Reformations and Catholic Renewal	4	As needed.
HIST 307	Europe in the Age of Enlightenment	4	As needed.
HIST 308	Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789 to 1850	4	As needed.
HIST 309	Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914	4	As needed.
HIST 310	Twentieth-Century Europe	4	As needed.
HIST 311	The Origins of Russia to 1700	4	Alternate years.
HIST 312	Russia from Peter to Lenin	4	Alternate years.
HIST 313	The Soviet Union and After	4	Alternate years.
HIST 314	Women in European History	4	As needed.
HIST 315	Western Legal Systems	4	As needed.
HIST 316	Modern Western Political Thought	4	Fall.
HIST 317	Politics and Society	4	Spring.
HIST 318	Tudor-Stuart England	4	As needed.
HIST 352	Colonial Latin America	4	Annually.
HIST 353	Modern Latin America	4	Annually.
HIST 358	Environmental History	4	Annually.

Category C: Non-Western History

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 340	The Muslim World from the Age of Muhammad to 1800	4	Alternate years.
HIST 341	The Muslim World in Modern Times, 1800 to the Present	4	Alternate years.
HIST 342	Islam and Politics in Modern History	4	Alternate years.
HIST 344	History of East Asia to 1600	4	As needed.
HIST 345	History of China in Modern Times	4	As needed.
HIST 346	Japanese History through Art and Literature	4	Alternate years.
HIST 348	Africa under Colonial Rule	4	Annually.
HIST 349	History of Contemporary Africa	4	Annually.

FIVE COURSES in a concentration focused on one of the following: a particular time period, region, or integrative thematic principle.

Note: Connections courses cannot be used to satisfy these requirements.

Total Credit Hours: 40

Course Requirements for B.A. in History—with Concentration in Public History and a Minor in Communication

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
COMM 208	Public Speaking	4	Fall, Spring.
COMM 240	Mass Media and Society	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 241	Introduction to Cinema and Video	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 246	Television Production	4	Fall, Spring.
COMM 333	Intercultural Communication	4	As needed.
COMM 345	Advanced Digital Media Production	4	Fall, Spring.
HIST 200	The Nature of Historical Inquiry	4	Fall, Spring.
HIST 330	History of American Immigration	4	As needed.
HIST 331	Rhode Island History	4	Spring.
HIST 361	Seminar in History	4	Fall, Spring.
HIST 363	Internship in Applied History	4-8	Annually.
HIST 381	Workshop: History and the Elementary Education Teacher	1	Fall.
HIST 390	Directed Study	4	As needed.
	ONE COURSE at the 300-level in Western history	4
	ONE COURSE at the 300-level in non-Western history	4

Note: HIST 330, HIST 363, HIST 381: A 350 topics course on American immigration or American labor history may be substituted for this course.

Note: HIST 363: Students who have already earned a bachelor’s degree MUST take this course for 5 credits; other students MUST take it for 4 credits.

Note: HIST 381: Students who have already earned a bachelor’s degree MUST take this course for 1 credit; other students MUST take it for 2 credits.

FIVE COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 320	American Colonial History	4	Annually.
HIST 321	The American Revolution	4	Annually.
HIST 322	The Early American Republic	4	Annually.
HIST 323	The Gilded Age and Progressive Era	4	Alternate years.
HIST 326	American Cultural History: The Nineteenth Century	4	As needed.
HIST 333	American Gender and Women’s History	4	Alternate years.
HIST 334	African American History	4	Annually.

Note: IT IS RECOMMENDED that students also take ANTH 102 and courses in Africana studies, anthropology, or gender and women’s studies

Total Credit Hours: 77-79