History

All WSU undergraduates must complete a minimum of 120 semester credits of which 40 credits must be at the 300 – 400 level. Students must also complete the University Common Requirements (UCORE). These can generally be satisfied with a direct transfer degree. For a list of direct-transfer agreements, visit WSU’s Transferring an Associate Degree web page.

Students must also fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences graduation requirements and the program requirements of the degree.

A student may certify a major in history upon completing 24 credits with a GPA of 2.0 or higher.

36 semester hours of history is required including 6 hours of US history, 6 hours of European history, and 9 hours of Non-Western/Global history; 21 hours at the 300-400-level, which must include HISTORY 300 and 469; and a 12-hour concentration (at least 6 hours 300-400-level). History courses used to complete the degree must be passed with a grade of C or better.

Two courses – 6 semester credits

• HISTORY 300 [M] – Writing about History
• HISTORY 469 [M] – Seminar in History

United States History

Choose two courses – 6 semester credits

• HISTORY 110 [HUM] – American History to 1877
• HISTORY 111 [HUM] – American History Since 1877
• HISTORY 298 – History of Women in American Society
• HISTORY 308 [DIVR] – North American Indian History, Precontact to Present
• HISTORY 313 [M] – Early American History to 1750
• HISTORY 318 [HUM] – United States, 1914–1945
• HISTORY 319 [HUM] – United States, 1945–1980
• HISTORY 320 [ARTS] – Modern US History Through Film
• HISTORY 324 – History of the Pacific Northwest
• HISTORY 390 – U.S. Military History
• HISTORY 398 [DIVR] – History of Women in the American West
• HISTORY 399 [DIVR] – Lesbian and Gay History: Culture, Politics and Social Change in the US
• HISTORY 410 – History of American Indian Sovereignty and Federal Indian Law

European History

Choose two courses – 6 semester credits

• HISTORY 101 [HUM] – Classical and Christian Europe
• HISTORY 102 [HUM] – Modern Europe
• HISTORY 341 [HUM] – Ancient Rome
• HISTORY 349 – Europe and the Two World Wars
• HISTORY 359 – Modern Britain
• HISTORY 368 – Hitler and Nazi Germany
• HISTORY 444 [CAPS] – The Renaissance

Non-Western/Global History

Choose three courses – 9 semester credits

• HISTORY 331 [HUM] – Latin American Cultural History
• HISTORY 334 – Revolution in Latin America
• HISTORY 335 [DIVR] – Women in Latin American History
• HISTORY 337 – Women in the Ancient World
• HISTORY 366 – History of the Cold War
• HISTORY 371 – The Middle East and the West
• HISTORY 372 [M] – The Middle East Since World War I
• HISTORY 373 [HUM] – Chinese Civilization
• HISTORY 388 – US and Vietnam
• HISTORY 436 [CAPS] – Imperialism in the Modern World
• HISTORY 495 [CAPS] – Space, Place, and Power in History: Historical Geography in Global Perspective

Choose one area: Students may not use the 12-credit concentration areas to fulfill the 6 hours of US history, 6 hours of European history, and 9 hours of Non-Western/Global history required in the major.

American West

12 semester credits:

• HISTORY 308 [DIVR] – North American Indian History, Precontact to Present
• HISTORY 320 [ARTS] – Modern US History Through Film
• HISTORY 324 – History of the Pacific Northwest
• HISTORY 398 [DIVR] – History of Women in the American West

Atlantic

12 semester credits:

• HISTORY 308 [DIVR] – North American Indian History, Precontact to Present
• HISTORY 313 [M] – Early American History to 1750
• HISTORY 331 [HUM] – Latin American Cultural History
• HISTORY 334 – Revolution in Latin America
• HISTORY 335 [DIVR] – Women in Latin American History

Europe

12 semester credits:

• HISTORY 101 [HUM] – Classical and Christian Europe
• HISTORY 102 [HUM] – Modern Europe
• HISTORY 341 [HUM] – Ancient Rome
• HISTORY 349 – Europe and the Two World Wars
• HISTORY 359 – Modern Britain
• HISTORY 368 – Hitler and Nazi Germany
• HISTORY 436 [CAPS] – Imperialism in the Modern World
• HISTORY 444  [CAPS] – The Renaissance

Gender and Sexuality

12 semester credits:

• HISTORY 298 – History of Women in American Society
• HISTORY 335 [DIVR] – Women in Latin American History
• HISTORY 337 – Women in the Ancient World
• HISTORY 398 [DIVR] – History of Women in the American West
• HISTORY 399 [DIVR] – Lesbian and Gay History: Culture, Politics and Social Change in the US

United States

12 semester credits:

• HISTORY 110 [HUM] – American History to 1877
• HISTORY 111 [HUM] – American History Since 1877
• HISTORY 310 – History of American Indian Sovereignty and Federal Indian Law
• HISTORY 313 [M] – Early American History to 1750
• HISTORY 318 [HUM] – United States, 1914–1945
• HISTORY 319 [HUM] – United States, 1945–1980
• HISTORY 320 [ARTS] – Modern US History Through Film
• HISTORY 324 – History of the Pacific Northwest

War and Peace

12 semester credits:

• HISTORY 388 – US and Vietnam
• HISTORY 390 – U.S. Military History
• HISTORY 319 [HUM] – United States, 1945-1980
• HISTORY 349 – Europe and the Two World Wars
• HISTORY 366 – History of the Cold War
• HISTORY 368 – Hitler and Nazi Germany

All students, including community college transfer students with an approved transferable AA degree from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona or Hawaii, or students pursuing a second major in the College of Arts and Sciences, will be held to the following additional requirements:

• Foreign Language: Complete 2 years of high school or 1 year of college in a single foreign language
• Additional 3 semester credits of [SSCI], [HUM], or [ARTS] for a total of 12 semester credits of UCORE
• Additional 1 lab credit of [BSCI], [PSCI] for a total of 8 semester credits and 2 labs.