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Requirements for the B.A. degree with a major in history are as follows:
Core Courses – History majors must take ALL of the following courses:
History 201: The Emergence of the West
History 202: The West in the World
History 203: American History to 1877
History 204: American History since 1877
History 300: Introduction to Research Techniques and Argumentative Writing
Fulfils the writing intensive requirement for the major.
Intellectual History – History majors must take ONE of the following courses:
History 345: Religion in America
History 361: Ideas and Values in Conflict in History
History 362: Contemporary Ideas and Values
History 363: The History of Our Time
History 395: Intellectual History of the United States
Advanced American History – History majors must take ONE of the following courses:
History 340: African-American History
History 341: The Civil Rights Movement In America
History 346: North Carolina History
History 348: Recent History of the American South
History 349: The Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction
History 350: Pop Culture and the Consumer Ethic in America
History 352: History of American Journalism
History 385: Law and Society in America
History 392: American Women
History 389: Topics in United States History
Advanced European History – History majors must take ONE of the following courses:
History 303: Ancient Greece
History 304: Ancient Rome
History 305: Medieval History
History 306: Early Modern Europe
History 309: Contemporary Europe
History 310: Ideas and Imagination in Europe, 1789 to Present
History 330: British History
History 331: Russian History
History 332: German History
Advanced History Electives:
In addition to the above requirements history majors must take an additional three courses at the 300-level or above. These electives may be in any geographical or topical area.
History majors need to take thirty-three total credit hours in the major to graduate.
Concentrations:
History majors must complete a concentration in addition to the major. The selected concentration MAY NOT be in history. As a general guideline, Queens College permits only one course to count towards the completion of a major and a concentration.
History Concentrations:
Often changes made to courses in the history program are not reflected in the structure of a concentration as it is listed in the Queens College Course Catalog. The information on this page represents the most up-to-date changes in courses regularly offered by the history faculty. If the information listed below contradicts the information presented in the Course Catalog, then assume that the requirements presented here are correct.
Concentrations listed below include both departmental and interdisciplinary concentrations open to all majors. The following concentrations require a minimum of three history courses to be taken in order to complete the concentration.
Courses in history constitute a substantial component of several concentrations not listed here. For additional information on concentrations consult the Queens College Course Catalog.
American History Concentration (formerly United States History Concentration):
Core Courses:
History 203: American History to 1877
History 204: American History since 1877
Plus three courses chosen from the following:
History 340: African-American History
History 341: The Civil Rights Movement In America
History 345: Religion in America
History 346: North Carolina History
History 348: Recent History of the American South
History 349: The Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction
History 350: Pop Culture and the Consumer Ethic in America
History 352: History of American Journalism
History 385: Law and Society in America
History 392: American Women
History 395: Intellectual History of the United States
History 389: Topics in United States History
15 total credit hours
European History Concentration:
Core Courses:
History 201: The Emergence of the West
History 202: The West in the World
Plus three courses chosen from the following:
History 303: Ancient Greece
History 304: Ancient Rome
History 305: Medieval History
History 306: Early Modern Europe
History 309: Contemporary Europe
History 310: Ideas and Imagination in Europe, 1789 to Present
History 330: British History
History 331: Russian History
History 332: German History
15 total credit hours
Intellectual History Concentration:
Choose three of the following courses:
History 310: Ideas and Imagination in Europe, 1789 to Present
History 345: Religion in America
History 361: Ideas and Values in Conflict in History
History 362: Contemporary Ideas and Values
History 363: The History of Our Time
History 395: Intellectual History of the United States
Choose two of the following courses:
Philosophy 203: Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy 220: Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy 230: Ancient and Medieval Western Philosophy
Philosophy 255: American Philosophy
Philosophy 304: Contemporary Western Philosophy
15 total credit hours
Political History Concentration:
Core Course:
Political Science 250: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Choose one of the following courses:
History 308: Nineteenth-Century Europe (not offered – check for substitutes)
History 309: Contemporary Europe
Choose one of the following courses:
History 307: History of Latin America
History 391: Topics in World History
Choose one of the following courses:
Political Science 326: Contemporary American Foreign Policy
History 347: The Old South (not offered – check for substitutes)
History 348: Recent History of the American South
History 349: The Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction
*Check American history courses for possible appropriate substitutes
Choose one of the following courses:
History 361: Ideas and Values in Conflict in History
History 362: Contemporary Ideas and Values
History 363: The History of Our Time
15 total credit hours
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