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
Code | Title | Hours |
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Introductory History | ||
HIST 1000 | History at Northeastern | 1 |
Historical Research and Writing and First Year Seminar | ||
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 |
Additional History Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
History Elective | ||
Complete three HIST courses at any level in any field. | 12 | |
Pre-1800 Course | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Law and History | ||
Introduction to Middle Eastern 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 | ||
History Outside the United States and Europe | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
East Asian Studies | ||
Introduction to Middle Eastern History | ||
Introduction to Latin American History | ||
Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture | ||
World War II in the Pacific | ||
Japanese Literature and Culture | ||
History of Vietnam Wars | ||
History of the Jews in the Modern World | ||
Modern China | ||
Latin American History through Film | ||
The World Since 1945 | ||
Colonialism/Imperialism | ||
Modern Japan | ||
History of Capitalism in East Asia | ||
Capstone or Project | ||
HIST 4701 | Capstone Seminar | 4 |
Intermediate/Advanced History Course Requirement
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Intermediate Course Requirement | ||
Complete minimum of one HIST numbered 2000 to 2999 (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302). | 4 | |
Advanced Course Requirement | ||
Complete minimum of one HIST numbered 3000 to 4999 (excluding HIST 4701) | 4 |
Supporting Course
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Research Methods | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Computer Science and Its Applications | ||
Statistics for Economists | ||
Geographical Information Systems | ||
Statistics and Software | ||
Quantitative Techniques | ||
Statistics in Psychological Research | ||
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 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ENGW 1111 | 4 | HIST 1130 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
HIST 1000 | 1 | MATH 1215 | 4 | ||||
HIST 1170 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
HIST 1200 | 1 | Elective | 4 | ||||
HIST 1201 | 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 | Intermediate/advanced history elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
Research methods class | 4 | Pre-1800 or non–U.S./Europe history elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | 0 | 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 Second Half/Fall
Year 1 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ENGW 1111 | 4 | HIST 1130 | 4 | Vacation | 0 | Vacation | 0 |
HIST 1000 | 1 | MATH 1215 | 4 | ||||
HIST 1170 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
HIST 1200 | 1 | Elective | 4 | ||||
HIST 1201 | 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 | Vacation | 0 | Co-op | 0 |
Research methods course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | 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 | ||||
Intermediate/advanced history elective | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
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 | ||||
Intermediate/advanced history elective | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
0 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 131 |