Attention all Academic Advisors, Faculty, and Students:
Effective Fall 2015, the Department of History, Political Science, Geography, and Africana
Studies will offer new options for students to complete their requirements in the General
Education Core:
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (9 hours)
The following course satisfies three (3) hours of the nine
(9) hour requirement in Humanities and/or Fine Arts:
HIST 1000 – Global Culture in History (3 hours):
This new course is an exploration of cultural diversity in
a global historical context. Focusing on a particular
element of human culture, the course examines how
historians develop an understanding of this subject and
use primary sources to construct a narrative.
History (6 hours)
Pick any two (2) of the courses listed below to satisfy the six (6) hour requirement in
History. Students are required to earn a minimum grade of “C” in both ENGL 1010 and
1020 to enroll:
HIST 2010 – American History I (3 hours): A study of the development of cultural, economic,
and political institutions in America from pre-Columbian times to 1877.
HIST 2020 – American History II (3 hours): A study of the development of cultural, economic,
and political institutions in America since 1877.
HIST 2030 – History of Tennessee (3 hours): A study of the state from Neolithic time until the
present day. It includes a survey of social, cultural, economic, and political developments which have
influenced Tennessee’s growth and development.
HIST 2060 – World History I (3 hours): A survey of the major societies and civilizations of Asia,
Africa, the Middle East, and the West—their geography, major economic and social structures,
political systems, religions, and philosophies. The first semester covers from pre-history to about
1500 CE.
HIST 2070 – World History II (3 hours): A survey of the major societies and civilizations of Asia,
Africa, the Middle East, and the West—their geography, major economic and social structures,
political systems, religions, and philosophies from 1500 CE to the present.
HIST 2700 – The African American Experience (3 hours): This new course provides a
chronological and thematic study of the history of African Americans in the United States from 15th.
century West Africa to the present, paying particular attention to the impact Africans and their
descendents had on the creation of American society and their sustained efforts to obtain equality.
All classes are subject to availability. Enrollment is on a “first come, first served” basis.
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