History Major
Recommended Four-Year Plan for Completing the Major - Get the most out of your History Degree
Catalogue Entries
History Major for Students Enrolling at Coastal During or After the Fall Semester, 2013.
History Major for Students Enrolling at Coastal Before the Fall Semester, 2013
Students majoring in history must earn a grade of C or above in all history courses.
I. CORE CURRICULUM...........................................................................34-41
II. FRESHMAN GRADUATION REQUIREMENT (0-3 Credits)
Minimum grade of C is required.
University 110, The First-Year Experience ....................................................3
UNIV 110 is required for all new entering freshmen and for new transfer students
with fewer than 12 transfer credit hours unless the transfer student has satisfactorily completed a college transition course.
III. FOUNDATION COURSES (9–24 credits)*
History 101*, 102*, 111*, 112*, 201*, 202* ........................….…………..…......18
History 250 .......................………………………………………….…...............................3
For History majors, History 250, Historical Research and Writing, is a prerequisite
or co-requisite for all upper level history courses.
One of the following:
ENGL 275, 276, 287, 288; PHIL 101*, 103;
POLI 101*; WGST 103, GEOG 121 ..............................................................3
*Credits can be counted only once. Therefore, credits for courses taken as part of
the Core Curriculum are counted only there and not elsewhere in the major.
IV. MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (24 credits)
History 498 Senior Seminar........………......……...…........................................ 3
History 300-level or above...……………….....……..............…………........................21
Students must take at least one upper-level course in United States, European,
and Non-Western history. Sudents with a 3.50 or higher GPA in all history
courses may elect to take History 499, Senior Thesis. This is recommended
for students intending to pursue graduate study in History.
V. COGNATE REQUIREMENT (12 credits) ..............................................12
Cognate courses are upper-level courses (numbered 300 or higher) in disciplines
other than the student’s major but that support the major. Cognate courses should
be chosen in consultation with the student’s academic adviser. Alternatively, history
majors may choose to minor in another discipline. Requirements for the minor
are set by the minor department. The cognate requirement is subsumed by the
minor.
VI. ELECTIVES (19–41 credits) .........................................................19-41
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED .........……….…………………………........................120