History, BS

The Bachelor of Science degree emphasizes greater specialization in history, study of research methods, and the opportunity to add a minor in a field outside of history. Students who plan to go to graduate school in history should consider the possibility of taking language courses as electives, since most graduate programs continue to require second language competence. 

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

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Introductory History
HIST 1000	History at Northeastern	1
HIST 1200	Historical Research and Writing	1
HIST 1201	First-Year Seminar	4
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 1180	African History
HIST 1185	Introduction to Middle Eastern History
HIST 1187	Introduction to Latin American 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
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

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
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 2311	Colonialism/Imperialism
HIST 2351	Modern Japan
Capstone or Project
HIST 4701	Capstone Seminar	4

Intermediate/Advanced History Course Requirement 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete three history courses numbered 2000 or higher, excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302.		12

Supporting Course

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Research Methods
Complete one of the following:		4
CS 1100	Computer Science and Its Applications
ECON 2350	Statistics
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

Four Years, One Co-op

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
HIST 1000	1	HIST 1130	4	Vacation		Vacation
HIST 1170	4	Elective	4
HIST 1200	1	MATH 1215	4
HIST 1201	4	Elective	4
ENGW 1111	4
Elective	4
	18		16		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Pre-1800 or non–U.S./Europe history elective	4	Pre-1800 or non–U.S./Europe history elective	4	Elective	4	Co-op
Elective	4	Elective	4	Elective	4
Research methods class	4	Intermediate/advanced history elective	4
Elective	4	Elective	4
	16		16		8		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op		HIST 2301	4	Elective	4	Vacation
		HIST 2302	1	Elective	4
		Intermediate/advanced history elective	4
		Elective	4
		Elective	4
	0		17		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Intermediate/advanced history elective	4	HIST 4701	4
Elective	4	Elective	4
Elective	4	Elective	4
Elective	4	Elective	4
	16		16
Total Hours: 131

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

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
HIST 1000	1	HIST 1130	4	Vacation	0	Vacation	0
HIST 1170	4	MATH 1215	4
ENGW 1111	4	Elective	4
Elective	4	Elective	4
HIST 1200	1
HIST 1201	4
	18		16		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Research methods course	4	Elective	4	Vacation	0	Co-op	0
Elective	4	Elective	4
Pre-1800 or non–U.S./Europe history elective	4	Elective	4
Elective	4	Pre-1800 or non–U.S./Europe history elective	4
	16		16		0		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	HIST 2301	4	Elective	4	Co-op	0
		HIST 2302	1	Elective	4
		Elective	4
		Elective	4
		Intermediate/advanced history elective	4
	0		17		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	Intermediate/advanced history elective	4	Elective	4	Co-op	0
		Elective	4	Elective	4
		Elective	4
		Elective	4
	0		16		8		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	HIST 4701	4
		Elective	4
		Intermediate/advanced history elective	4
		Elective	4
	0		16
Total Hours: 131