Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate HIST coursework.
Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate HIST work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.
Showing the 13 HIST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 183 more HIST courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
Generated from James Madison University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
The concentrations and majors that build on HIST, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core Requirementsall required
Subtotal
History Majors (No Concentration Option)choose 1
These are requirements outside the core for upper-level courses.; Connected History:; The Connected history requirement offers classes that think historically about big-picture issues in a global context. Classes might consider regions or the globe. These classes guide students in how to use historical inquiry to understand deep connections and cause and effect relationships across time and place.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in HIST. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at HIST 499C
2 courses deep, ending at HIST 331
2 courses deep, ending at HIST 340
2 courses deep, ending at HIST 357
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Humanities1 required
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies1 required
All HIST courses in the JMU catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for HIST yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under HIST yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
History does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the JMU campus feed.