History Major – B.A. Degree

History Major (39 cr)

Select two courses in World, African, Asian, or Latin American History:

At least one of which must be at the 100 or 200-level; the other may be lower or upper-division.

B. Core Requirements—Specialization (12 cr)

Four upper-division history courses with a geographic or thematic focus, chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor; one of the courses must be a history capstone seminar.

C. Elective Requirements (6 cr)

Two history electives, under advisement.

D. Cognate Requirements (None)

*At least one of the courses taken for the core requirement must focus mainly on the period before 1800.

Note: At least 21 of the 39 hours credited to the major must be in 300-499 courses (upper-division). No SUNY Oswego course in which the student receives a grade below C- shall count toward the major.

History Courses

United States History Courses

HIS 202 - History of the United States to 1865 credit: 3
HIS 203 - History of the United States Since 1865 credit: 3
HIS 248 - Women in American History to 1865 credit: 3
HIS 341 - America’s Vietnam War credit: 3
HIS 342 - United States Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century credit: 3
HIS 344 - American Immigration and Ethnic History credit: 3
HIS 345 - The Early Republic: US 1789-1848 credit: 3
HIS 346 - History of Organized Crime credit: 3
HIS 348 - Women in Twentieth Century United States credit: 3
HIS 350 - Slavery In America to 1865 credit: 3
HIS 352 - The Gilded Ages and Progressive Era credit: 3
HIS 353 - The Black Power Movement credit: 3
HIS 354 - The Indian in American History credit: 3
HIS 356 - Civil War and Reconstruction credit: 3
HIS 368 - Issues in American Medicine credit: 3
HIS 369 - The United States Since 1945 credit: 3
HIS 450 - Seminar in American History credit: 3

European History Courses

HIS 100 - The West and the World to 1500 credit: 3
HIS 101 - The West and the World, 1500-1900 credit: 3
HIS 230 - The Western Heritage I credit: 3
HIS 231 - The Western Heritage II credit: 3
HIS 301 - European Intellectual History in the 20th Century credit: 3
HIS 307 - World War I credit: 3
HIS 308 - Jews, Christians, and Muslims to 1500 credit: 3
HIS 312 - Early Middle Ages credit: 3
HIS 313 - High and Late Middle Ages credit: 3
HIS 314 - Ancient Greece credit: 3
HIS 315 - Ancient Rome credit: 3
HIS 317 - Renaissance Europe credit: 3
HIS 318 - Reformation Europe credit: 3
HIS 322 - Nazi Germany credit: 3
HIS 323 - Europe Between the World Wars, 1917-1939 credit: 3
HIS 324 - Europe Since 1945 credit: 3
HIS 325 - Modern Germany credit: 3
HIS 326 - World War II credit: 3
HIS 328 - History of Women in Modern Europe credit: 3
HIS 329 - The Cold War credit: 3
HIS 330 - History of Russia to 1900 credit: 3
HIS 331 - Twentieth Century Russia credit: 3
HIS 393 - Women and War in the Twentieth Century credit: 3
HIS 416 - Seminar in Medieval History credit: 3
HIS 424 - Seminar in Modern European History credit: 3

World, African, Asian, or Latin American History Courses

HIS 102 - World History in the Twentieth Century credit: 3
HIS 206 - Africa to 1800 credit: 3
HIS 207 - Africa since 1800 credit: 3
HIS 208 - Modern Asia credit: 3
HIS 209 - Traditional Asia and Its Legacy credit: 3
HIS 212 - Women in History credit: 3
HIS 215 - Introduction to Latin American Civilizations credit: 3
HIS 310 - Religion in African History credit: 3
HIS 373 - History of Mexico credit: 3
HIS 381 - History of Human Trafficking credit: 3
HIS 382 - The State and Society in Late Imperial China credit: 3
HIS 383 - Modern China credit: 3
HIS 385 - Modern Japan credit: 3
HIS 389 - History of the Middle East credit: 3
HIS 412 - Seminar in Women’s History credit: 3
HIS 482 - Seminar in Third World History credit: 3