Overall Requirements

• 120 credit hours, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level.
• Minimum 30 credits at or above the 100 level. The department divides its undergraduate offerings into three fields: Western Europe, United States, and the Wider World. The minimum of 30 credits must include courses as provided below.
• ​History majors must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in history courses to qualify for a degree in History.

Degree Program Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
University Requirements
General Education Requirements (MAC)
College of Arts and Sciences Additional Requirements (CIC)

Major Requirements                                                           

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
100-200-Level Courses		9
Select 3 credits from Field I: Western Europe at the 200 level *
Select 3 credits from Field II: United States at the 200 level *
Select 3 credits from Field III: Wider World at the 100 or 200 level *
300-Level Courses		9
Select an additional 9 credits at the intermediate level (300) **
400-Level Courses		12
HIS 430	Historical Methods for Social Studies Teachers 1
Select 9 credits at the advanced level (400), which must include one of the following: **
HIS 411A	Seminar in Historical Research and Writing
or HIS 411B	Seminar in Historical Research and Writing
or HIS 411C	Seminar in Historical Research and Writing

*

Selection must be made according to the Courses by Field table below.

**

Of these 300 and 400 level courses, at least 3 credits must be from the United States field, and at least 6 credits must be either from Europe or the Wider World fields or both.

¹

This course serves as a prerequisite for other courses for History, Secondary Education majors.  

Courses by Field*

To ensure that each major has breadth in his or her program, of the 30 credit hour minimum, a student must take at least 6 credits from each of the three fields (Western Europe, United States, Wider World). In addition, at least 3 credits of the 6 credits from each of the three fields must be at the intermediate (300) or advanced (400) level.

Field I: Western Europe

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
HIS 206	Topics in Premodern Western History
HIS 208	Topics on the West and the Modern World
HIS 220	The Ancient World
HIS 221	Medieval Legacy
HIS 222	Europe 1400-1789
HIS 223	The Making of Modern Europe
HIS 309	Unity and Unrest in Medieval Towns
HIS 310	Daughters of Eve: Women in the Middle Ages
HIS 312	The Crusades
HIS 313	The Viking Age
HIS 314	The Modern British Empire, 1750-Present
HIS 315	Witchcraft and Magic in European History
HIS 317	Introduction to Public History
HIS 348	The World at War, 1914-1918
HIS 349	The World at War, 1939-1945
HIS 351	History of Greece, 2000 BC-31 BC
HIS 354	Roman Republic 754 BC - 44 BC
HIS 355	The Roman Empire, 44 BC-AD 337
HIS 363	European Economic History
HIS 364	The French Revolutionary Era
HIS 365	Modern France
HIS 369	History of Spain
HIS 371	Europe since World War I
HIS 373	English History to 1660
HIS 374	British History 1688-Present
HIS 375	Germany in the Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914
HIS 376	German History, 1914-1945
HIS 392	Nazi Germany & the Holocaust
HIS 411B	Seminar in Historical Research and Writing
HIS 441	Ancient World: Selected Topics
HIS 442	Middle Ages: Selected Topics
HIS 444	Early Modern Europe:Sel Tpcs
HIS 460	19th Cen Europe:Selectd Topics
HIS 462	Twentieth-Century Europe: Selected Topics
HIS 463	Early Modern Englnd:Selct Tpcs
HIS 464	Modern Britain: Selected Topics
HIS 467	French History: Selctd Topics
HIS 471	Modrn Europn Thought:Selc Tpcs
HIS 474	Modern Germany:Selected Topics
HIS 492	Honors Work: European History

Field II: United States 

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
HIS 211	The United States: A General Survey to 1877
HIS 212	The United States: A General Survey Since 1860
HIS 301	Race and Slavery
HIS 302	Race and Segregation
HIS 316	Interpreting American History
HIS 317	Introduction to Public History
HIS 326	Using Photographs as Historical Evidence
HIS 328	U.S. Women's History to 1865
HIS 329	U.S. Women's History Since 1865
HIS 332	Civil Rights and Black Freedom, 1940-1980
HIS 334	United States Environmental History
HIS 335	America Before the Revolution
HIS 336	The American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1789
HIS 337	Emerging Nation: US History 1789-1848
HIS 338	Civil War, Reconstruction, and Reunion, 1848-1896
HIS 339	From Civil War to Superpower: America 1896-1945
HIS 340	The United States since World War II
HIS 342	Gender, Sex, and Health in the 20th Century US
HIS 344	The New South
HIS 347	History of North Carolina
HIS 350	American Immigration: Newcomers and Gatekeepers
HIS 403	African American His: Sel Tpcs
HIS 411A	Seminar in Historical Research and Writing
HIS 412	Public History
HIS 415	Amer Diplmtc Hist - 20th Cntry
HIS 420	Southern History: Selected Topics
HIS 422	Early Amer His:Selctd Topics
HIS 424	Twentieth-Century U.S. History: Selected Topics
HIS 426	The Civil War and Reconstruction: Selected Topics
HIS 434	The American Revolution: Selected Topics
HIS 445	Southern History and Southern Material Culture in a Museum Context
HIS 446	American Cultural History: Selected Topics
HIS 449	Amer Soc Hist:Family / Religon
HIS 451	Gender and History: Selected Topics
HIS 478	Research Methods in Historical Archaeology
HIS 491	Honors Work: American History

Field III: Wider World

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
HIS 101	Contemporary World
HIS 200	Human Rights in Modern World History
HIS 203	History of Africa to 1870
HIS 204	History of Africa since 1870
HIS 207	Empires of the Desert: The Rise of Islamic Civilization
HIS 209	Topics in Modern World History
HIS 215	The Civilizations of Asia
HIS 216	The Civilizations of Asia
HIS 217	The World, 1900-1945
HIS 218	The World since 1945
HIS 239	The First America: Latin America, 1492-1830
HIS 240	(Dis)order and Progress: Latin America since 1810
HIS 308	Navigating World History
HIS 318	Revolution and Reform in Modern Latin America
HIS 319	Sugar, Soccer, Samba: History of Brazil
HIS 320	History of Mexico and Central America
HIS 321	Latin America and the United States
HIS 322	American Indian History: 1840 to the Present
HIS 323	American Indians and Nature
HIS 333	American Indian History to 1840
HIS 341	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Real Story
HIS 377	Russian History to 1900
HIS 378	Russian History since 1900
HIS 380	Topics in the Near and Middle East
HIS 381	The Near and Middle East since World War I
HIS 383	Chinese History to 1800
HIS 384	The Modern Transformation of China: 1800 to Present Day
HIS 387	History of the Chinese Frontier
HIS 389	West Africa during the Atlantic Slave Trade
HIS 408	Latin America and Caribbean: Selected Topics
HIS 411C	Seminar in Historical Research and Writing
HIS 475	Modern Russian History: Selected Topics
HIS 481	African History: Selected Topics
HIS 487	Southern African History
HIS 488	East Asian History: Selected Topics
HIS 493	Honors Work: Wider World History

Related Area Requirements

Because history is closely related to many other disciplines, we strongly recommend that history majors consult their advisors about using their liberal education requirements and electives to build a coherent series of related courses. Students interested in the various national histories may wish to pursue language and literature courses in the same area; students interested in social and institutional history may wish to pursue courses in the social sciences such as anthropology, sociology, political science, and economics; students interested in cultural and intellectual history will profit by work in philosophy, religious studies, and art and music history.

Teacher Licensure Requirements

The courses listed below satisfy competencies for the Standard Professional I License in Secondary Social Studies.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required		21
ECO 201	Principles of Microeconomics
or ECO 202	Principles of Macroeconomics
HIS 308	Navigating World History
HIS 316	Interpreting American History
HIS 430	Historical Methods for Social Studies Teachers
HIS 440	Principles and Practices for Teaching History
PSC 110	American Politics
Select 3 credits from the following: *
GES 102	The Historical Geography of the Western World
GES 104	World Regional Geography
GES 105	People, Place, and Environment
GES 110	Introduction to Geography
GES 303	World Population Problems
GES 306	World Economic Geography
GES 315	The Geography of World Affairs
GES 333	Topics in Regional Geography
GES 338	Regions of Latin America
GES 340	Geography of East Asia
GES 344	Geography of the United States and Canada
GES 404	Political Geography
PSY 121	General Psychology
PSY 240	Principles of Learning
PSY 250	Developmental Psychology
PSY 280	Cognitive Psychology
SOC 101	Introduction to Sociology
SOC 202	Social Problems in Global Context
Secondary Subject Area Licensure Requirements		27
The following courses must be taken in a specified sequence, terminating in student teaching in the spring semester of the senior year. See the online Secondary Education Handbook for more information.
TED 435	Literacy in the Content Area
ERM 405	Measurement and Assessment in Teaching
TED 444	Educational Psychology for the Secondary Grades
TED 445	Human Diversity, Teaching, and Learning
TED 453	Teaching Practices and Curriculum in Social Studies
TED 465	Student Teaching: Secondary School
TED 466	Student Teaching Seminar
Strongly Recommended
LIS 120	Introduction to Instructional Technology for Educational Settings

*

Note that some courses identified in the list above may have prerequisites and many satisfy general education requirements.

Electives

Electives sufficient to complete the 120 credit hours required for degree.

Disciplinary Honors in History 

Requirements

• A minimum of 12 credit hours as defined below.
• A grade of at least B in all course work used to satisfy the Honors in History requirement
• UNC Greensboro cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better or, for transfer students, cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better from all prior institutions.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Contract Honors Course		6
300-level Contract Course
400-level Contract Course
Senior Honors Project		6
To be planned in one of the following courses: *
HIS 491	Honors Work: American History
HIS 492	Honors Work: European History
HIS 493	Honors Work: Wider World History
HSS 490	Senior Honors Project

*

Taken before the Senior Honors Project.

Recognition

Receive a Certificate of Disciplinary Honors in History; have that accomplishment, along with the title of the Senior Honors Project, noted on the official transcript; and be recognized at a banquet held at the end of the spring semester.

Honors Advisor

See Lisa Tolbert at lctolber@uncg.edu for further information and guidance about Honors in History.

To apply: https://honorscollege.uncg.edu/lloyd-international-honors-college/academics/admissions-scholarships/disciplinary-honors-admissons/.