• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
  • Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

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.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

History Major Requirements

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 1187
Introduction to Latin American History
HIST 1215
Origins of Today: Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues
HIST 1246
World War II in the Pacific
HIST 1357
History of Information in the United States: Media, Technology, Law
HIST 2220
History of Technology
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

History Elective
Complete two HIST courses at any level in any field.8
Pre-1800 Course
Complete one of the following:4
HIST 1100
Law and History
HIST 1185
Introduction to Middle Eastern History
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 1389
History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
HIST 2330
Colonial and Revolutionary America
HIST 2370
Renaissance to Enlightenment
HIST 2375
The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
HIST 2390
Africa and the World in Early Times
HIST 3334
Assassinations in World History
History Outside the United States and Europe
Complete one of the following:4
HIST 1150
East Asian Studies
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 1294
History of the Jews in the Modern World
HIST 1500
Modern Chinese History and Culture
HIST 2025
Latin American History through Film
HIST 2211
The World Since 1945
HIST 2311
Colonialism/Imperialism
HIST 2351
Modern Japan
HIST 2360
History of Capitalism in East Asia
Capstone or Project
HIST 4701Capstone Seminar4

Intermediate/Advanced History Course Requirement 

Complete minimum of one HIST numbered 2000 to 2999 (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302).4

Supporting Course

Research Methods
Complete one of the following:4
CS 1100
Computer Science and Its Applications
ECON 2350
Statistics for Economists
ENVR 5260
Geographical Information Systems
MATH 2280
Statistics and Software
POLS 2400
Quantitative Techniques
PSYC 2320
Statistics in Psychological Research
SOCL 2320
Statistical Analysis in Sociology

History Major Credit Requirement

Complete 46 semester hours for the major.

Experiential Liberal Arts

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

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plans of Study

Four Years, One Co-op

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ENGW 11114HIST 11304VacationVacation
HIST 10001MATH 12154  
HIST 11704Elective 4  
HIST 12001Elective 4  
HIST 12014   
Elective 4   
 18 16 0 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Pre-1800 or non–U.S./Europe history elective4Intermediate/advanced history elective4Elective 4Co-op
Research methods class4Pre-1800 or non–U.S./Europe history elective4Elective 4 
Elective 4Elective 4  
Elective 4Elective 4  
 16 16 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-opHIST 23014Elective 4Vacation
 HIST 23021Elective 4 
 Intermediate/advanced history elective4  
 Elective 4  
 Elective4  
 0 17 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Intermediate/advanced history elective4HIST 47014  
Elective 4Elective 4  
Elective 4Elective 4  
Elective 4Elective 4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 131

Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ENGW 11114HIST 11304Vacation0Vacation0
HIST 10001MATH 12154  
HIST 11704Elective4  
HIST 12001Elective4  
HIST 12014   
Elective4   
 18 16 0 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Pre-1800 or non–U.S./Europe history elective4Pre-1800 or non–U.S./Europe history elective4Vacation0Co-op0
Research methods course4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16 0 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0HIST 23014Elective4Co-op0
 HIST 23021Elective 4 
 Intermediate/advanced history elective4  
 Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 17 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0Intermediate/advanced history elective4Elective 4Co-op0
 Elective4Elective4 
 Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 5
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0HIST 47014  
 Intermediate/advanced history elective4  
 Elective 4  
 Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 131