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History, BA

2021-2022 Edition

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The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is a broadly based liberal arts degree in history. Students who pursue the BA degree must satisfy general requirements and take courses to satisfy Northeastern's university-wide core curriculum (NUpath), in addition to required and elective history courses. These requirements help students develop their historical knowledge and skills within the contexts of the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences that together comprise the disciplinary sources of historical knowledge. They enable historical understanding to be culturally and linguistically sensitive to the subjects of historical inquiry.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

University-Wide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.

BA Language Requirements

All BA students are required to complete the BA language requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

History Major Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Introductory History
HIST 1000History at Northeastern1
HIST 1200Historical Research and Writing1
HIST 1201First-Year Seminar4
Complete two of the following:8
HIST 1100
Law and History
HIST 1120
Public History, Public Memory
HIST 1130
Introduction to the History of the United States
HIST 1150
East Asian Studies
HIST 1170
Europe: Empires, Revolutions, Wars, and Their Aftermath
HIST 1185
Introduction to Middle Eastern History
HIST 1190
Picturing Modernity: The Photographic Image in Culture and Society
HIST 1215
Origins of Today: Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues
HIST 1246
World War II in the Pacific
WMNS 1103
Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
History Seminar and Historical Writing
HIST 2301
and HIST 2302
The History Seminar
and Historical Writing
5

Additional History Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Pre-1800 Course
Complete one of the following:4
HIST 1218
Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
HIST 1252
Japanese Literature and Culture
HIST 1272
Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
HIST 1285
Introduction to Russian Civilization
HIST 2330
Colonial and Revolutionary America
HIST 2370
Renaissance to Enlightenment
HIST 2375
The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
HIST 2376
Britain and the British Empire
History Outside the United States and Europe
Complete one of the following:4
HIST 1150
East Asian Studies
HIST 1180
African History
HIST 1185
Introduction to Middle Eastern History
HIST 1187
Introduction to Latin American History
HIST 1206
Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture
HIST 1246
World War II in the Pacific
HIST 1252
Japanese Literature and Culture
HIST 1253
History of Vietnam Wars
HIST 1290
Modern Middle East
HIST 1500
Modern Chinese History and Culture
HIST 2211
The World Since 1945
HIST 2308
Law, Justice, and Society in Modern China
HIST 2311
Colonialism/Imperialism
HIST 2351
Modern Japan
Capstone or Project
Complete one of the following:4
HIST 4701
Capstone Seminar

Intermediate/Advanced History Course Requirement

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete four history courses numbered 2000 or above (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302); one of these courses must be numbered 3000–4999.16

History Major Credit Requirement

Complete 46 semester hours in the major.

Experiential Liberal Arts

All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

Program Requirements

128 total semester hours required

Four Years, One Co-0p

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
HIST 10001HIST 11304Vacation0Vacation0
HIST 11704MATH 12154  
ENGW 11114Elective4  
Elective4Elective 4  
HIST 12001   
HIST 12014   
 18 16 0 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Foreign language course4Foreign language course4Elective4Co-op0
Elective4Intermediate/Advanced History Elective4Elective4 
Pre-1800 or non-U.S./Europe history course4Pre-1800 or non-U.S./Europe History Course4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1Hours 
Co-op0Foreign language course4Elective4 
 HIST 23014Elective4 
 HIST 23021  
 Elective4  
 Intermediate/Advanced History Elective4  
 0 17 8 
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Intermediate/Advanced History Elective4Intermediate/Advanced History Elective4  
Elective4HIST 47014  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 131

Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
HIST 11704HIST 11304Vacation0Vacation0
ENGW 11114MATH 12154  
Elective4Foreign language course4  
HIST 12001Elective4  
HIST 12014   
 17 16 0 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Foreign language course4Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
Pre-1800 or non-U.S./Europe History Course4  Elective4
Intermediate/Advanced History Elective4   
Elective4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Foreign language course4Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
Pre-1800 or non-U.S./Europe History Course4  Elective4
Intermediate/Advanced History Elective4   
Elective4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Elective4Co-op0Co-op0Vacation0
HIST 23014   
HIST 23021   
Elective4   
Intermediate/Advanced History Elective 4   
 17 0 0 0
Year 5
FallHoursSpringHours  
Elective4HIST 47014  
Intermediate/Advanced History Elective 4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 130
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