History Degree with Public History Emphasis
This degree has a Required General Education Core (GEC) totaling 44-47 hours.
The GEC includes courses in:
Area I: Foundation Skills (18-21 hours)
Area II: A Liberal Arts Education (26 hours)
Degree Requirements
Area I – Foundation Skills - 2 hours
| FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 2 |
* FSL 101 is required for first-year students. Transfer students who have earned 24 credit hours or more prior to enrolling at Cumberland are not required to take the course.
Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours
Area I – Mathematics - 3-4 hours
Area II - Arts and Humanities (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - The Social Sciences (choose two)- 6 hours
Area II - History - 6 hours
| HIS 201 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| HIS 202 | History of the United States II | 3 |
Area II - The Natural Sciences - 8 hours
Choose one course from the following:
Area II - Choose one course from the following:
History Core Requirements - 27 hours
| HIS 191 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| HIS 192 | World Civilization since 1500 | 3 |
| HIS 225 | Introduction to Historical Methods | 3 |
| HIS 496 | Seminar in History | 3 |
Choose one of the following Early U.S. History courses:
Choose one of the following Modern U.S. History courses:
| HIS 415 | Emergence of Modern America | 3 |
| HIS 426 | United States History, 1941 to the Present | 3 |
| HIS 430 | Expansion of the United States | 3 |
Choose two of the following non-U.S. History courses:
Required Public History Courses - 15 hours
| HIS 304 | Introduction to Public History | 3 |
| HIS 499 | Internship in History | 1-3 |
Required History Electives - 6 hours
* Choose six hours from history at the 300 level or higher.
General Electives - 25-28 hours
Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120.
Total GEC Credit Hours (44-47 hours)
Total Required History Core Courses (27 hours)
Total Required Public History Courses (15 hours)
Total History Electives (6 hours)
Total General Electives (25-28 hours)
* FSL 101, ENG 101, ENG 102, and all history courses require a "C" or higher.
120 minimum hours required for graduation.