{"id":149,"date":"2007-04-30T09:29:04","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T14:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/catalog\/2019-2020\/html\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/department-of-history-and-social-sciences\/history-program\/"},"modified":"2007-04-30T09:29:04","modified_gmt":"2007-04-30T14:29:04","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/catalog-2019-2020\/college-of-liberal-arts\/history_and_social_sciences\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A major in History requires the completion of 36 hours of History to include HIST 101-102 or 150-151; 255; 256; 371; 491; and 18 hours of History electives (12 of which must be at the 300+ level). Among the History electives, the major is required to complete three upper level hours (advisor-approved) in each of the following areas: United States, European, non-Western History. A minor from another field of interest is optional. History majors planning to attend graduate school are encouraged to take a foreign language sequence instead of electives.<\/p>\n

Minor<\/p>\n

A minor in History requires the completion of 18 hours; six hours of freshman- or sophomore-level History courses and 12 additional hours of 300-400-level History courses. A minimum grade of C is required in all courses.<\/p>\n

Bachelor of Arts Degree in History<\/strong><\/p>\n