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

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 200	The Nature of Historical Inquiry	4	Fall, Spring.
HIST 201	U.S. History to 1877	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 202	U.S. History from 1877 to the Present	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 362	Reading Seminar in History	4	Fall, Spring (as needed).

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

ONE COURSE from Western History I:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 300	History of Ancient Greece	4	Alternate years.
HIST 301	Alexander and the Hellenistic World	4	As needed.
HIST 302	The Roman Republic	4	As needed.
HIST 303	The Roman Empire	4	As needed.
HIST 304	Medieval History	4	As needed.
HIST 305	The Age of the Renaissance	4	Fall.
HIST 306	Protestant Reformations and Catholic Renewal	4	As needed.
HIST 307	Europe in the Age of Enlightenment	4	As needed.
HIST 311	The Origins of Russia to 1700	4	Alternate years.
HIST 312	Russia from Peter to Lenin	4	Alternate years.
HIST 315	Western Legal Systems	4	As needed.
HIST 318	Tudor-Stuart England	4	As needed.
HIST 352	Colonial Latin America	4	Annually.

ONE COURSE from Western History II:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 308	Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789 to 1850	4	As needed.
HIST 309	Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914	4	As needed.
HIST 310	Twentieth-Century Europe	4	As needed.
HIST 313	The Soviet Union and After	4	Alternate years.
HIST 316	Modern Western Political Thought	4	Fall.
HIST 317	Politics and Society	4	Spring.
HIST 353	Modern 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.

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 200	World Regional Geography	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 202	American Government	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

ONE COURSE from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 200	Society and Social Behavior	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 202	The Family	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 208	The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

ONE COURSE from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
GEOG 101	Introduction to Geography	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 303	Historical Geography of the United States	4	As needed.
GEOG 307	Coastal Geography	4	As needed.
GEOG 337	Urban Political Geography	3	As needed.

ONE COURSE from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 208	Introduction to the Law	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 337	Urban Political Geography	3	As needed.
POL 357	The American Presidency	4	As needed.
POL 358	The 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.)