History / American History (B.A.)

Students majoring in history must complete seven core history courses and a series of upper-level history courses in a specific concentration. Concentrations include American studies, American politics and government, European studies, pre-law and historical tourism. It also is recommended that history majors take at least two years of HON Model United Nations.

The flexibility of the history major allows students to focus on one theme or area of particular interest. While the American Bar Association does not recommend a specific major for students planning a career in law, the pre-law concentration at Southern New Hampshire University was designed to provide students with the needed background. The pre-law concentration focuses on American history and politics and other component courses that fulfill the ABA’s undergraduate education guidelines.

Students interested in such areas as historic preservation, museum work and archival or cultural resource management may want to choose the historical tourism concentration. The concentration is a unique combination of traditional history and the business of tourism. It was designed to allow Southern New Hampshire University students to become what has been called “the ultimate tour guide.”

The history major is flexible, and students may, in consultation with their advisors, choose to organize the major to focus on a theme or area of particular interest.

B.A./B.S. Core
Liberal Arts Core
History Major Courses: HIS 109 Western Civilization I HIS 110 Western Civilization II HIS 113 United States History I HIS 114 United States History II HIS 301 World History and Culture HIS 340 Historical Methods HIS 460 History Colloquium
American History Major Courses
HIS	113	United States History I: 1607-1865 (course description)
HIS	114	United States History II: 1865-Present  (course description)
HIS	340	Historical Methods (course description)
HIS	460	History Colloquium (course description)
HIS	___	Two HIS/POL Electives

Choose Five:
HIS	215	American Intellectual History I: 1607-1865 (course description)
HIS	216	American Intellectual History II: 1865-Present  (course description)
HIS	241	World War II (course description)
HIS	314	European Conquest of the New World (course description)
HIS	319	African-American History Since the Civil War (course description)
HIS	330	Civil War and Reconstruction (course description)
HIS	332	Colonial New England  (course description)
HIS	338	Republicanism, Democracy, and Expansion 1789-1845  (course description)
HIS	357	African-American History Through the Civil War  (course description)

Free Electives