Program: History, B.A./B.S. - Belmont University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Mar 31, 2025

Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

The History major is designed for students interested in studying and better understanding the human experience over time. The History major prepares students for graduate study in such areas as History, Public History, and Law; and for professions at all levels of education, law, museum, and historic preservation work, among others. The broad reading, writing, and critical and analytical thinking skills students develop through the History major prepare them for a multitude of career paths.

BELL Core Requirements: 53 Hours (minimum)

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Technical Requirements:

Technical Requirements are courses identified by the program as required courses and will count in the BELL Core or as General Electives.

HIS 2010 The American Experience to Reconstruction 3 Hours
or
HIS 2020 The American Experience Since Reconstruction 3 Hours

Major Requirements: 33 Hours

HIS 2050 is a prerequisite for all history courses numbered 3000 and above for the history major.

Electives from American History Courses: 6 Hours

Select 2 of the following electives.

HIS 3100 The Cold War World 3 Hours
HIS 3110 Civil War and Reconstruction 3 Hours
HIS 3150 American Social Thought to 1865 3 Hours
HIS 3200 Women in American Society 3 Hours
HIS 3300 Writers, Gangsters, and Flappers: 1920s America 3 Hours
HIS 3340 American in Depression and War 3 Hours
HIS 3350 American Baseball History 3 Hours
HIS 3410 History of American Political Thought 3 Hours
HIS 3600 International Vistas: The U.S. Viewed from Abroad 3 Hours
HIS 4120 Revolution, Nation Making and the “Age of Jackson” 3 Hours
HIS 4250 Seminar in American Historical Biography 3 Hours
HIS 4320 Seminar in The American West 3 Hours
HIS 4330 American Thought and Culture Since 1865 3 Hours
HIS 4390 Advanced Studies in United States History 3 Hours

Electives from European History Courses: 6 Hours

Select 2 of the following electives.

HIS 3250 Kings and Philosophers: Europe, 1648-1789 3 Hours
HIS 3400 History of Medieval Europe 3 Hours
HIS 3500 History of the Russian Empire 3 Hours
HIS 3510 Russia and the Soviet Union Since 1900 3 Hours
HIS 3550 Europe in the Age of the French Revolution 3 Hours
HIS 3560 France Since 1870 3 Hours
HIS 3650 The Making Of England, 400-1500 3 Hours
HIS 3660 History of England II 3 Hours
HIS 3690 Ireland Since 1798: From Colony to National State 3 Hours
HIS 4500 Europe in the Age of the World Wars 3 Hours
HIS 4510 History of Rome 3 Hours
HIS 4650 The Russian Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1922 3 Hours
HIS 4670 The Tudor Monarchy, 1485-1603 3 Hours
HIS 4690 Advanced Studies in European History 3 Hours

Electives from World History Courses: 6 Hours

Select 2 of the following electives.

HIS 3540 Modern China 3 Hours
HIS 3700 History of Central Asia 3 Hours
HIS 3720 Islamic Social and Religious Thought 3 Hours
HIS 3800 Latin America : The National Period 3 Hours
HIS 3850 Africa Since 1890 3 Hours
HIS 4700 Colonialism and Empire Since 1500 3 Hours
HIS 4710 Ecology, Technology, and Geography in World History 3 Hours
HIS 4750 Nationalism and Ethnic Identity 3 Hours
HIS 4800 The Vietnam War 3 Hours
HIS 4820 History of Modern Japan 3 Hours
HIS 4850 Cuba and the Caribbean 3 Hours
HIS 4890 Advanced Studies in World History 3 Hours

Additional History Electives: 6 Hours

[At least three (3) of the history elective hours must be taken at the 4000-level]

Minor requirements: 18 Hours

General Electives: 24 Hours (minimum)

Total Required for the Program: 128 Hours