General Requirements (Core Areas A - E) Credit Hours: 42

Additional Requirements Credit Hours: 4

Area F - Courses Appropriate to Major Credit Hours: 18

• Foreign Language 2001 - Intermediate I
• Foreign Language 2002 - Intermediate II
• HIST 1111 - World History I: Development of World Civilization (3 Credit Hours)
• HIST 1112 - World History II: Emergence of Modern Global Community (3 Credit Hours) ¹
• HIST 2110 - U. S. A Comprehensive Survey (3 Credit Hours)
• HIST 2111 - History of the United States to 1877 (3 Credit Hours) ²
• HIST 2112 - Survey of US History II (3 Credit Hours) ²
• HIST 2630 - Historical Methods (3 Credit Hours)

Major Requirements

• Foreign Language 1002 (If not take in Core) (3 Credit Hours.)
• HIST 4635 - Senior Seminar (3 Credit Hours) (Prerequisite HIST 2630 )

Minor - Required Credit Hours: 15

• Select 15 credit hours of Minor (must be approved byadvisor)

Electives Credit Hours: 21

• Select 21 credit hours of Electives

Total Credit Hours: 124

¹ History majors should take HIST 1111  in Area B and HIST 1112  in Area F. If not taken to satisfy these CORE requirements, students must take these courses in Area F.

² History majors should take HIST 2110  in Area E. If HIST 2111  or HIST 2112  is taken to satisfy Area E, the remaining course must be taken in Area F.

³ At least nine (9) credit hours must include one course from three of the following four categories:

• U.S. History
• European History
• “Non-Western” History [African, Asian, Latin American, or Middle Eastern]
• Public History

Other Program Requirements

• Must have a minimum grade of “C” in every History course beyond the core surveys.
• Students must be in good standing to change major to History
• No more than 30 hours of upper division course work in the major may count toward the minimum of 124 hours required for graduation.

Advisement

Undergraduate Academic Advisement at Georgia Southern is provided to all degree-seeking undergraduate students by professional advisors. Academic Advisors are located on all three Georgia Southern University campuses. Students are required to meet with their assigned Academic Advisor at least once a semester. For more information visit the Academic Advisement  catalog page.

Honors in History

To graduate with Honors in History, a student must:

• Be admitted to the Honors College;
• Successfully complete:
  • HIST 2630 - Historical Methods (3 Credit Hours)  with a minimum grade of “B” or higher
  • HIST 3630 - History Seminar (3 Credit Hours)  with a minimum grade of “B” or higher
  • HONS 4999 - Honors Research (1-3 Credit Hours)   for one credit hour
  • HONS 4999 - Honors Research (1-3 Credit Hours)  for two credit hours in separate semester with the same faculty member as the first semester of HONS 4999 - Honors Research (1-3 Credit Hours) ;
• Successfully complete and present an Honors Thesis or Capstone Project;
• Be in good standing in the Honors College at the time of graduation.
• (Taking the entire three-credit-hour sequence of HONS 4999 - Honors Research (1-3 Credit Hours)  with a faculty member substitutes for the HIST 4635 - Senior Seminar (3 Credit Hours)  - required for History Majors.)