- 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.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
History Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| History Colloquium | ||
| HIST 1000 | History at Northeastern | 1 |
| HIST 1200 | Historical Research and Writing | 1 |
| HIST 1201 | First-Year Seminar | 4 |
| History Seminar and Historical Writing | ||
| HIST 2301 | The History Seminar | 4 |
| HIST 2302 | Historical Writing | 1 |
| Pre-1800 History Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Law and History | ||
| Introduction to Middle Eastern History | ||
| Introduction to Latin American History | ||
| Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804 | ||
| Japanese Literature and Culture | ||
| Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500 | ||
| History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II | ||
| Colonial and Revolutionary America | ||
| Renaissance to Enlightenment | ||
| The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain | ||
| Africa and the World in Early Times | ||
| Assassinations in World History | ||
| Introductory Level Elective | ||
| Complete one course from the 1000 level (excluding HIST 1200 and HIST 1201). | 4 | |
| History Electives | ||
| Complete five further history courses not used to fulfill a previous requirement, of which at least one must be numbered 2000-2999 (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302) and at least one must be numbered 3000-4999 (excluding HIST 4701) | 20 | |
Religious Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Foundational Course | ||
| PHIL 1110 | Introduction to Religious Studies | 4 |
| Lived Religion Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following courses that has not been used to satisfy another requirement: | 4 | |
| Selling Spirituality | ||
| The Meaning of Death | ||
| Apocalypticism in Film | ||
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates | ||
| Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis | ||
| Music and Religion | ||
| Cults and Sects | ||
| Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Comparative Religion Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following courses that has not been used to satisfy another requirement: | 4 | |
| Introduction to World Religions | ||
| Comparative Ethics | ||
| The Meaning of Death | ||
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond | ||
| Chinese Philosophy and Religion | ||
| Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis | ||
| Japanese Buddhism | ||
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Electives | ||
| Complete six of the following courses, one of which must be at the 2000 level or above and another one of which must be at the 3000 level or above, that have not been used to satisfy another requirement: | 20 | |
| Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion | ||
| Introduction to World Religions | ||
| Understanding the Bible | ||
| Comparative Ethics | ||
| Selling Spirituality | ||
| The Meaning of Death | ||
| Apocalypticism in Film | ||
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond | ||
| Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates | ||
| Jewish Religion and Culture | ||
| Chinese Philosophy and Religion | ||
| The Problem of Evil in Film | ||
| Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis | ||
| Music and Religion | ||
| Philosophical Problems of Law and Justice | ||
| Japanese Buddhism | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Seminar in Religion | ||
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Capstone | ||
| Complete one of the following courses that has not been used to satisfy another requirement: | 4 | |
| Capstone Seminar | ||
| Seminar in Religion | ||
| Integrative Course | ||
| Complete one of the following courses that has not been used to satisfy another requirement: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Middle Eastern History | ||
| Modern Middle East | ||
| Renaissance to Enlightenment | ||
| Japanese Buddhism | ||
History and Religious Studies Combined-Major Credit Requirement
Complete 78 semester hours in 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 Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | HIST 1000 | 1 | HIST elective | 4 | Vacation | |
| HIST 1200 | 1 | Intro-level HIST course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| HIST 1201 | 4 | Lived religion elective | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 1110 | 4 | Pre-1800 HIST elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| HIST 2301 | 4 | HIST intermediate/advanced elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| HIST 2302 | 1 | HIST intermediate/advanced elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ANTH area course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Comparative religion elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | HIST advanced elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | ||
| HIST intermediate/advanced elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 2000-level elective | 4 | ||||||
| Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | ||
| Co-op | HIST elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | |||
| PHIL 3000-level elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Capstone | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | |||||
| Total Hours: 131 | |||||||