Specific Guidelines and Criteria for Courses Submitted in

HISTORY

Specific guidelines and criteria in history, social, and behavioral sciences require that courses should be broad in scope and content, include global or international perspectives, and must emphasize the methods of inquiry in the social sciences. Guidelines and criteria for two possible course sequences in History are as follows:

World History: these courses are a survey of social, cultural, economic, and political developments which have molded the modern world. The first course in the sequence covers the ancient world through the era of world exploration, and the second course in the sequence surveys the development of the modern world from the era of world exploration to the present.

Western Civilization: These courses are a survey of social, cultural, economic, and political developments which have molded the modern Western world. The first course in the sequence covers the ancient world through the era of world exploration, and the second course in the sequence surveys the development of the modern Western world from the era of world exploration to the present.

The following course titles suggest content appropriate for general studies:

American History I or II	US History I or II
World History I or II	Western Civilization I or II

The following course titles suggest content NOT appropriate for general studies:

History of Alabama

Southern History