General Education		Semester Hours
ACAD 101	Principles of the Learning Academy	1
Shared Skills and Proficiencies
Writing and Critical Thinking
WRIT 101	Composition	3
HMXP 102	Human Experience	3
CRTW 201	Critical Reading, Thinking & Writing	3
Oral Communication	See approved list; may be met by other requirement	0-3
Technology	See approved list; may be met by other requirement	0-3
Intensive Writing	Met in major with HIST 300	0
Constitution Requirement	Met in major with HIST 211 or 212	0
Physical Activity	See approved list;	1
Thinking Critically Across Disciplines*
Global Perspectives	See approved list; could be met in major	0-3
Historical Perspectives	See approved list; could be met in major	0-3
Introducing Students to Broad Disciplinary Perspectives*
Social Science	See approved list; must include 2 designators;	6
Humanities and Arts	See approved list; must include 2 designators; could be partially met in major	3-6
Quantitative Skills and Natural Science	(3 courses)	9-12
Quantitative Skills	See approved list	(3-8)
Natural Science	See approved list; must include one lab science. If 2 courses taken, must be in two different groups: Life, Physical, Earth	(3-8)
Subtotal		32-41
*No more than two courses in the major may count toward requirements in these areas
Requirements in the Major		33
2 of HIST 111, 112, 113	World Civilizations to 950, World Civilizations 950 - 1750, World Civilizations Since 1750	6
HIST 211	US History to 1877	3
HIST 212	US History since 1877	3
HIST 300	Historiography and Methodology	3
HIST 590	Senior Capstone Seminar	3
HIST electives, including 6 hours at the 500 level and at least 3 semester hours from each of the following groupings:		15
United States:
HIST 302	Modern Civil Rights Movement
HIST 308	American Ethnic History	3
HIST 310	The History of Women in America	3
HIST 312	History of American Education	3
HIST 313	Native American History	3
HIST 314	Colonial North America	3
HIST 315	Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST 325	U.S. Sports History	3
HIST 501	Hist of Social Movements in Amer	3
HIST 502	Social Movements in the US since the 1960s	3
HIST 505	History of South Carolina	3
HIST 509	African American History	3
HIST 515	US as World Power Since 1898	3
HIST 517	Black Women in America	3
HIST 518	A History of the Old South	3
HIST 521	The New South	3
HIST 522	Southern Religious History	3
HIST 525	The United States Since 1939	3
HIST 527	The American Revolution	3
Europe:
HIST 344	European Hist from Age Reason to WWI	3
HIST 345	European History Since 1914	3
HIST 346	History of England to 1603	3
HIST 347	Hist of England 1603 to Presen	3
HIST 360	Crusades	3
HIST 539	Age of Alexander	3
HIST 540	Ancient Greece and Rome	3
HIST 542	Medieval European History	3
HIST 547	History of Modern Russia	3
HIST 548	History of Modern Germany	3
HIST 549	The Third Reich	3
Asia, Africa and Latin America:
HIST 333	Imperial China	3
HIST 334	Modern China	3
HIST 335	Modern Japan	3
HIST 337	Early Africa	3
HIST 338	Modern Africa	3
HIST 351	Latin American History	3
HIST 352	History of US-Latin Amer Relat	3
HIST 543	Medieval Africa and Islam	3
HIST 554	Women in Modern China	3
HIST 555	Chinese Foreign Relations	3
HIST 560	History of Mexico,Central Amer	3
HIST 561	History of the Caribbean	3
HIST 350/550 (Special Topics), 355A, B, C (Traveling Seminar), 450/550 (select topics), 463 (Academic Internship), and 471/ 472 (Research) may also be taken as electives and would be applied to groupings as above in which the particular subject matter applies.
Foreign Language Requirement		3-8^
Minor		15-24
General Electives		14-37
Total		120

^This requirement may be met by a satisfactory score on a recognized examination or by passing any foreign language course numbered 102 or any course with 102 as a prerequisite.

Must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours of HIST courses in residence at Winthrop.

Not more than 36 hours in any one subject designator may be applied toward the major for a BA degree.

BA-HIST - Bachelor of Arts in History

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