Southern University at New Orleans

The principal objective of the History program is to provide the university student with a broad liberal arts background in order to become an active contributor to modern society. In addition, the program provides training for potential high school teachers who want to focus on the social sciences. Most majors go on to graduate or professional schools.

Major: A major in history must take, in addition to HIST 103, 104, 210, and 220, a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours of which at least twelve (12) must be in United States History above the 220 level and nine (9) in non-United States History above the 200 level. Majors must also take HIST 351/352, 410 and 470. In addition, all majors must write a senior exit paper.

Minor: A minor requires eighteen (18) hours of which six (6) must be in courses above the 300 level. HIST 103, 104, 210, and 220 are also required of minors. A grade of C or better is required in all history courses taken by majors and minors.

Students may elect for a History concentration in the General Studies program. To satisfy the requirement of a History concentration, students must take thirty semester hours in the area. The following History course content will satisfy the requirements for the History concentration in General Studies.

HIST 103*, HIST 104*, HIST 210*, HIST 220*, HIST 351*, HIST 352*, HIST 312, HIST 375*, HIST 401*, HIST 402, HIST 410,
HIST 470

                                                                           Hrs.                                                                                          Hrs.
Course                                                              Credit             Course                                                              Credit
JRDV 111 (College Survival Skills)........................     1                 ENGL 112 (English)............................................     3
ENGL 111 (English)............................................     3                 MATH 232 (Finite) or 250 (Elem. Statistics)..........     3
HIST 103 (History of Civilization to 1500)...............     3                 HIST 104 (History of Civilization since 1500)..........     3
MATH 151 (College Algebra)................................     3                 Biology, Chemistry, or Physical Science Elective..     3
BIOL 105 & 105L (Intro. to Biology)......................     4                 GEOG 110 (Survey of Regional Geography)..........     3
FIAR or MUSC101..............................................     3                 POLI 110 (American Government)........................     3
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   17                                                                                                   18

Chemistry or Physical Science Elective................     3                 HIST 220 (U.S. History since 1865)......................     3
ENGL 203 (Writing About Literature)....................     3                 Foreign Language 102.........................................     3
CMIS 164 (Intro. to Information Processing)..........     3                 SOCL 210 (Intro. to Sociology)............................     3
HIST 210 (U.S. History to 1865)...........................     3                 Course in Minor Area..........................................     3
Foreign Language 101.........................................     3                 English (Literature).............................................     3
Health or 2 P.E. Courses....................................     2                 History Elective (300 or above).............................     3
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   17                                                                                                   18

Foreign Language 211.........................................     3                 Course in Minor Area..........................................     3
Philosophy or Humanities....................................     3                 Course in Minor Area..........................................     3
HIST 351 or 352.................................................     3                 Electives (History 300 or above)...........................     9
Courses in Minor Area........................................     6
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   15                                                                                                 15

SENIOR YEAR

HIST 410 (Historical Research and Criticism)........     3                 History Electives (300 or above)...........................     9
Free Elective......................................................     3                 Courses in Minor Area........................................     3
Computer Science Elective..................................     3
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    9                                                                                                 12
Total Hours: 121

Curriculum in History
Concentration in African American Studies (Being Phased Out)

The general aim of this program is to enhance the student's knowledge of the rich cultural heritage and history of African Americans and to enable students to understand and appreciate the position of African Americans in the community, nation, and world. History 210, 220, 351 and 352, 410 and 470 are required of students enrolled in this program. An additional fifteen (15) hours must be taken within the History curriculum to satisfy requirements for the baccalaureate degree. To complete the program, a student must take a minimum of twenty-seven (27) hours in interdisciplinary courses relating to African American Studies. Possible courses and the departments in which they are offered are: Sociology 220 and 471; English 255 and 256; Political Science 310; French 440 and Humanities 314.

                                                                           Hrs.                                                                                          Hrs.
Course                                                              Credit             Course                                                              Credit
JRDV 111 (College Survival Skills)........................     1                 ENGL 112 (English)............................................     3
ENGL 111 (English)............................................     3                 MATH 232 (Finite) or 250 (Elem. Statistics)..........     3
HIST 103 or 104.................................................     3                 CMIS 164 (Intro. to Information Processing)..........     3
MATH 151 (College Algebra)................................     3                 Science.............................................................     3
Science.............................................................     3                 GEOG 110 (Survey of Regional Geography)..........     3
FIAR or MUSC 101.............................................     3                 HIST 210 (U.S. History to 1865)...........................     3
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   16                                                                                                  18

ENGL 203 (Writing About Literature)....................     3                 ENGL 255/256...................................................     3
Foreign Language 101.........................................     3                 Foreign Language 102.........................................     3
POLI 110 (American Government)........................     3                 SOCL 210 (Intro. to Sociology)............................     3
HIST 220 (U.S. History since 1865)......................     3                 Computer Science Elective..................................     3
Chemistry or Physical Science Lecture & Lab.......     4                 HIST 351 (African American History)....................     3
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   16                                                                                                  15

HIST 352 (African American History since 1865)....     3                 Philosophy, Humanities, or Social Science...........     3
Foreign Language 211.........................................     3                 African American Electives..................................     9
African American Electives (300 or above).............     6                 History Elective (300 or above).............................     3
History Electives (300 or above)...........................     6
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   18                                                                                                 15

SENIOR YEAR

HIST 410 (Historical Research and Criticism)........     3                 HIST 470 (Eyes on the Prize)..............................     3
African American Electives..................................     9                 History Electives................................................     6
                        African American Elective..................................     3
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   12                                                                                                 12

Total Hours: 122

Center for African and African American Studies
Interdisciplinary Minor in African American Studies

Romanus Ejiaga, Director
Office: Building 16B
Telephone: (504) 286-5006
Fax: (504) 286-5005
Email: rejiaga@suno.edu

Description
African American Studies concentration in the General Studies program provides an interdisciplinary study of the Black experience in Africa and the Americas. The concentration is designed to bring together students from diverse backgrounds and curricula who share a common interest in exploring aspects of the Black Experience in ways that relate to their own major field of study. To satisfy this requirement, students must complete thirty semester hours in the area. The following African-American Studies course content will satisfy the requirements for the African-American Studies concentration in General Studies.

Required Courses (18 credit hours): HUMA 314*, HUMA 315*, HIST 351, HIST 352, HIST 354, HUMA 110.
*Also offered online.

Elective Courses – Category A (6 credit hours): ENGL 255, ENGL 256, ENGL 257, ENGL 258, EDGN 276, MUSC 244, SOCL 221, HUMA 315, GEO 111, SOWK 270.

Elective Courses – Category B (6 credit hours): FIAR 354, FIAR 450, FIAR 489, FREN 440, HIST 306, HIST 351, HIST 352, HIST 354, HIST 355, HIST 356, HIST 359, HIST 375, HIST 405, HIST 409, HIST 411, HIST 412, HIST 416, HIST 470, HIST 475, HUMA 451, HUMA 453, PHIL 314, POLI 310, POLI 390, POLI 430, POLI 432, PSYC 344, SOCL 340, SOCL 346.

HISTORY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

HIST 103. HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 credit hours
This course is a study of the political, economic, social, cultural, religious and intellectual history of the world from ancient times to 1500.

HIST 104. HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 credit hours
In this course, special attention is given to the changing institutions, emergence of nationalism, rise and fall of colonialism, international rivalry and world politics leading to World War I and its aftermath.

HIST 210. THE UNITED STATES TO 1865 3 credit hours
This course is a general survey of the political, constitutional, economic and social development of the United States from the Colonial Period to 1865.

HIST 220. THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1865 3 credit hours
This course is a general survey of the political, constitutional, economic and social development of the United States from the Era of Reconstruction to the present.

HIST 300. LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION (Colonial Period) 3 credit hours
This is a survey of the colonial era with emphasis on pre-Columbian civilizations and the changing trends in the social, economic and political life of Spanish and Portuguese America.

HIST 301. LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION (Since Independence) 3 credit hours
This is a survey of the economic, social, and political development of the Latin American countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

HIST 302. HISTORY OF MEXICO 3 credit hours
This course is a political, social, and economic survey of Mexican history with emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

HIST 306. READINGS IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY 3 credit hours
This reading course is designed to examine the history of the Caribbean since 1500. The course also provides an opportunity to read the literature on the impact of Old and New World forces on the people and politics of the Caribbean, the West, and its institutions.

HIST 308. MODERN EUROPE FROM RENAISSANCE TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT 3 credit hours
This course will examine the Renaissance, the Reformation, the religious and Dynastic Wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Rise of Absolutist Monarchies and European nation-States, the coming of the Intellectual and Scientific Revolutions, and the Enlightenment.

HIST 310. THE EMERGENCE OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD (1789-1815) 3 credit hours
The course will focus on the development of Western Civilization, accentuating the French Revolution and Napoleonic Europe.

HIST 311. EUROPE IN THE AGE OF LIBERALISM AND NATIONALISM (1815-1870) 3 credit hours
In this course, attention is given to the industrialization of Europe and its impact upon the various social classes, the Revolution of 1848, the re-organization of Europe in the 1860s and the resurgence of Imperialism.

HIST 312. EUROPE IN THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM (1870-1914) 3 credit hours
This course is a study of the transformation of European society through the Industrial Revolution with emphasis on peasantry, capital and labor, growth of socialism and nationalism as mass movements, imperialism and systems of alliances.

HIST 330. AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY 3 credit hours
This is a study of the colonial period of American history from the Age of Discovery through the American Revolution, with emphasis on the motives and methods of colonization, development of early American institutions, and the relations of the colonies to the British Empire.

HIST 332. THE UNITED STATES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 3 credit hours
This course is designed to examine the social, economic, and political forces operating in the United States since 1900, and their impact on the people of the United States and its institutions.

HIST 341. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1865 3 credit hours
This course is a study of the evolution of United States foreign policy from the American Revolution to the Civil War. Special emphasis is given to the early policy of neutrality, hemispheric exclusiveness and diplomacy during the Civil War.

HIST 342. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1865 3 credit hours
This is a study of United States foreign policy since 1865 with emphasis on the Pan-American movement, the emergence of the United States as a world power, the World Wars, isolationism, and the cold War.

HIST 351. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 3 credit hours
This is a study of the African American background to Reconstruction with emphasis on the effects of its interaction with other groups upon American thought, institutions, and practices.

HIST 352. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1865 3 credit hours
This course is a study of the various problems of African Americans as they exercised their rights from the Era of Reconstruction to the present. Emphasis will be placed on their changing status and contributions to American society.

HIST 354. HISTORY OF AFRICA TO 1800 3 credit hours
This is a study of African - social, political, economic and cultural developments and the tenacity of African institutions to 1800.

HIST 355. HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA 3 credit hours
This course will examine West Africa from ancient to modern times. Major emphasis will be on the dynamics of trade and politics on the West African coast, and the European imperial connection until the time of independence.

HIST 356. HISTORY OF EAST AFRICA 3 credit hours
This course surveys East Africa and the evolution of man, the migrations, and development of political, social and cultural institutions, foreign intervention, the Arab slave trade, European colonization, and the emergence of African nationalism and independence movements.

HIST 359. GREAT EMPIRES OF AFRICA 3 credit hours
This course surveys the European myths in connection with the origins of the states, the evolution of states in Africa, the forest states of West Africa, the States of Western Sudan, Central Africa, and the Swahili states of East Africa.

HIST 363. THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 3 credit hours
This course is an examination of the nature of the sectional controversy leading to the Civil War and the political, military and diplomatic aspects of the war and Reconstruction.

HIST 370. THE SOUTH IN UNITED STATES HISTORY 3 credit hours
This course is a survey of the development of those southern institutions and ideas that have distinguished this region from the rest of the nation.

HIST 371. WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY 3 credit hours
This course is a study of the history of American women from the colonial era to the present. While there are significant dates that are essential to an understanding of the progress of American women, the major emphasis will be on progress and change over time.

HIST 375. HISTORY OF AFRICA SINCE 1800 3 credit hours
This course examines the political social, economic and cultural developments in Africa since 1800 - colonialism, the struggle for independence, and the post-independence era.

HIST 390. TOPICS IN PRE-MODERN TIMES 3 credit hours
This is a course comprising a pre-selected topic of ancient or pre-modern history, chosen according to the interests of the students. (Prerequisite: HIST 103)

HIST 400. THE FAR EAST IN MODERN TIMES 3 credit hours
This course deals with a brief survey of the early development of China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia, with considerable attention given to the interaction of these areas with the West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

HIST 401. HISTORY OF LOUISIANA 3 credit hours
This course is a general survey of Louisiana history from the earliest times to the present, enabling the student to better appreciate the role played by Louisiana in the development of the nation.

HIST 402. CONTEMPORARY HISTORY SINCE 1914 3 credit hours
This course is an analysis of the political developments and international relations between Europe, the United States, and the Near and Far East since the outbreak of World War I.

HIST 403. RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION 3 credit hours
This course is an in-depth study of the economic, social, political and intellectual influences of the transitional period between Medieval and Modern Europe.

HIST 405. AFRICAN SOCIAL HISTORY 3 credit hours
This is a study of selected themes of African social history, which includes urbanization, class formation, cultural change, social movements and protests, migration, and labor movements.

HIST 407. HISTORY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 3 credit hours
This course is a study of the African peoples of South Africa, namely the San, Khoi, Xhosa, Zulus etc., their political, social and economic organization. The conquest of Chaka, the Zulu King and the AMfecane@ until the arrival of the Dutch invaders in 1652, relations between the invaders and Africans.

HIST 409. ANCIENT AFRICAN HISTORY 3 credit hours
This course explores the African origins of humanity, emphasizing ancient African societies and civilizations, especially those of Ethiopia, Egypt, and West Africa.

HIST 410. HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND CRITICISM 3 credit hours
This course is designed to survey the major kinds of historical source materials and to introduce the student to the problems of historical research and writing. A research paper examining a topic specific in history is required of each student. Students must start their senior exit paper in this class. (Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Standing - Offered in both Fall and Spring Terms.)

HIST 411. AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY 3 credit hours
This course is an examination of the religious life of African Americans from the period of slavery to the present.

HIST 412. AFRICA AND THE SLAVE TRADE 3 credit hours
This course focuses on the social, economic, political, and cultural impact of the slave trade on African society.

HIST 416. ISLAM IN TROPICAL AFRICA 3 credit hours
This course is a study of Islam in tropical Africa, and its political, social, economic and cultural influence on the African people.

HIST 435. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 3 credit hours
This course is an examination of the critical constitutional questions in the historical development of the United States; the institution of slavery, the sectional crisis leading to the Civil War; the growth of urban America; and the changing character of religion, commerce, due process and minority rights. (Prerequisite: HIST 210 or 220)

HIST 460. SEMINAR IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY 3 credit hours
This course deals with historiography and philosophy of history in the context of the 18th, 19th and 20th century history of the academic profession in the Western world. The purpose of the course is to afford history majors perspective on their chosen discipline, and to acquaint students in related fields with historiography as a methodological research tool. Extensive reading, written book reviews and oral presentations are required of each student. (Prerequisite: Junior or Senior History major or consent of instructor.)

HIST 470. SEMINAR IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 3 credit hours
This course is an investigation and interpretation of the major intellectual developments and programs which have emerged from the African American experience in the United States. A research paper examining some phase of African American History is required of each student. (Prerequisite: HIST 410 or consent of instructor.)

HIST 475. SEMINAR IN COLONIAL CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL HISTORY 3 credit hours
This course is designed to examine the historical, cultural and economic forces indigenous to the Caribbean colonies since 1500. The course also provides an opportunity to study the impact of Old and New World forces on the people and politics of the Caribbean, the West, and its institutions.

HIST 475T. TRAVEL SEMINAR IN COLONIAL CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL HISTORY 3 credit hours
This travel course has the same purpose as HIST 475.

HIST 498/499. INDEPENDENT STUDY, READINGS AND RESEARCH 3 credit hours
This course includes independent reading and research designed to meet the needs and interests of the student who selects a topic and submits a written proposal with the approval of the instructor. Regular conferences between the student and instructor are required as are oral and written reports and a term paper.

HUMA 310. HUMANITIES FOR TEACHERS 3 credit hours
This course is a critical investigation into the role of creative expression through an analytic study of the arts.

HUMA 311. HUMANITIES/ARTS 3 credit hours
This course provides a critical investigation into the role of creative expression through an analytic study of the arts.

HUMA 312. HUMANITIES/IDEAS 3 credit hours
This is a study of contemporary views of man as reflected in his ideas and their traditional background.

HUMA 314. AFRICAN HUMANITIES 3 credit hours
This is a study of the African contribution to the world of arts and ideas.

HUMA 315. AFRICAN-AMERICAN HUMANITIES 3 credit hours
This course offers the history of African Americans’ involvement in and contributions to American stage, television, and film, from minstrel shows to the present.

HUMA 453. AFRICA AND THE BLACK DIASPORA 3 credit hours
This course gives a general introduction to the parallelism and differences in the literature, thought, and cultural worlds of both contemporary Africa and the Africa descended communities.

INTL 200. INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 3 credit hours
This course provides an overview of world regions and focuses on the interrelationships among countries and on world organizations.

INTL 250. GLOBAL ISSUES 3 credit hours
A series of lectures, videos, and guest presentations on the leading issues facing the world community. The contents of the course will be constantly updated by varying the issues examined and the approach to the issues will be interdisciplinary.