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Plan of Study – History

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

History: Bach Arts

History: Bachelor of Arts

Major Courses (Minimum of 30 semester hours required.)
     HIS 1090 Ancient and Medieval World (3 s.h.)
World history from prehistoric times to c. 1500 C.E., including a study of the ancient and medieval civilizations of global culture realms.
     HIS 2320 United States to 1900 (3 s.h.)
Political, social, economic, and cultural development of the United States; emphasis on the colonial period, the Civil War, and the rise of America to world power.
     HIS 2760 Michigan History (3 s.h.)
Significant people and events during Michigan’s long history, including the roles of the Native Americans, the French, the British, the Toledo War, Civil War, Michigan’s economic growth, the Great Depression, the roles of labor and minorities, and discussion of the several state constitutions.
     HIS 3310 Early Modern World: Age of Discovery and Revolution (3 s.h.)
World history in the period of European global expansion from the formation of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires in the Sixteenth Century to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, including a study of politics, culture, ideas, and religion of Europe and the World.
     HIS 3320 Modern World (3 s.h.)
World history from 1789 C.E. to the present, including a study of modern global culture realms. Special attention is given to global crises and achievements, the Cold War and its aftermath, and global, political, and economic development.
     HIS 3420 Minority Groups in America (3 s.h.)
Conflict between the revolutionary ideals of the American dream and the reality of majority-minority group relations from colonial America to the present.
     HIS 4320 Foreign Policy History of the United States (3 s.h.)
Influence of foreign policy on past and present life of the United States; emphasis on the nation as a world power, taking into account the viewpoints of the international community of nations.
     HIS 4540 United States in the Modern Era (3 s.h.)
Development of the United States as a world power and its impact on the social, economic, cultural, and political changes in the contemporary era.
     HIS 4960
     HIS 4633/4635 Choice (Minimum of 3 semester hours required. Choose from: HIS 4633/HIS 4635.)
          HIS 4633 Global Studies: Modern Latin America (HIS*/PSC) (3 s.h.)
Study of selected historical and political problems and themes related to modern Latin America, with attention to regional and global relationships.
          HIS 4635 Global Studies: Comparative History of Modern World Regions (HIS*/PSC) (3 s.h.)
Comparison of at least two of the following world religions: Africa, East Asia, Europs, Latin America, Middle East, South Asia, in terms of selected historical and political problems and themes. The course will focus on the modern period, as well as the origins of modern patterns, and the different paths to modernity in the regions chosen.