History at Towson University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. HIST 103History of European Civilization from the 17th Century
  2. HIST 452History of the Soviet Union, 1917-1953: War, Revolution, and the Creation of the Stalinist System

Gateway courses

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.

• HIST 300Introduction to Historical Studyopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• HIST 498Honors Directed Readingsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• HIST 452History of the Soviet Union, 1917-1953: War, Revolution, and the Creation of the Stalinist Systemopens 1 course (0.5 directly)

The map

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 58 HIST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 67 more HIST courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

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.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in HIST. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at HIST 499

  1. ENGL 102Writing for a Liberal Education
  2. HIST 300Introduction to Historical Study
  3. HIST 498Honors Directed Readings
  4. HIST 499Honors Thesis in History

• 3 courses deep, ending at HIST 453

  1. HIST 103History of European Civilization from the 17th Century
  2. HIST 452History of the Soviet Union, 1917-1953: War, Revolution, and the Creation of the Stalinist System
  3. HIST 453History of the Ussr, 1953-1991: from the Death of Stalin to the Collapse of the Soviet Union

• 2 courses deep, ending at HIST 303

  1. HIST 101Introduction to Ancient Civilization
  2. HIST 303Alexander the Great and His Successors

• 2 courses deep, ending at HIST 306

  1. HIST 146History of the United States Since the Civil War
  2. HIST 306Women in 20th Century U.s. History

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HIST yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HIST yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

History does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Towson campus feed.