History - Requirements for the Major
Supporting Courses, 15 credits
- HISTORY 100 History of the Modern World, 3 credits
- HISTORY 205 History of the United States, 1600 to 1865, 3 credits
- HISTORY 206 History of the United States, 1865 to Present, 3 credits
- HUM STUD 101 Foundations of Western Culture I, 3 credits
- HUM STUD 102 Foundations of Western Culture II, 3 credits
Electives (suggested):
- HISTORY 207 Roots of Black America, 3 credits
- HISTORY 208 The Development of Modern Science in Western Society, 3 credits
- HISTORY 209 U.S. Immigration History, 3 credits
- HISTORY 250 Traditional Asian Civilization, 3 credits
- HISTORY 275 The Vietnam War in Historical Perspective, 3 credits
- HISTORY 298 Independent Study, 1-4 credits
- SOC C D 265 Music, Politics and Social Change, 3 credits
Upper-Level Courses, 24 credits
Students are required to take the history seminar, two courses each from Category I and II, and one course from Category III. Students should select the remaining six credits based on academic and professional need or interest.
Required, 3 credits:
- HISTORY 480 Seminar in History, 3 credits
Category I, American History: 6 credits minimum
Two of these:
- HISTORY 302 Problems in American Thought, 3 credits
- HISTORY 310 American Colonial History, 3 credits
- HISTORY 311 History of Wisconsin, 3 credits
- HISTORY 322 Economic and Business History of the U.S., 3 credits
- HISTORY 340 Topics in African American History, 3 credits
- HISTORY 380 Women in the United States: Historical Perspectives, 3 credits
- HISTORY 401 The Transformation of American Schools, 3 credits
- HISTORY 402 Political and Social History of the Modern U.S. I, 3 credits
- HISTORY 403 Political and Social History of the Modern U.S. II, 3 credits
- HISTORY 405 History of Technological Change, 3 credits
- HUM STUD 374 Wisconsin American Indian Ethnohistory, 3 credits
- SOC C D 361 Historical Perspectives on Social Change, 3 credits
Category II, European History: 6 credits minimum
Two of these:
- HISTORY 301 The Middle Ages, 3 credits
- HISTORY 306 Problems in European Thought, 3 credits
- HISTORY 309 History of Science in Modern Times, 3 credits
- HISTORY 316 Topics in Modern European History, 3 credits
- HISTORY 350 Social History of Europe, 3 credits
- HISTORY 360 Ancient Greece, 3 credits
- HISTORY 361 Ancient Rome, 3 credits
- HISTORY 381 Women in Ancient and Medieval History, 3 credits
- HISTORY 382 Women in Modern European History, 3 credits
- HISTORY 404 History of Modern Europe, 3 credits
- HISTORY 410 History of Christianity, 3 credits
- HISTORY 460 Topics in Ancient History, 3 credits
Category III, Non-Western History: 3 credits minimum
One of these:
- HISTORY 354 History of Modern Southeast Asia, 3 credits
- HISTORY 356 History of Africa, 3 credits
- HISTORY 358 Political History of Modern Latin America, 3 credits
- SOC C D 333 Social Change in Modern East Asia, 3 credits