Undergraduate Catalog 2019-2020

History, B.A.

History Curriculum Outline

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Total Credit Hours:46

Piedmont College Requirement

PDMT 1101Intro to College Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:1

Students who have not completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of college-level coursework upon admission to Piedmont College must meet this college requirement.

History Major

Total Credit Hours:36

History Foundations

HIST 1111World History to the Mid-17th Century

3

HIST 1112World History since the Mid-17th Century

3

HIST 2212Pivotal Moments in Recent U.S. History

3

HIST 2280Introduction to Historiography

3

HIST 4480Historiography

3

POSC 1101American Government

3

Total Credit Hours:18

History Electives

Students must choose six upper level history electives:

The elective courses must be upper division (3000-4000) courses in history. The selection of these six upper division courses by the student is done in consultation with his or her academic advisor. The student is free to choose which courses will be studied, for there is no established sequence of courses that must be taken.

Total Credit Hours:18

General Electives

Total Credit Hours:43

Total Credit Hours: 120

HIST 1111, HIST 1112, HIST 2212, POSC 1101:These courses also satisfy general education requirements and appear in the number of hours for both general education and the major; in reality, history majors may have up to 43 additional hours to use for electives. Students may use elective hours to earn a minor or another major, as well as to develop additional marketable skills. The number of elective hours students may take will depend on the courses taken to satisfy general education requirements.