History and Philosophy Double Major

History requires 36 total credit hours for its major, while Philosophy requires 30 total credit hours.
Both History and Philosophy require a Senior Thesis of all its majors, so students will be able to choose in which department to complete their Senior Thesis requirement (but will not need to do both).
History will wave 6 credit hours of its 36 required credit hours for double-major.

History’s Degree Requirements:

The Bachelor of Arts degree in history requires 36 semester hours with grades of C or above; a maximum of 54 hours can be applied to the degree. At least 21 out of the 30 hours must be upper division courses.

SURVEY COURSES: (12 hours total):

All history students must take (or transfer in) 12 total hours of lower-division credits.

*Select 6 courses from the lower-division Histories of Europe and the U.S.
HIST 1010 - The Ancient World
HIST 1020 - Medieval World
HIST 1030 - The Age of Revolutionary Europe
HIST 1040 - Europe Since 1800: Struggles and Transformations
HIST 1510 - U.S.: Birth of a Nation, 1607-1789
HIST 1520 - U.S.: Expansion and Division, 1789-1877
HIST 1530 - U.S.: Emergence of Modern America, 1865-1920
HIST 1540 - U.S.: Recent America, 1918-Present
HIST 1550 - African American History: From Africa to the Present Day
*Select the other 6 courses lower-divison Histories of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East
HIST 1120 - Asian History: The Indian Subcontinent
HIST 1130 - Asian History: China
HIST 1140 - Asian History: Japan
HIST 1300 - Global Revolutions: A Comparative History
HIST 1340 - Global Military History from the Ancient to Modern World
HIST 1400 - Latin America to 1810
HIST 1410 - Latin America Since 1810
HIST 1600 - Making of the Modern Middle East I
HIST 1610 - Making of the Modern Middle East II

UPPER-DIVISION COURSES (HIST 3000+ and above):

21 hours for History BA
15 hours for History/Education majors

In both cases, 3 of those hours must be your HIST 4990 - Senior Thesis Seminar.

6 of those hours in upper-division courses must come from the list of courses designated as Global History courses. Please see the History Advising sheet for a complete list of the courses that fulfill Global History requirement at the upper-division level. All of the courses that fulfill the Global History requirement in the major also fulfill the General Education “Inclusiveness” requirement.

HIST 4990 - Senior Thesis Seminar: Approaches to the Study of History

: The History Department’s “capstone” experience is a Senior Thesis, required of all History majors, and done under the close supervision in a class (History 4990) taught by one of our regular faculty members or Instructors. In the Senior Thesis class, students will prepare a full-length (usually 25-30 pages) essay on a selected topic in History, relying heavily on original or primary sources. Please see the Guide to History 4990 Senior Thesis or further details and a schedule of topics and instructors.

Philosophy Degree Requirements:

The Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy requires 30 semester hours with grades of C or above; a maximum of 54 hours can be applied to the degree. At least 21 out of the 30 hours must be upper division courses.

Logic Course

Select one logic course from list below.

Senior Thesis:

PHIL 4950 - Senior Thesis