Nor’easter Core RequirementsCredits
Total Credits40
Program Required CoursesCredits
HIS 150 – Telling Tales of the Past3
HIS 222 – U.S. History: Contact-Civil War3
HIS 223 – U.S. History: Reconst-Present3
HIS 290 – History Hands on Topics or HIS 291 – War Letters or HIS 292 – Mourning the Dead3
HIS 395 – What Really Happened?3
LIL 120 – Introductory Arts and Humanities Seminar* or Three (3) Credits of Program-Specific Electives from List A or List B3
LIL 420 – Arts and Humanities Capstone or EDU 498 – Secondary Internship and Seminar3
Select One (1) History Concentration (below)15
Total Credits36
Open Elective Courses (as needed to reach 120 credits)Variable
Minimum Total Required Credits120

*LIL 120 is a required course for new, first-year students in the School of Arts and Humanities.

History Concentration Options

No ConcentrationCredits
Three (3) credits of electives from List A or List B3
Twelve (12) credits of electives from List A with at least six (6) credits at 300- or 400-level12
History Education ConcentrationCredits
PSC 101 – Intro to American Politics3
PSC 210 – Constitutional Law3
Six (6) credits of 300- or 400-level electives from List A6
Three (3) credits of electives from List A or List B3
Public History ConcentrationCredits
HIS 280 – Internship or HIS 420 – Internship3
Three (3) credits of electives from List A*3
Six (6) credits of electives from List C*6
Three (3) credits of electives from List A or List D*3

*Of these twelve (12) elective credits, at least six (6) credits must be at the 300- or 400-level.

Program Specific Elective Lists

List A ElectivesCredits
ARH 210 – Art History Survey I3
ARH 211 – Art History Survey II3
ARH 260 – Renaissance & Baroque Art3
ARH 270 – Art in the Modern World3
ARH 333 – Moroccan Theatre/Social Ch3
HIS 199 – Expl: Topics in History3
HIS 204 – Growing Up Female3
HIS 230 – From Togas to Black Rats3
HIS 231 – Reformations, Revolutions3
HIS 240 – Latin Amer His I: Colonial Lat3
HIS 241 – Latin Amer His II: Modern Latin3
HIS 250 – American Women’s History I3
HIS 251 – American Women’s History II3
HIS 266 – Hist of Drugs in the Americas3
HIS 276 – History Human Trad I3
HIS 278 – Human Traditions3
HIS 280 – History Internship3
HIS 290 – History Hands On Topics3
HIS 291 – War Letters3
HIS 292 – Mourning the Dead3
HIS 299 – History Topics3
HIS 312 – College Girls3
HIS 318 – Histories of London3
HIS 335 – Environmental History of New England Seminar3
HIS 337 – Topics in Women’s History3
HIS 341 – Bestsellers & the Big Bad City3
HIS 343 – Modern Tourism3
HIS 344 – Postwar: Europe After WWII3
HIS 349 – Hist of Gender/Sexuality in LA3
HIS 351 – History of Modern Mexico3
HIS 370 – Slaves/Citiz: Afr in New World3
HIS 397 – History Independent Study1–12
HIS 399 – Topics in History3
HIS 400 – Topics in History3
HIS 404 – Directed Readings in History3
HIS 410 – Advanced Humanities Seminar3
HIS 420 – History Internship3
HIS 497 – History Independent Study1–12
List B ElectivesCredits
CMM 135 – Evolution of Television3
CMM 170 – Evolution of Documentary Film3
EDU 438 – Teaching Sec Social Studies3
EDU 498 – Secondary Internship & Seminar12
ENG 216 – Criminals, Idiots & Minors3
ENG 220 – History of the English Language3
ENG 412 – Humanities Seminar: Slavery3
GWS 276 – Women in the Ancient World3
GWS 278 – Women in the Modern Worlds3
LIL 120 – Intro to Arts & Humanities Sem3
MUS 220 – History of Jazz3
WRT 317 – Proposal and Grant Writing3
List C ElectivesCredits
HIS 290 – History Hands on Topics3
HIS 291 – War Letters3
HIS 292 – Mourning the Dead3
HIS 313 – American Indian History and Culture3
HIS 335 – Environmental History of New England3
List D ElectivesCredits
ARC 205 – Archaeology Field Methods3
ARC 235 – Archaeology of New England3
BUMG 303 – Management of Nonprofits3
CMM 170 – Evolution of Documentary Film3
CMM 225 – Topics in Digital Storytelling3
CMM 240 – Social Media: Theory and Practice3
CMM 290 – Introduction to Broadcast Media Writing3
CMM 300 – Documentary Video3
CMM 311 – Digital Video Production3
GLS 490 – Center for Global Humanities Seminar3
WRT 317 – Proposal and Grant Writing3

Please note: While some courses can fulfill both core and program requirements, the credits earned do not count twice towards the minimum total required credits for the degree.