Major Requirements

1. Minimum of 41/39 hours selected from disciplines listed below.
2. Minimum of “C” in all course work required for the major, and minor
3. Students selecting Social Studies major must have a minor in Geography, History, or Political Science.
4. All course work at the 3000/4000-level must be completed within ten years of intern teaching.

Core Courses (30 - 32 hours)

• ECON 2020 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3 hours
• GEOG 1020 - World Geography through Media and Maps Credits: 3 hours
• GEOG 1050 - Physical Geography Credits: 4 hours

• or

• GEOG 2050 - Human Geography Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 2100 - American History to 1877 Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 2110 - American History since 1877 Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3020 - World History to 1500 Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3030 - World History since 1500 Credits: 3 hours
• PSCI 2000 - National Government Credits: 3 hours
• PSCI 2400 - Comparative Politics Credits: 3 hours

• or

• PSCI 2500 - International Relations Credits: 4 hours

Electives (9 hours)

Students select three upper-level (3000/4000-level courses) from a minimum of two of the disciplines. Courses may not be in the student’s minor area.  If History is a discipline selected, at least one course must be designated writing intensive and selected from the list below.

• 3000/4000-level:  GEOG, HIST or PSCI   Credits: 3 hours
• 3000/4000-level:  GEOG, HIST or PSCI   Credits: 3 hours
• 3000/4000-level:  GEOG, HIST or PSCI   Credits: 3 hours

Writing Intensive Courses - History

Prerequisite: HIST 2900 or instructor approval.

• HIST 3101 - Colonial America (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3102 - Era of the American Revolution (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3103 - The United States in the Nineteenth Century to the Gilded Age (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3104 - The Gilded Age through the World Wars (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3105 - The United States in the Global Era 1945-Present (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3191 - American Sport History (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3251 - American Work and Workers (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3265 - Readings in Native American History (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3285 - African Americans in Michigan (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3500 - Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic World (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3510 - Ancient Rome (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3531 - Early Christianity (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3604 - Europe after Rome, 400-1000 (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3606 - Transformation of Medieval Europe, 1000-1500 (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3611 - The Crusades: West Meets East (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3612 - Era of the Thirty Years War: Europe 1500-1650 (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3614 - Revolutions, Industry, and Nation States Europe, 1815-1914 (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3616 - War, Fascism, and Communism Europe, 1914-1945 (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3618 - The Cold War to Unification Europe 1945-Present (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3662 - Russia to 1855 (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3664 - Russia from 1855 (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3702 - Colonial Latin America (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3762 - Traditional Japan The Age of the Samurai (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3764 - Modern Japan (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3766 - Traditional China (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3768 - Modern China Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3882 - History of Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade (WI) Credits: 3 hours
• HIST 3884 - History of West Africa (WI) Credits: 3 hours