Bachelor of Arts in History
Major in History — Major Requirements - 11 units
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| The student must complete the General Education Requirements for the College of Arts and Sciences for the Bachelor of Arts degree. | 9 | |
| Lower-Division Major Requirements | ||
| Select one unit from the following: | 1 | |
| Western Civilization to 1000 CE | ||
| Western Civilization from the Medieval World to the Age of Exploration | ||
| Early World Civilizations | ||
| American History I | ||
| Select one unit from the following: | 1 | |
| Modern Western Civilization | ||
| Modern World Civilizations | ||
| American History II | ||
| Upper-Division Major Requirements | ||
| HIST 499 | Senior Project 1 | 1 |
| Select one unit in pre-modern history from the following: | 1 | |
| Latin American History: Ancient and Colonial Empires | ||
| The Ancient Near East | ||
| History of Ancient Greece | ||
| History of Ancient Rome | ||
| Pirates and Piracy | ||
| Early English History | ||
| Islamic Civilization to the Crusades | ||
| The Ottomans: From Marsh Warriors to Empire | ||
| Comparative Study of Islamic Empires: The Ottoman Empire, Safavid of Iran, and the Mughal of India | ||
| The Fall of the Roman Empire | ||
| The Middle Ages | ||
| Celtic Civilization | ||
| Crusades: Faith and Politics in the Middle East | ||
| Methodology Requirements | ||
| HIST 200 | Approaches to History | 1 |
| Select two research-intensive units, both of which must be finished before taking HIST 499: | 2 | |
| Stonehenge | ||
| The Fall of the Roman Empire | ||
| Celtic Civilization | ||
| Crusades: Faith and Politics in the Middle East | ||
| King Arthur | ||
| The French Revolution, 1770-1815: The Enlightenment, Terror, and Napoleon | ||
| Germany in War and Revolution: From the Second Empire to the Third Reich | ||
| The Holocaust | ||
| Money and the Muse in Russia: Methodologies of Cultural History | ||
| Stalinism | ||
| Gender, War, and Violence in 20th Century Eastern Europe | ||
| World War II in Asia: The Second Sino-Japanese War | ||
| War and Diplomacy in Modern East Asia | ||
| The Birth of Modern America, 1890-1940 | ||
| The American Revolution | ||
| Empire, Nation, and Identity | ||
| Global Migration and Diasporas | ||
| Scandals and Sleaze: Histories of Crime in Latin America | ||
| Regional Distribution | ||
| At least one HIST unit in four of six regions of the world: 2, 3 | 4 | |
| 1. Africa and the Middle East | ||
| Africa in the Age of Imperialism | ||
| The Ancient Near East | ||
| African American History | ||
| Islamic Civilization to the Crusades | ||
| The Ottomans: From Marsh Warriors to Empire | ||
| Comparative Study of Islamic Empires: The Ottoman Empire, Safavid of Iran, and the Mughal of India | ||
| The Modern Middle East | ||
| Contemporary Islamic Civilization | ||
| Crusades: Faith and Politics in the Middle East | ||
| 2. East, Southeast, and South Asia | ||
| The History of Modern China | ||
| The History of Modern Japan | ||
| Comparative Study of Islamic Empires: The Ottoman Empire, Safavid of Iran, and the Mughal of India | ||
| World War II: A Global History | ||
| World War II in Asia: The Second Sino-Japanese War | ||
| Maritime China and Chinese Migration | ||
| War and Diplomacy in Modern East Asia | ||
| China and America: From the Opium Wars to General Tso's Chicken | ||
| Global Migration and Diasporas | ||
| 3. Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia | ||
| The Russian Empire | ||
| The Soviet Century | ||
| Eastern Europe, 1700s-2000s | ||
| The Holocaust | ||
| East European Literature and Politics | ||
| Crossroads of Empire | ||
| Stalinism | ||
| Sex, Sexuality, and Socialism in Eastern Europe | ||
| Gender, War, and Violence in 20th Century Eastern Europe | ||
| Arts and Revolution: Theater | ||
| 4. Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
| Latin American History: Ancient and Colonial Empires | ||
| Latin American History: The Challenges of Modern Nationhood | ||
| U.S.-Latin American Relations | ||
| Spicing up the Past and Cooking up Arguments: Food History in the Americas, 1200s-Present (Junior Seminar) | ||
| The Mexican and Cuban Revolutions (Junior Seminar) | ||
| Scandals and Sleaze: Histories of Crime in Latin America | ||
| 5. North America | ||
| Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in American History: 1600 to Present | ||
| African American History | ||
| Gender in American History, 1800 to Present | ||
| Native Americans and the Frontier | ||
| Baseball: A Social and Cultural History | ||
| American Consumer Culture | ||
| The 1950's and 1960's | ||
| United States Since World War II | ||
| The American Civil War | ||
| Southern History and Culture in the United States, 1800-Present | ||
| History of American Science and Religion: Darwinism and the Divine in American Culture | ||
| History of American Health Care | ||
| American Environmental History: Nature and the American Marketplace | ||
| The Birth of Modern America, 1890-1940 | ||
| War and Peace in American History | ||
| American Women's History | ||
| Political Campaigns and Cultural Ideologies in Recent U.S. History, 1960-Present | ||
| The American Revolution | ||
| American Cultural Traditions (Can be used as an H course) | ||
| 6. Western and Central Europe | ||
| History of Ancient Rome | ||
| Early English History | ||
| Modern France | ||
| The History of Modern Germany, 1770-Present | ||
| The Fall of the Roman Empire | ||
| The Middle Ages | ||
| Celtic Civilization | ||
| The Reformation | ||
| The French Revolution, 1770-1815: The Enlightenment, Terror, and Napoleon | ||
| Germany in War and Revolution: From the Second Empire to the Third Reich | ||
| World War I | ||
| Nazi Germany: History, Politics, and Culture | ||
| The Holocaust | ||
| Europe Since 1945 | ||
| General Electives | 12 | |
| Total Units | 32 | |
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Students who wish to satisfy HIST 499 through another department's 499 course must: 1) seek prior approval from the History Department; and 2) still complete a total of 11 units within the History major by taking an additional HIST 300-level course, to be pre-approved by the History Department, as a general elective.
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The two Research-Intensives and Pre-Modern Course may also count toward Regional Distribution requirements.
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Four of the student's courses in the major must be taken at the 300-level or above.
All students in the College of Arts and Sciences must meet General Education requirements in addition to specific requirements within the major area of study.
Each student must complete at least four writing or writing enhanced (WE) courses to complete the University Writing Requirement. At least two of these courses must be from General Education. Based upon Admissions application information, students may be placed in ENGL 100; ENGL 100 will count toward the Writing requirement if completed with a minimum grade of C.
A single course may not be used to meet more than one of the General Education requirements, but a single course may count toward a General Education requirement and the student’s major or minor requirements, as well as count as a Writing Enhanced course in the Writing requirement. Students should check with their advisor regarding the eligibility of transfer credits to meet General Education requirements after students have enrolled at Stetson. A key component of a liberal education is to learn about the modes of inquiry from a diverse set of disciplines, so no more than 3 courses used to meet General Education requirements may come from a single department and at least 16 of the 32 units required for graduation must come from departments outside the department of the major.
For many majors, certain courses outside the major field of study are required. These courses are called “collateral requirements.”
A student majoring in Education may count among the 32 units as many in the major as are required for completion of an approved program for teacher certification by the State of Florida.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations 1 | ||
| Writing Requirement | ||
| FSEM 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| Quantitative Reasoning (any Q course) | 1 | |
| Junior Seminar | 1 | |
| Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Natural World | ||
| Select five of the following: 2 | 5 | |
Creative Arts (any A course, or 4 - MUSC, MUSA or MUSE credit courses) | ||
Culture and Belief (any B course) | ||
Historical Inquiry (any H course) | ||
Individuals, Societies, and Social Systems (any S course) | ||
Modern Languages (any L course) | ||
Physical and Natural World (any P course) | ||
| Personal and Social Responsibility | ||
| Select any 'Stetson Values (V)' course | 1 | |
| Total Units | 9 | |
Cultural Events/Campus Engagement
In addition to completing 32 course units, students join Stetson's intellectual and creative life outside the classroom by participating in at least 24 approved cultural events at Stetson. These events include lectures by distinguished visitors, musical performances, plays, and art shows. Students may also view the list of approved cultural events3 under Calendar of Events at https://www.stetson.edu/other/calendar/ and selecting Deland Campus.
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Foundation courses may not be taken pass/fail.
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1 unit each from 5 out of the 6 areas.
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The Calendar of Events for the Deland campus identifies Cultural Events as those marked with a turquoise blue colored square in the lower-left corner of the event block.
Public History Concentration
This concentration will help students interested in pursuing public history careers to enter graduate school or the market with some training in the field. Public historians are in many ways a community’s connection to history. Those trained in public history become museum and historical agency/society professionals, historical interpreters, cultural resource managers, private consultants in planning, community projects and conservation, restoration experts, historical archaeologists, and archivists.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Public History Courses | ||
| HIST 292S | Introduction to Public History | 1 |
| ARTH 365 | Collection Management | 1 |
| Select one additional course from the following: | 1 | |
| American Popular Culture | ||
| American Art | ||
| American Consumer Culture | ||
| American Cultural Traditions (Can be used as an H course) | ||
| Southern History and Culture in the United States, 1800-Present | ||
| Art History Survey I: From Prehistory to 14th Century (Can be used as an H course) | ||
| Art History Survey II: From Renaissance to Modernism (Can be used as an H course) | ||
| Art Market and Institutions | ||
| Environmental Science and Society | ||
| Modern Urban America | ||
| English Historical Landscape | ||
| The Holocaust | ||
| Crossroads of Empire (Junior Seminar) | ||
| The Art of Public Explanation | ||
| Southern History and Culture in the United States, 1800-Present | ||
| American Environmental History: Nature and the American Marketplace (Junior Seminar) | ||
| The 1950's and 1960's (Can be used as an H course) | ||
| Global Migration and Diasporas | ||
| The Mexican and Cuban Revolutions (Junior Seminar) | ||
| Collateral Courses (Credits do not count towards Major) | ||
| HIST 397 | Internship in History | 0.5 or 1 |
| Select two courses in Media and Communication or Management and Entrepreneurship | 2 | |
| Media and Communication: | ||
| Visual Communication | ||
| Digital Art Fundamentals | ||
| Digital Photography | ||
| Digital Audio Fundamentals | ||
| Web Design 1 | ||
| Introduction to Maps and Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Management and Entrepreneurship: | ||
| Management Information Systems | ||
| Project Management | ||
| Prince Entrepreneurship Studies Seminar | ||
| Entrepreneurial Management | ||
| Venture Capital and High Growth Entrepreneurship 1 | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | ||
| Principles of Management | ||
| Organizational Behavior | ||
| The Marketplace and Consumers | ||
| Consumer Dynamics | ||
| Total Units | 5.5-6 | |