495r Departmental Honors (1-3 hours per term, 4 hours for the two terms)
On demand. Prerequisites: 311-312, 331-332, or approval of department head. See Departmental Honors. Student must submit an Individual Studies/Research Contract to the Records Office at the time of registration.
497r Research (1-4)
On demand. Prerequisites: 311-312, 331-332, or approval of department head. Student must submit an Individual Studies/Research Contract to the Records Office at the time of registration.
498r Individual Studies (1-4)
On demand. Prerequisites: 311-312, 331-332, or approval of department head. Student must submit an Individual Studies/Research Contract to the Records Office at the time of registration.
499r Group Studies (1-4)
On demand. Prerequisites: 311-312, 331-332, or approval of department head.
Health and Human Performance
See College of Health, Education and Professional Studies.
History
Professor James M. Russell, Head
The Department of History offers an undergraduate major leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in History. A major in history requires 39 hours of course work. The courses cover a wide range of topics in American, European, Asian, and Latin American history. There are many post-graduate opportunities for UTC history majors. After graduation our major enroll in graduate programs in law, history, and other disciplines. Some teach at the high school or university level; others work for various public history institutions. Still others become practicing attorneys.
1414 -History (B.A.)
- General Education
- Rhetoric and Composition: English 121, 122 (6 hours)
- Mathematics: One approved mathematics course (3 hours)
- Statistics: One approved statistics course (3 hours)
- Natural Sciences: Two approved natural science courses, at least one including a laboratory component (7-8 hours)
- Humanities and Fine Arts: Two approved humanities and fine arts courses, one from fine arts and one from either (6 hours)
- Cultures and Civilizations: History 103*, 104* and 105* (9 hours total)
- Behavioral and Social Sciences: Two approved behavioral or social science courses in two different disciplines (6 hours)
- Foreign Language: Through second college year in one foreign language
- Completion of a minor with a minimum 2.0 grade point average.
Major Requirements
- 39 hours in history including 103#, 104#, 105#, 203#, 204, and 301. At least one course (three hours) will be taken from each of the following categories of study:
- I. American History: 331, 332, 335, 336, 337, 338, 341, 343, 346
- II. European History: 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320, 323, 324, 327, 328
- III. Non-Western History: 364, 365, 367, 368, 370, 371, 372, 375, 376
- IV. 400-level courses: 401, 411 412, 415, 416, 419, 422, 423 (400-level courses are topical courses that may be taught as seminars in which enrollment will be limited to 15 students.)
- The following special topics courses may be approved by the department head for credit in the most appropriate regional category: 385r, 350, 499r.
- 2.0 average in all history courses
- Minimum of 39 hours of 300 and 400 level courses
- Electives to complete 120 hours
- Additional requirements
*Also satisfies requirement in the major.
#Also satisfies general education requirement.
4581 - HISTORY MINOR
A minor in history consists of 18 hours in history including either 104 and 105 or 203 and 204 and at least three hours in each of the following areas at the 300 level or above:
I. American History: 331, 332, 335, 336, 337, 338, 341, 343, 346
II. European History: 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 317, 318, 319, 323, 324, 327, 328
III. Non-Western History: 364, 365, 367, 368, 370, 371, 372, 375, 376
The following special-topics courses may be approved by the department head for credit in the most appropriate regional category: 385r, 350, 499r.
Electives to complete 18 hours,
Minimum 2.0 average in history courses.
HISTORY COURSES (HIST)
103 World Civilizations I: World History from the Origins to c. 1000 (3)
This course will introduce students to human achievements of civilizations and cultures in Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas from the origins of civilization to about the year 1000. Rather than taking a strictly chronological approach, it will focus more on the emerging cultures or traditions as expressions of their time and place. The creation of myths, gods and goddesses, Hellenism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Latin Christianity, and Islam will be examined as value systems that gave meaning and organization to human life, reflected in political, social, technological, and artistic achievements. It will also show that these traditions constrained human alternatives, providing a kind of cultural hegemony within cultures, and that these traditions remain important in our modern world. Every semester. Pre- or Corequisite: English 121.
104 World Civilizations II: World History from c. 1000 to 1800 (3)
This course will show how rising wealth and expanding material culture in Southeast China and Northwestern Europe, and the Eurasian impact of the Mongols led to a dynamic global interaction. The demand for commodities stimulated exploration, trade, and imperialism. The course will examine feudalism in Western Europe and Japan, the great imperial states of Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas, and colonialism in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, as well as the rise of the modern state and capitalism. It will show how global cultures mutually interacted, traditions changed and constrained, and what social, cultural, artistic, and intellectual changes occurred. Every semester. Pre or corequisite: English 121. Formerly History 101.
105 World Civilizations III: World History from c. 1800 to the Present (3)
A chronological study of how world cultures respond to industrialization and the impact this process had on the world outside of Northwestern Europe, showing the origins of modern economic inequality and the “great division” of the world into rich and poor regions. It will consider the spread of the nation-state idea, the rise of modern science, the impact of a global economy, and the advent of mass destruction in the World Wars. Ethnicity and nationalism, migration, the changing role of women, mass culture, and international problems will be considered. The tension between traditional values and materialism, technology and environmental problems, and the search for both continuity and change are also topics. Every semester. Pre or Corequisite: English 121. Formerly History 102.
