2017-2018 Catalog

History Major

Students electing a major in History apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include a 3.00 in their content grade point average (GPA). Students must maintain the content GPA of 3.00 for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain History certification:

Requirements

History

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
HIST 200The Nature of Historical Inquiry

4

Fall, Spring.
HIST 201U.S. History to 1877

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 202U.S. History from 1877 to the Present

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 362Reading Seminar in History

4

Fall, Spring (as needed).

ONE COURSE from U.S. History at the 300-level

ONE COURSE from Western History I:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
HIST 300History of Ancient Greece

4

Alternate years.
HIST 301Alexander and the Hellenistic World

4

As needed.
HIST 302The Roman Republic

4

As needed.
HIST 303The Roman Empire

4

As needed.
HIST 304Medieval History

4

As needed.
HIST 305The Age of the Renaissance

4

Fall.
HIST 306Protestant Reformations and Catholic Renewal

4

As needed.
HIST 307Europe in the Age of Enlightenment

4

As needed.
HIST 311The Origins of Russia to 1700

4

Alternate years.
HIST 312Russia from Peter to Lenin

4

Alternate years.
HIST 315Western Legal Systems

4

As needed.
HIST 318Tudor-Stuart England

4

As needed.
HIST 352Colonial Latin America

4

Annually.

ONE COURSE from Western History II:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
HIST 308Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789 to 1850

4

As needed.
HIST 309Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914

4

As needed.
HIST 310Twentieth-Century Europe

4

As needed.
HIST 313The Soviet Union and After

4

Alternate years.
HIST 316Modern Western Political Thought

4

Fall.
HIST 317Politics and Society

4

Spring.
HIST 353Modern Latin America

4

Annually.

ONE COURSE from Non-Western History

ONE ADDITIONAL 300-level history course

Certification Courses

To be certified to teach history in Rhode Island secondary schools, students must also complete six of the certification courses listed below. Upon completion, students may be eligible for Rhode Island endorsement to teach economics, geography, political science, and social studies. Students may also be eligible for endorsement to teach anthropology and/or sociology, if they take two of the designated anthropology courses (see below) and/or two of the designated sociology courses (see below). Only one course in these disciplines is required if endorsement in these disciplines is not sought.

Courses

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ECON 200Introduction to Economics

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 200World Regional Geography

4

Fall, Spring.
POL 202American Government

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.

ONE COURSE from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ANTH 101Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

4

Fall, Spring.
ANTH 205Race, Culture, and Ethnicity: Anthropological Perspectives

4

Odd years.
SOC 200Society and Social Behavior

4

Fall, Spring.
SOC 202The Family

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 208The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.

ONE COURSE from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
GEOG 101Introduction to Geography

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 303Historical Geography of the United States

4

As needed.
GEOG 307Coastal Geography

4

As needed.
GEOG 337Urban Political Geography

3

As needed.

ONE COURSE from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
POL 208Introduction to the Law

3

Fall, Spring.
POL 337Urban Political Geography

3

As needed.
POL 357The American Presidency

4

As needed.
POL 358The American Congress

4

Every third semester.

Total Credit Hours: 56-58

Note: To enroll in SED 411 and SED 412, students must have completed at least 24 credit hours of courses in social science/history, including ECON 200, GEOG 200, HIST 201 and HIST 202, and POL 202. Students must have completed HIST 200 and one 300-level course in Non-Western History, Western History, and U.S. History. (General Education courses may be counted to meet this requirement.)