Oct 08, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

History, Public History Concentration, B.A.


History  
615-898-2631
Aliou Ly, program coordinator
Aliou.Ly@mtsu.edu

Students majoring in History must fulfill all the requirements for the B.A. degree (see Academic Policies and Procedures ), to include a foreign language and a minor. History majors are to see their departmental advisors at least once per semester.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

History, Public History, B.A., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 42 hours*
Foreign Language 6 hours
Minor 15-18 hours
Electives 13-28 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

Public History Concentration (12 hours)


U.S. History (6 hours)

Choose at least one of the following:

Minor (15-18 hours)


Electives (13-28 hours)


Curriculum: History, Public History B.A.


Freshman Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Freshman Spring


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Fall


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Spring


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Spring


  • Global history elective 3 credit hours
  • European history elective 3 credit hours
  • U.S. history elective 3 credit hours
  • Minor courses 6 credit hours

Subtotal 15 Hours


Senior Fall


  • Global history elective 3 credit hours
  • Public History elective 3 credit hours
  • Minor course or elective 3 credit hours
  • General elective 3 credit hours
  • 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Spring


  • Public History elective 3 credit hours
  • General electives 10 credit hours

Subtotal: 13 Hours