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History, Africa/African-American/African Diaspora Concentration, B.A.

Program Requirements

Core Requirements: Minimum of 38 credits in the core curriculum required of all students. Students who enter as first-time freshmen must take an entering freshman and rising junior assessment to complete core requirements.

Other Major Requirements: Minimum GPA of 2.0. Grade of C or higher in all major courses.

Graduation Requirements: All graduating seniors are required to complete the Graduating Senior Assessment after completing 90 or more semester hours (including credit by examination), but not later than the graduation semester.

Online Degree Completion

This program has an online degree completion option. See here for more information: https://www.uncfsu.edu/fsu-admissions/online

University College Core Curriculum

Transitional Studies - University Studies: 2 Credits

UNIV 101-102 required for all first-time students; UNIV 110 required for transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived. UNIV 111 may be required based on academic performance.

Select one option from the following: 

Transitional Studies - Life Skills: 2 Credits

Select two credits from the following: 

Communication Skills - Oral Communication: 3 Credits

Select one from the following: 

Communication Skills - Written Communication: 3 Credits

Information Literacy: 3 Credits

Reasoning Skills - Critical Thinking: 3 Credits

Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived. 

Select one from the following: 

Reasoning Skills - Quantitative Reasoning: 3 Credits

MATH 121 may be required based on profile scores. Some core courses require a one-hour lab. Select one from the following:

  • MATH 123 - College Algebra
  • MATH 126 - Quantitative Reasoning
  • MATH 128 - Quantitative Reasoning for Business
  • MATH 129 - Precalculus Mathematics I
  • MATH 130 - Precalculus Mathematics II
  • MATH 131 - Algebra and Trigonometry
  • POLI 240 - Introduction to Political Statistics
  • STAT 202 - Basic Probability and Statistics

Scientific Literacy - Natural Sciences: 7 Credits

At least one natural science class must include its associated lab. Some majors require two lab sciences, increasing requirement to 8 credits.

Scientific Literacy - Social Sciences: 3 Credits

Select one from the following: 

Humanities and Creative Arts: 3 Credits

Select one from the following: 

Global Literacy: 3 Credits

Not required for students with 30+ transfer credits from a foreign institution. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived. 

Select one from the following: 

Ethics and Civic Engagement: 3 Credits

Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.

Select three credits from the following: 

Program Requirements: 82 Credits

World Survey: 6 Credits

African American Survey: 3 Credits

U.S. Survey: 6 Credits

European Survey: 6 Credits

Non-Western Courses: 6 credits

Capstone: 3 Credits

Africa, African American, and African Diaspora Concentration: 9 Credits

Choose 9 credits from the following. Problems in History courses - HIST 420, HIST 460, and HIST 480 - may be used depending on course content with advisor approval. 

Major Electives: 6 Credits

Choose two courses from any 300 or 400 level HIST or HIPO designation.

Free Electives: 25 Credits

Eighteen hours of elective or minor courses. Seven hours of free elective courses.

Free Electives: 25 Credits

Eighteen hours of elective or minor courses. Seven hours of free elective courses.

Total Credit Hours: 120

* May also satisfy a University College Core requirement. If so used, must be offset an equal number of credit hours in the program.

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