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.


New York State Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirements

All undergraduate students enrolled in programs at the New York campus are required to fulfill New York State Liberal Arts and Sciences requirements.


History Major Requirements

Introductory History
HIST 1000History at Northeastern1
Historical Research and Writing
HIST 1200Historical Research and Writing1
HIST 1201First-Year Seminar4
History Seminar and Historical Writing
HIST 2301The History Seminar4
HIST 2302Historical Writing1

Additional History Requirements

Pre-1800 Course
Complete one of the following:4
Law and History
Colonial and Revolutionary America
Renaissance to Enlightenment
Africa and the World in Early Times
Assassinations in World History
History Outside the United States and Europe
Complete one of the following:4
East Asian Studies
Modern Middle East
Modern China
The World Since 1945
Colonialism/Imperialism
Modern Japan
Capstone
HIST 4701Capstone Seminar4

History Electives

Complete additional HIST courses not used to fulfill a previous requirement.
General History Elective Requirement
Complete three HIST courses at any level in any field.12
Intermediate/Advanced Course Requirement
Complete a minimum of one HIST course numbered 2000 to 2999 (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302).4
Advanced Course Requirement
Complete a minimum of two HIST courses numbered 3000 to 4999 (excluding HIST 4701).8

History Major Credit Requirement

Complete 46 semester hours in the major.

Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement

Complete one of the following:
Ethnographic Field Experience
Statistics for Economists
Technologies of Text
The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing
Publishing in the 21st Century
Opening the Archive
Public History, Public Memory
Colonialism/Imperialism
Social Change and Human Services
Environment, Technology, and Society

Optional Co-op

Successful completion of EXED 2000 is required for participation in co-op.
EXED 2000Professional Development for Co-op1
COOP 3945Co-op Work Experience0
or COOP 3946 Co-op Work Experience--Half Time
or COOP 3947 Co-op Work Experience Abroad--Half Time
or COOP 3948 Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Program Requirements

128 total semester hours required