Program Coordinator: Milt Rowan
Phone Number: (540) 365-4405
e-mail: mrowan@ferrum.edu

The history major focuses on contemporary world history taught by four full-time historians, including specialists in African, Latin American and Asian history. The program is also strong in American and European history, history of the American South, and history of American religion. While providing a broad base of knowledge, the history program seeks especially to develop student skills in information collection and analysis, critical interpretation, and effective written communication.


Required Courses
HIS 101 Western Civilization I
HIS 201 American History to 1865
HIS 202 American History since 1865
HIS 205 European History, 1500-1789
HIS 206 European History, 1789-1945
HIS 398 Historiography
HIS 498 Senior Seminar
HIS 499 Senior Thesis
           
American
HIS 303 The American Revolution
HIS 304 Civil War Battlefield Tour
HIS 305 The American Civil War
HIS 306 Women in 20 th Century America
HIS 309 The United States, 1900-1945
HIS 310 The United States since 1945
HIS 312 United States Foreign Policy since 1945
HIS 316 Virginia History
HIS 321 Religion in American History
HIS 331 Historical Dramatization
HIS 382 US-Latin American Relations

European
HIS 345 European Social History
HIS 350 The European Phoenix: Europe since 1945


Non-Western History
HIS 371 China
HIS 373 The Indian Subcontinent
HIS 374 Southeast Asia
HIS 375 Sub-Saharan Africa
HIS 378 North Africa
HIS 380 Latin America
HIS 382 US-Latin American Relations