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.
Degree Requirements | Credits |
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Major Requirements | 40 |
University Core Requirements | 50 |
Electives | 38 |
Total | 128 |
Minor Requirements | Credits |
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Course Requirements | 20 |
Total | 20 |
Course | Course Title | Credits |
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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 | Cilivil 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 2111 | Britain, Pre-Roman to 1660 | 4 |
HST 2112 | Britain, 1660-1990 | 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 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 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 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 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 ar | 4 |
HST 2240 | U.S. Women's History | 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 2511 | The Mandate of Heaven: A History of China | 4 |
HST 2521 | Japanese History | 4 |
HST 3010 | Homer and the Trojan War | 4 |
HST 3104 | Renaissance and Reformation | 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 |
HST3601 | Aztecs, Incas, Mayas and Pre-Columbian Civilizations | 4 |
HST 3611 | From Quetzalcoatl to Kahlo: A History of Mexico | 4 |
Global Encounters Pathway | ||
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 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 |
Course | Course Title | Credits |
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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 1660 | 4 |
HST 2112 | Britain, 1660-1990 | 4 |
HST 2201 | American Identities | 4 |
HST 2202 | American Moments | 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 Civil Rights Movement in the United States | 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 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 2901 | Historiography | 4 |
HST 3010 | Homer and the Trojan War | 4 |
HST 3040 | The Roman Near East | 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 | Case Studies in American Legal History | 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 |
Course Descriptions |