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Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1 1  
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (36 credits)    Courses count in major GPA 
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
KHU/DG HIST 11050 World History: Ancient and Medieval 3  
KHU/DG HIST 11051 World History: Modern 3  
KHU/DD HIST 12070 Early America: From Pre-Colonization to Civil War and Reconstruction 3  
KHU/DD HIST 12071 Modern America: From Industrialization to Globalization 3  
  HIST 32050 Historical Research Methods 3  
 WIC/ELR HIST 49091 Senior Seminar in History 3 C 2
  United States History Electives
Choose from the following:		 6  
  HIST 31040 American History through Popular Music (3)    
  HIST 31061 History of Ohio (3)    
  HIST 31075 History of Women in the United States (3)    
  HIST 31080 African-American History: Slavery to Freedom (3)    
  HIST 31081 African-American History: Reconstruction to the Present (3)    
  HIST 38095 Special Topics in United States History (3)    
  HIST 40197 American Cultural Heritage: The Arts and Society (3)    
  HIST 41000 Introduction to Public History (3)    
DD HIST 41056 History of Colonial America: 1492-1714 (3)    
DD HIST 41057 Eighteenth-Century America: 1714-1789 (3)    
  HIST 41058 Jefferson-Jackson Era, 1789-1848 (3)    
  HIST 41062 The United States: The Westward Movement (3)    
  HIST 41065 Sectional Conflict and Civil War (3)    
  HIST 41066 Reconstruction and the Later South (3)    
  HIST 41070 American Social and Intellectual History, 1790-1876 (3)    
  HIST 41071 American Social and Intellectual History, 1876-Present (3)    
  HIST 41075 War and Society in the United States from 1607 through 1865 (3)    
  HIST 41076 War and Society in the United States from 1865 to the Present (3)    
  HIST 41077 The Great Depression in America (3)    
  HIST 41079 Migrations to America between 1607 and Present (3)    
  HIST 41083 U.S. Foreign Relations through World War I (3)    
  HIST 41084 U.S. Foreign Relations from 1920 (3)    
  HIST 41085 The Sixties in America (3)    
  HIST 41087 Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)    
  HIST 41088 New Era through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)    
  HIST 41089 Recent America: The United States, 1945-Present (3)    
WIC HIST 48697 Colloquium: U.S. Middle Period, 1820-1900 (3)    
  HIST 48797 Colloquium in African American History to 1877 (3)    
  HIST 48897 Colloquium in African American History Since 1877 (3)    
  HIST 49095 Special Topics in United States History (3)    
  European History Since 1500 Electives
Choose from the following:		 6  
  HIST 31024 World War II (3)    
  HIST 31027 History of England to 1688 (3)    
  HIST 31028 England Since 1688 (3)    
  HIST 31030 NATO: The Enduring Alliance (3)    
  HIST 31050 History and Society of Modern Greece (3)    
  HIST 31052 History of Modern France (3)    
  HIST 31053 Modern Europe, 1815 to Present (3)    
  HIST 38195 Special Topics in Europe Since 1500 (3)    
  HIST 41016 The Protestant and Catholic Reformations (3)    
  HIST 41017 Seventeenth-Century Europe (3)    
  HIST 41020 Nineteenth-Century Europe (3)    
  HIST 41024 Modern European History, 1914-1945 (3)    
  HIST 41025 Modern European History: 1945-Present (3)    
  HIST 41032 Consumption and Mass Culture in Modern Europe (3)    
  HIST 41033 Women and Gender in Modern Europe (3)    
  HIST 41041 History of Germany, 1871-Present (3)    
  HIST 41044 Imperial Russia, 1689-1917 (3)    
  HIST 41045 Modern Russia, 1917-Present (3)    
  HIST 41051 Politics, Culture and Society of 20th-Century Europe (3)    
  HIST 41060 Comparative Fascism (3)    
  HIST 41129 The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry, 1938-1945 (3)    
  HIST 41789 The French Revolution and Napoleon (3)    
DG/WIC HIST 42497 Colloquium: Women in Modern Europe (3)    
WIC HIST 43797 Colloquium in Victorian England (3)    
  HIST 49195 Special Topics in Europe Since 1500 (3)    
  African, Ancient, Medieval, Latin American and Asian History Electives
Choose from the following:		 6  
  HIST 31112 Chinese Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31118 Vietnam War (3)    
  HIST 31125 Zionism and Israel (3)    
  HIST 31126 History of the Middle East (3)    
  HIST 31127 Ancient and Early Medieval Jewish History (3)    
  HIST 31128 Late Medieval and Modern Jewish History (3)    
  HIST 31130 History of African Civilization (3)    
 DG HIST 31140 Modern Latin America (3)    
  HIST 31141 Early Latin America (3)    
  HIST 38295 Special Topics in Global History (3)    
  HIST 41006 Roman History (3)    
  HIST 41010 The Early Middle Ages (3)    
  HIST 41011 The High Middle Ages (3)    
  HIST 41014 Europe in the Renaissance (3)    
  HIST 41097 Colloquium: Saints, Monks and the Medieval Community (3)    
  HIST 41112 History of Modern China (3)    
  HIST 41116 History of Japan (3)    
  HIST 41132 History of Africa, 1880-Present (3)    
  HIST 42140 The Sixties: A Third World View (3)    
  HIST 42141 Comparative Third World Revolutions (3)    
  HIST 42142 Afro-Latin America (3)    
WIC HIST 42297 Colloquium: China and Japan (3)    
  HIST 43097 Colloquium: Medieval Russia (3)    
  HIST 49295 Special Topics in Global History (3)    
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (83 credits)  
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  Foreign Language 3 14-20  
  Kent Core Composition 6  
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5  
  Kent Core Fine Arts 3  
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 6  
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7  
  College General Requirements (must be from Kent Core Basic Sciences) 4 3  
  College General Requirements (must be from Kent Core Social Sciences) 5 3  
  General Electives (minimum 18 upper-division credit hours)
Credits required depend on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours		 39  
TOTAL  120  
  1. US 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus and dual-enrollment) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
  2. A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
  3. Fulfills College General Requirement.
  4. One additional course taken from the Kent Core Basic Science courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Biological Sciences (BSCI), Chemistry (CHEM), Geography (GEOG), Geology (GEOL) or Physics (PHY). Students may take the courses listed in the "introductory" sequences with the restrictions noted above in the Kent Core Basic Science section. The course may not be from the student's major.
  5. One additional course taken from the Kent Core Social Sciences courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Geography (GEOG), Criminology and Justice Studies (CRIM), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC). The course may not be from the student's major.

Foreign Language Note: Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must have the equivalent of Elementary I and II in any language, plus one of the following options:

  1. Intermediate I and II of the same language
  2. Elementary I and II of a second language
  3. Any combination of two courses from the following list:
    1. Intermediate I of the same language
    2. MCLS 10001 Introduction to Structural Concepts for Language Students
    3. MCLS 20000 Global Literacy and Cultural Awareness
    4. MCLS 20091 Seminar: Global Literacy Case Studies
    5. MCLS 21417 Multiculturalism in Today's Germany
    6. MCLS 22217 Diversity in Today's Russia
    7. MCLS 23217 The Francophone Experience
    8. MCLS 28404 The Latin American Experience
    9. MCLS 28405 The Spanish Experience

All students with prior foreign language experience should take the foreign language placement test to determine the appropriate level at which to start. Some students may begin their university foreign language experience beyond the Elementary I level and will complete the requirement with fewer credit hours and fewer courses. This may be accomplished by: (1) passing a course beyond Elementary I through Intermediate II level or (2) receiving credit through Credit by Exam (CBE), the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), the Advanced Placement (AP) exam or credit through the International Baccalaureate (IB) program; or (3) being designated a native speaker of a non-English language (consult with the College of Arts and Sciences Advising Office for additional information). When students complete the requirement with fewer than 14 credit hours and four courses, they will complete remaining hours with general electives.