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)

HIST 301 - Women in United States History: 1865 to the Present (4)
HIST 302 - African American History: 1865 to the Present (4)
HIST 303 - First Frontiers: Colonial North America (4)
HIST 304 - Jefferson’s America (4)
HIST 305 - Civil War and Reconstruction (4)
HIST 306 - Southern Women’s History (4)
HIST 307 - Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement (4)
HIST 312 - U.S. Constitution in Context (4)
9-12 Social Studies licensure students are required to take HIST 312
HIST 315 - North Carolina History (4)
6-9 Social Studies licensure students are required to take HIST 315
HIST 318 - The Modern South (4)
HIST 319 - Southern Appalachian History and Culture (4)

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:

Major competency is satisfied in HIST 452. The course must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

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