History Major

Degree programs offered by the College of Liberal Arts and its departments share a common core of courses. Students in these programs must complete the Basic Curriculum , and the major curriculum listed below.

V. Other Core Requirements

A. Students who enroll at UWA as Freshmen must complete one of the following courses:

UWA 101. Freshman Seminar Credits: 1
OR
HR 101. Honors Freshman Forum Credits: 0-1

B. Students enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts Degree must also complete one of the following foreign language sequences:

SP 101. Introductory Spanish I Credits: 4
SP 102. Introductory Spanish II Credits: 4
OR
SP 103. Intensive Review of Introductory Spanish Credits: 4
OR
FR 101. Introductory French I Credits: 4
FR 102. Introductory French II Credits: 4
OR
FR 103. Intensive Review of Introductory French Credits: 4
OR
FL 101. Introductory Foreign Language I Credits: 4
FL 102. Introductory Foreign Language II Credits: 4
OR
FL 103. Intensive Review of Introductory Foreign Language Credits: 4

Major Requirements: 36 hours

One of the following two sequences is used to meet the College of Liberal Arts Basic Curriculum requirement. History Majors must take both sequences, but only one counts towards the major requirement.

HY 101. History of Western Civilization I Credits: 3
HY 102. History of Western Civilization II Credits: 3
OR
HY 103. Honors Western Civilization Credits: 3
HY 104. Honors Western Civilization II Credits: 3
OR
HY 211. American History I Credits: 3
HY 212. American History II Credits: 3
HY 300. Historical Methodologies and Practices Credits: 3
HY 400. Seminar in Historical Studies Credits: 3
Note(s):
Basic Curriculum requirements call for either US or Western Civilization sequence; for the History major, the student must take both sequences.

Approved Electives in History from the 300-400 level: 24 hours**

Students must take at least one elective from three of the following four areas:

Military History
HY 308. The Military History of the United States, 1755-1975 Credits: 3
HY 403. The First World War Credits: 3
HY 404. The Second World War Credits: 3
HY 405. War of the Modern Age Credits: 3
HY 406. Senior Capstone for Military History Concentration Credits: 3
HY 423. The Military History of the Civil War Credits: 3
Non-US History
HY 333. Europe in the 19th Century Credits: 3
HY 335. Contemporary Europe Credits: 3
HY 336. History of Women in Western Civilization Credits: 3
HY 341. History of England to 1688 Credits: 3
HY 342. History of England and Britain, 1689 to the Present Credits: 3
HY 362. Latin America since 1810 Credits: 3
HY 436. History of Modern Germany Credits:
HY 437. History of Nazism and Fascism Credits: 3
HY 451. History of Japan Credits: 3
HY 452. History of China Credits: 3
Public History
HY 305. Fundamentals of Public History Credits: 3
HY 307. Fundamentals of Historic Preservation Credits: 3
HY 408. Cultural Resource Management Credits: 3
HY 415. Fundamentals of Archival Theory and Practice Credits: 3
HY 425. Oral History/Folklore Credits: 3
HY 426. Introduction to Historical and Natural Interpretation Credits: 3
HY 485. Fundamentals of Historical Archaeology Credits: 3
U. S. History
HY 306. Film and History Credits: 3
HY 310. Indians of North America Credits: 3
HY 311. Colonial and Revolutionary America Credits: 3
HY 312. The Early National Period Credits: 3
HY 313. Jacksonian America Credits: 3
HY 314. The Civil War Era Credits: 3
HY 315. Gilded Age and Progressive Era Credits: 3
HY 316. The Jazz Age and the Great Depression Credits: 3
HY 317. U.S. Since 1945 Credits: 3
HY 318. History of Women in the U. S. Credits: 3
HY 410. American Diplomatic History Credits: 3
HY 418. U.S. Constitutional History I Credits: 3
HY 419. U.S. Constitutional History II Credits: 3
HY 420. History of Alabama Credits: 3
HY 421. History of the Old South Credits: 3
HY 422. History of the New South Credits: 3
HY 427. Indians of the Southeast Credits: 3
HY 457. Natural History of the Black Belt Credits: 4
HY 471. African-American History, 1400-1865 Credits: 3
HY 472. African-American History, 1866-Present Credits: 3
HY 473. Slavery in North America Credits: 3
HY 475. The Modern Civil Rights Movement Credits: 3
HY 476. Comparative Slavery Credits: 3

Note(s):

This program must be completed in conjunction with a minor or double major in another field.
**Majors will complete no fewer than 12 elective hours at the 400-level.
*All History majors must have at least one non-American elective.