History

The History Department cultivates in our students a passion for and a critical understanding of the past while developing intellectual, analytical, rhetorical and writing abilities that will help them to lead lives of significance in global communities.

Hear what our students have to say about the History Major at High Point University by clicking on the video.

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Faculty and Staff

Joey Fink

Chair and Assistant Professor of History

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Amanda Allen

Assistant Professor of History

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Katja Brown

Administrative Assistant

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Anthony Jones

Instructor of History

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Philip Mulder

Professor of History

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Paul Ringel

Professor of History

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Frederick Schneid

Herman and Louise Smith Professor of History

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Andrew Tzavaras

Assistant Professor of History

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Jonathan Baier

Instructor, History

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The history program at High Point University prepares students for a changing world by helping them understand their place in the broader human experience. Our students apply the skills they learn in the major — research, analysis, writing and communication — to any path they choose in life, whether it is in academia or a professional or business career. Students of history learn to think critically, analyze complex issues, make sagacious inferences, and contribute meaningful insights.

Every fall, High Point University hosts the Gunther E. Rothenberg Seminar in Military History, a tribute to Professor Rothenberg’s scholarship and dedication to the field of military history. A world-renowned military historian, he authored scores of books and articles on a wide-range of military history, with particular emphasis on the Habsburg Empire and the Napoleonic Wars. Leading scholars have been invited to present their most recent research, and latest interpretations with a changing military history theme each year. Their papers serve as a point of departure for extensive discussion and debate of the subject matter. The seminar is opened to the university community and the public. Students and scholars from across the country attend this prestigious event.

History majors have studied abroad at Oxford Brooks University and Westminster College in Oxford, England, St. Andrews University in Scotland and the University of Swansea in Wales.

Our professors have led study abroad programs in the past to Université de Paris – Est Créteil, Oxford Brookes University and to Prague, Czech Republic. Additionally, our professors have led students in Maymester trips along the Mississippi River, China and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The department sponsors Phi Alpha Theta, a history honors society, and a History Club open not only to students majoring in history, but also to those students who have an interest in learning about the past. History majors have completed internships at:

Local legal firms
Old Salem in Winston-Salem, N.C.
High Point Museum
Naval History and Heritage Command
Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

The history program at High Point University prepares students for a changing world by helping them understand their place in the broader human experience. Our students apply the skills they learn in the major—planning and conducting research, analysis, writing and communication— to any path they choose in life, whether it is in academia or a professional or business career. History majors learn to think critically, analyze complex issues, make sagacious inferences and contribute meaningful insights.

Course Requirements 2024/2025

Bachelor of Arts in History

Degree Requirements	Credits
Major Requirements	40
University Core Requirements	36-44
Electives	36-44
Total	128

Minor in History

Minor Requirements	Credits
Course Requirements	20
Total	20

Requirements for B.A. in History

Course	Course Title	Credits
HST 2901	Historiography	4
HST 4001	Senior Seminar	4
One 2000-level history course in any thematic pathway (4) Six 3000- or 4000-level history courses, four of which must be selected from the same thematic pathway (24)* One history elective (4) War and Revolution Pathway		*Excludes HST 4001.
HST 2103	The Second World War: A Global History	4
HST 2104	History of the Holocaust	4
HST 2202	American Moments	4
HST 2220	Revolutionary America	4
HST 2230	Civil War & Reconstruction	4
HST 2236	America's Vietnam War	4
HST 2401	Athens & Sparta	4
HST 2602	Revolutionaries and Dictators: Modern Latin America	4
HST 3010	Homer and the Trojan War	4
HST 3040	The Roman Near East	4
HST 3105	Empires, Soldier-Kings, and Philosophers	4
HST 3106	The French Revolution and Napoleon	4
HST 3107	The Age of Revolutions and the Birth of Modern Europe, 1815-1914	4
HST 3108	Europe in Crisis: 1914 to 1945	4
HST 3121	Modern Russia	4
HST 3242	War, Gender, and the Military in U.S. History	4
HST 3501	United States and East Asia	4
HST 3511	Revolutionary China	4
HST 3702	The Arab-Israeli Conflict	4
Empire and Nation Pathway
HST 2103	The Second World War: A Global History	4
HST 2111	Britain: Pre-Roman to 1485	4
HST 2112	Britain: 1485 to Present	4
HST 2202	American Moments	4
HST 2212	Native Americans & Europeans: Encounters in Early America	4
HST 2220	Revolutionary America	4
HST 2235	U.S. in the World: American Foreign Relations	4
HST 2247	The Long Freedom Struggle	4
HST 2248	Black American Narratives	4
HST 2401	Athens & Sparta	4
HST 2405	Roman Emperors	4
HST 2406	The Christian Roman Empire	4
HST 2511	The Mandate of Heaven: A History of China	4
HST 2521	Japanese History	4
HST 2601	Gold, God, and Glory: Colonial Latin America	4
HST 2701	Modern Middle East, 1798-1945	4
HST 3040	The Roman Near East	4
HST 3102	The Middle Ages	4
HST 3105	Empires, Soldier-Kings, and Philosophers	4
HST 3106	The French Revolution and Napoleon	4
HST 3107	The Age of Revolutions and the Birth of Modern Europe, 1815-1914	4
HST 3108	Europe in Crisis: 1914-1945	4
HST 3121	Modern Russia	4
HST 3221	The Atlantic World in Transition	4
HST 3521	The Rise of Modern Japan	4
HST 3601	Aztecs, Incas, Mayas, and Pre-Columbian Civilizations	4
HST 3611	From Quetzalcoatl to Kahlo: A History of Mexico	4
HST 3701	United States and the Middle East since 1945	4
Society, Culture, and Thought Pathway
HST 2111	Britain: Pre-Roman to 1485	4
HST 2112	Britain: 1485 to Present	4
HST 2201	American Identities	4
HST 2202	American Moments	4
HST 2212	Native Americans and Europeans: Encounters in Early America	4
HST 2215	Comparative Slavery and Bound Labor Systems	4
HST 2236	America's Vietnam War	4
HST 2240	U.S. Women's History	4
HST 2247	The Long Freedom Struggle	4
HST 2251	Hollywood and American History	4
HST 2401	Athens and Sparta	4
HST 2405	Roman Emperors	4
HST 2406	The Christian Roman Empire	4
HST 2501	American Sports Revolution	4
HST 2511	The Mandate of Heaven: A History of China	4
HST 2521	Japanese History	4
HST 3010	Homer and the Trojan War	4
HST 3102	The Middle Ages	4
HST 3104	Renaissance and Reformation	4
HST 3130	Victoria's Britain and Empire	4
HST 3212	American Thought and Culture	4
HST 3214	Place and Space in American History	4
HST 3218	Asian America	4
HST 3222	Enlightenment and Revelation: Rational and Irrational in America	4
HST 3231	Creating the American Consumer, 1850-1929	4
HST 3241	Sex and the City: American Women and the Urban Landscape	4
HST 3262	America Consumed: Mall Rats & Made in the U.S.A.	4
HST 3511	Revolutionary China	4
HST 3601	Aztecs, Incas, Mayas and Pre-Columbian Civilizations	4
HST 3611	From Quetzalcoatl to Kahlo: A History of Mexico	4
Global Encounters Pathway
HST 2103	The Second War: A Global History	4
HST 2212	Native Americans and Europeans: Encounters in Early America	4
HST 2215	Comparative Slavery and Bound Labor Systems	4
HST 2235	U.S. in the World: American Foreign Relations	4
HST 2511	The Mandate of Heaven: A History of China	4
HST 2521	Japanese History	4
HST 2601	God, Gold, and Glory: Colonial Latin America	4
HST 2602	Revolutionaries and Dictators: Modern Latin America	4
HST 2701	Modern Middle East	4
HST 3040	Roman Near East	4
HST 3107	The Age of Revolutions and the Birth of Modern Europe	4
HST 3108	Europe in Crisis, 1914-1945	4
HST 3121	Modern Russia	4
HST 3130	Victoria's Britain and Empire	4
HST 3221	The Atlantic World in Transition	4
HST 3262	America Consumed: Mall Rats & Made in the U.S.A.	4
HST 3501	United States and East Asia	4
HST 3521	Rise of Modern Japan	4
HST 3701	The U.S. and the Middle East since 1945	4
HST 3702	Arab-Israeli Conflict	4
Course Descriptions

Note: History majors who matriculated prior to fall, 2020, may continue to follow the Regional Pathways curriculum reflected in their Bulletin of record.

Requirements for Minor in History

Course	Course Title	Credits
HST 1101	Foundations in Western Civilization from Ancient Times to the Enlightenment	4
HST 1102	Foundation in Western Civilization since the Enlightenment	4
HST 1103	Topics in Western Civilizations	4
HST 1104	War in the West from Rome to the Present	4
HST 1105	The Marketplace in Historical Change	4
HST 1201	American Beginnings [to 1800]	4
HST 1202	American Expansions [1800-1918]	4
HST 1203	American Aspirations [1914 to present]	4
HST 1401	Foundations of African History	4
HST 1501	Introduction to East Asian Civilizations	4
HST 1601	Foundations of Latin American Civilizations	4
HST 1701	Foundations of Middle Eastern History	4
HST 2103	The Second World War: A Global History	4
HST 2104	History of Holocaust	4
HST 2111	Britain, Pre-Roman to 1485	4
HST 2112	Britain, 1485-Present	4
HST 2201	American Identities	4
HST 2202	American Moments	4
HST 2203	American Stories	4
HST 2205	North Carolina: Perspectives on a State's History	4
HST 2212	Native Americans and Europeans: Encounters in Early America	4
HST 2215	Comparative Slavery and Bound Labor Systems	4
HST 2217	Slavery and Freedom in America	4
HST 2220	Revolutionary America	4
HST 2227	The Struggle for Control: A History of American Business and Labor	4
HST 2230	Civil War and Reconstruction	4
HST 2235	U.S. in the World: American Foreign Relations	4
HST 2236	America's Vietnam War	4
HST/WGS 2240	U.S. Women's History	4
HST 2247	The Long Freedom Struggle	4
HST 2248	Black American Narratives	4
HST 2251	Hollywood and American History	4
HST 2301	The Canadian Experiment	4
HST 2401	Athens and Sparta	4
HST 2405	Roman Emperors	4
HST 2406	The Christian Roman Empire	4
HST 2501	American Sports Revolution	4
HST 2511	The Mandate of Heaven: A History of China	4
HST 2521	Japanese History	4
HST 2601	God, Gold, and Glory: Colonial Latin America	4
HST 2602	Revolutionaries and Dictators: Modern Latin America	4
HST 2701	Modern Middle East: 1798-1945	4
HST 2881, 3881, 4881	Special Topics	1-4
HST 2901	Historiography	4
HST 3010	Homer and the Trojan War	4
HST 3040	The Roman Near East	4
HST 3102	The Middle Ages	4
HST 3104	Renaissance and Reformation	4
HST 3105	Empires, Soldier-Kings and Philosophers	4
HST 3106	The French Revolution and Napoleon	4
HST 3107	The Age of Revolutions and the Birth of Modern Europe, 1815-1914	4
HST 3108	Europe in Crisis, 1914 to 1945	4
HST 3121	Modern Russia	4
HST 3191	European Economic History	4
HST 3211	Race and the Law	4
HST 3212	American Thought and Culture	4
HST 3214	Place and Space in American History	4
HST 3218	Asian America	4
HST 3221	The Atlantic World in Transition	4
HST 3222	Enlightenment and Revelation: Rational and Irrational in America	4
HST 3231	Creating the American Consumer, 1850-1929	4
HST 3241	Sex and the City: American Women and the Urban Landscape	4
HST/WGS 3242	War, Gender, and the Military in U.S. History	4
HST 3245	Bombs and Ballet: The Cultural Cold War	4
HST 3262	America Consumed: Mall Rats & Made in the U.S.A.: Postwar Consumption at Home & Abroad	4
HST/GBS 3501	United States and East Asia	4
HST/GBS 3511	Revolutionary China	4
HST/GBS 3521	The Rise of Modern Japan	4
HST 3601	Aztecs, Incas, Mayas, and Pre-Columbian Civilizations	4
HST/GBS 3602	Native Peoples in Latin America	4
HST/GBS 3603	Consumption and Material Culture in Latin America	4
HST 3611	From Quetzalcoatl to Kahlo: A History of Mexico	4
HST/GBS 3621	History of Brazil	4
HST/PSC 3701	The United States and the Middle East since 1945	4
HST 3702	The Arab-Israeli Conflict	4
HST 3901	History Detectives	4
HST 3902	A Lens on History	4
HST 3903	Public History	4
HST 3904	Oral History	4
HST 3905	Student Intern Program	4-12
HST 3908	History on the Road	4
HST 3909	Collaborative Research	4
HST 4001	Senior Seminar	4
HST 4444	Independent Study	4
Course Descriptions

Students who wish to minor in history must complete 20 credits in history with at least three 3000-level history courses.

Possible Careers in History

As one of the liberal arts, history is a versatile major that prepares students for a wide variety of endeavors. Many have taken advanced on history degrees, while others have entered graduate programs in law, religious studies and social work, among other disciplines. Additionally, others have chosen to take jobs in both the public and the private sector.

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Why History at HPU?

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Study Abroad

At High Point University, our emphasis on global perspectives is designed to provide students with opportunities to enhance their international awareness and to develop their cross-cultural communication skills. Study abroad is strongly encouraged as a part of this emphasis on global studies. With a variety of extraordinary options at some of the most prestigious universities in the world, students at High Point University are encouraged to study abroad as early as the summer after their freshman year. Employers are looking for more than just a degree; they want well-rounded individuals who have familiarity with diverse cultures, special skills, and knowledge of the world around them.

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Gunther E. Rothenberg Seminar

The Rothenberg Seminar in Military History is a tribute to Professor Rothenberg’s scholarship and dedication to the field of military history.

Why History?

The study of history has long been a core part of a liberal arts education. Students of history learn more than the past.

Phi Alpha Theta

Phi Alpha Theta is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history.

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