Dec 17, 2024

University Undergraduate Catalog 2016-2017

University Undergraduate Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

History, Hip Hop Concentration, B.A.

Curriculum Requirements

The Department of History offers a major and minor in history at the baccalaureate level. The primary mission of the department is to educate both undergraduate and graduate students in the search for truth through excellence in teaching, scholarly research, and service, thus developing students with knowledge, technological competence, aesthetic and ethical values to be successful in a global society. The Department will provide history majors and minors with an educational environment and experience that will prepare them to teach at the secondary school level, to pursue graduate study, or to find employment in law, government service, industry, and other public and private sectors.

1. 124 Semester Hours:

Students majoring in history must complete a minimum of 42 semester hours of courses beginning at the 2000 level, including History 1100, at least one seminar in history, and a concentration or double major. The history minor must complete a minimum of 21 semester hours of courses beginning at the 2000 level, including History 1100 and at least one seminar in history. The department also offers certification in secondary social studies. Students seeking teaching certification also must complete a minimum of 42 semester hours and the required education courses. Students must have a 2.0 grade point average in their major and a 2.0 grade point average overall to successfully graduate from the program.

2. General Education Requirement:

Freshmen and sophomore years: complete General Education Curriculum required by the university as detailed on the four-year course of study.

3. Program Requirements:

Non-departmental requirements (must have a grade of ‘C’ or better):

* Course may be used to fulfill a GEC Requirement

+ Course must be completed in addition to a GEC Requirement

Departmental requirements (must have a ‘C’ or better):

Complete a minimum of 124 semester hours with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher. The last 30 credit hours must be completed at NCCU.
Students must complete the General Education Requirements required by the University. See the “General Education” section in this catalog.
History major requirements-complete the following:

HIST 1100 World Societies to 1650

HIST 2000 Historical Writing and Literature WI (must be taken in sophomore year).

HIST 2210 United States History to 1865

HIST 2220 United States History Since 1865

HIST 2890 Methods and Applications in History

Two courses from the following areas. No more than one course in one area: African History, European History, and Latin American History.

HIST 2410 African History to 1800

HIST 2420 African History Since 1800

HIST 2610 Latin American History: The Colonial Period, 1480-1820

HIST 2620 Latin American History: The National Period

HIST 3010 Problems in European History

HIST 3040 Topics in African History

HIST 3070 Topics in the African Diaspora

HIST 3100 Independent Readings in European History

HIST 3115 Europe, 1500-1815

HIST 3118 Europe, 1815-1914

HIST 3145 History of Russia to the Revolution

HIST 3150 History of England to 1688

HIST 3160 History of England since 1688

HIST 3180 History of France since the Enlightenment.

HIST 3410 Ancient Africa

HIST 3420 State Formation in Pre-Colonial Africa

HIST 3430 Africa Under Colonial Rule

HIST 3440 Africa Since Independence

HIST 3450 African Economic History

HIST 3600 Independent Readings in Latin American History

HIST 3710 Introduction to African Diaspora History

HIST 4010 Seminar in European History

HIST 4040 Seminar in African History

HIST 4060 Seminar in Latin American History

HIST 4070 Seminar in the African Diaspora

HIST 4110 Europe Since 1914

HIST 4120 European Diplomatic History, 1879 to the Present

HIST 4140 The Revolutionary Era and Napoleon

HIST 4150 European Intellectual History

HIST 4160 The African Presence in Europe

HIST 4170 The New Europeans: Race and Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary Europe

HIST 4400 Independent Readings in African History

HIST 4450 History of the Making of Contemporary South Africa

HIST 4470 History of Pan-Africanism to 1963

HIST 4620 Latin American Revolution

HIST 4630 The African Presence in Latin America

HIST 4640 Latin American History Through Literature and Film

HIST 4755 Topics in African Diaspora History

One seminar course from HIST 4010 , HIST 4020 , HIST 4040 , HIST 4050 , HIST 4060 , HIST 4070 (must be taken senior year).

HIST 4020 Seminar in American History

HIST 4040 Seminar in African History

HIST 4050 Seminar in African American History

HIST 4060 Seminar in Latin American History

HIST 4070 Seminar in the African Diaspora

At least 18 hours from any other 2000 level or higher undergraduate course.

HIST 2000 Historical Writing and Literature

HIST 2080 Problems in the History of Women to 1750

HIST 2081 Problems in the History of Women Since 1750

HIST 2110 Ancient History

HIST 2120 Medieval History

HIST 2210 United States History to 1865

HIST 2220 United States History Since 1865

HIST 2410 African History to 1800

HIST 2420 African History Since 1800

HIST 2610 Latin American History: The Colonial Period, 1480-1820

HIST 2620 Latin American History: The National Period

HIST 2910 Histories and Societies of South Asia Prior to 1750

HIST 3010 Problems in European History

HIST 3020 Problems in American History

HIST 3040 Topics in African History

HIST 3070 Topics in the African Diaspora

HIST 3100 Independent Readings in European History

HIST 3115 Europe, 1500-1815

HIST 3118 Europe, 1815-1914

HIST 3145 History of Russia to the Revolution

HIST 3150 History of England to 1688

HIST 3160 History of England since 1688

HIST 3180 History of France since the Enlightenment.

HIST 3210 American Military History

HIST 3220 Recent United States History

HIST 3230 American Urban History

HIST 3250 American Economic History

HIST 3260 American Labor History

HIST 3410 Ancient Africa

HIST 3420 State Formation in Pre-Colonial Africa

HIST 3430 Africa Under Colonial Rule

HIST 3440 Africa Since Independence

HIST 3450 African Economic History

HIST 3500 Independent Readings in African American History

HIST 3510 African American History to 1865

HIST 3520 African American History Since 1865

HIST 3600 Independent Readings in Latin American History

HIST 3630 History of Central America

HIST 3710 Introduction to African Diaspora History

HIST 3900 Internship in Historical Studies

HIST 3910 South Asia Under British Imperial Rule, 1750-1885

HIST 3920 The Unmaking of the British Empire in India, 1885-1947

HIST 4010 Seminar in European History

HIST 4020 Seminar in American History

HIST 4040 Seminar in African History

HIST 4050 Seminar in African American History

HIST 4060 Seminar in Latin American History

HIST 4070 Seminar in the African Diaspora

HIST 4110 Europe Since 1914

HIST 4120 European Diplomatic History, 1879 to the Present

HIST 4130 Renaissance, Reformation, and European Expansion

HIST 4140 The Revolutionary Era and Napoleon

HIST 4150 European Intellectual History

HIST 4160 The African Presence in Europe

HIST 4170 The New Europeans: Race and Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary Europe

HIST 4200 Independent Readings in American History

HIST 4210 Foreign Relations of the United States

HIST 4230 Constitutional History of the United States

HIST 4310 History of North Carolina

HIST 4400 Independent Readings in African History

HIST 4450 History of the Making of Contemporary South Africa

HIST 4470 History of Pan-Africanism to 1963

HIST 4510 Modern African American History Since 1900

HIST 4610 History of the Caribbean

HIST 4620 Latin American Revolution

HIST 4630 The African Presence in Latin America

HIST 4640 Latin American History Through Literature and Film

HIST 4755 Topics in African Diaspora History

HIST 4810 Oral History-Theory

HIST 4910 Comparative Slavery

HIST 4940 Fiction, Film and South Asia’s Past (cross-listed with English Department)

In courses A-F students must earn at least a grade of “C”. “D” or “F” grades must be repeated.
A minimum GPA of 2.0 in the major and overall is required for graduation.

Concentration (12 hours)
Hip Hop Concentration (Interdisciplinary)

4. Concentration Requirements

The Hip Hop concentration provides students with a solid introduction and broad understanding of the origins and developing of the forms of expression that make up hip-hop cultures throughout the world: hip-hop dance, geography, psychology, mass communications, english, rap music, graffiti/tagging, fashion, business, and film. The concentration introduces students to the main themes represented in hip-hop cultures: appropriation and defense of spaces, mixing of different cultures, migrations, multilingualism, race, class, gender, religions, sexuality, nationality, politics and the economy, and, the search for identity.

Credit Hours: Students will be required to take a total of 12 credit hours in the interdisciplinary courses listed for the concentration to meet the requirements for the concentration.

Pre-requisites:

The prerequisites are as follows:

HIST 2310 History of Hip Hop (Comprehensive)

HIST 1540 The Black Experience Since 1865

HIST 3520 African American History Since 1865

SOCI 2300 Environment, Economy and Society

HIST 2320 History of Hip Hop (Audio) - Intensive prerequisite is HIST 2310 History of Hip Hop (Comprehensive)

Course listing for concentration in Hip Hop

ART 3200 African-American Art History

ENG 3420 African American Literature II

ENG 3800 Creative Writing: Poetry

GEOG 1000 Introduction to Geography