Program: History - University of North Carolina at Asheville

I. Required courses in the major—40 hours:

History majors must complete the following distribution of courses:

4 hours from American History (category II)

4 hours from European History (category III)

4 hours from World History (category IV)

12 additional hours at 300-400 level

II. Required courses outside the major—None

As many as 8 semester hours of credit for courses outside the area of history may be counted toward the requirements for the major if approved by the History Department chair.

III. Other departmental requirements:

The senior demonstration of competency, and writing and computer competencies are demonstrated by completion of HIST 452 with a grade of C or better. Information literacy and oral competencies are demonstrated in HIST 451 .

Liberal Arts Core (LAC)

For additional information about the Liberal Arts Core and the specific courses that fulfill the requirements, visit the Office of the Registrar website, https://registrar.unca.edu/liberal-arts-core.

Liberal Arts Core Requirements

The credit hours listed are the minimum required.

Requirement	Credits
First-Year Colloquium	3
Academic Writing and Critical Inquiry	4
Humanities	12
Laboratory Science	4
Scientific Perspectives	3
Quantitative Perspectives	4
Social Science	3
Second Language (proficiency through the 2nd semester)	0-4
Arts and Ideas	3
Senior Capstone	4
Diversity Intensive	3

Information Literacy Intensive	Fulfilled within the major
Writing Intensive	Fulfilled within the major