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Requirements for History Majors
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Dr. Barney J. Rickman
E-mail: bjrickma@valdosta.edu
Office Location: Ashley Hall Room 212
Office Telephone: 333-5947
Curriculum
Core Curriculum Area A-E (42 hours)
Core Curriculum Area F (18 hours)
- Foreign Language and Culture* (6 hours)
- HIST 1001 or HIST 1012 or HIST 1013 (3 hours)
- HIST 2111 or HIST 2112 (3 hours)
- Electives (6 hours)
HIST 1011, HIST 1012, HIST 1013, if not taken in Area E
If one or two are taken in Area E, choice of one or two of the following:
ANTH 1102, CS 1000, ECON 1500, GEOG 1101, GEOG 1102,
GEOG 1103, MATH 2620, PHIL 2010, POLS 2101, POLS 2401,
POLS 1102, PSYC 2500, REL 2000, SOCI 1101, SOCI 1160
* Only two of three required courses in a single foreign language can be taken in Area F. The third course must be taken in Area C or in the Senior College.
Senior College Curriculum (60 hours)
Upper division courses in History (30 hours)
- Nine (9) three-semester hour courses numbered above 3000 (24 hours)
including at least one each in:
a) European or British History;
b) United States History;
Latin American, African, or Asian History - HIST 4950 Senior Seminar (3 hours)
Supporting Course (0-3 hours)
- Foreign Language and Culture, if not taken in Area C
Minor and/or Electives (27-30 hours)
- (must include at least 6 semester hours of courses numbered
3000 or above in a single discipline outside the student's major)