History B.A.

45* credit hours

A Bachelor of Arts in History provides the knowledge and skills that successful students need to prepare them for teaching at the high school level, attending graduate school especially in history or law, or pursuing a career in public history such as working in archives, museums, or historical sites. Their skills and knowledge also make them educated individuals ready to work at any career requiring literate persons.

Requirements

A major in history requires 45 credit hours of coursework through the Department of History and Geography and the general education requirements listed below.

Six required courses:

HIS 20000History of the Contemporary World

3

HIS 20300Historical Methods

3

HIS 22300The Ancient and Medieval World

3

HIS 30100Early Modern Europe

3

HIS 30200Modern Europe

3

HIS 40000Senior Seminar in History

3

One course selected from the following options:

HIS 21500American History to 1865 Advanced Survey

3

HIS 10500America: Colony to Civil War

3

One course selected from the following options:

HIS 21600American History Since 1865 Advanced Survey

3

HIS 10600America: Civil War to World Power

3

One course selected from the following options:

HIS 20500History of Asia

3

HIS 22000History of Latin America

3

One course selected from the following options:

HIS 35000Applied History

3-6

HIS 45000History Internship

3-6

EDU 41000Student Teaching

12

Two courses of European history selected from the following options:

HIS 26100History of the British Isles

4

HIS 32900Church and State in Early Modern Europe

3

HIS 33000European Intellectual History

3

HIS 33200Revolution in the Modern World

3

HIS 33600The Civilization of Industrialism

3

HIS 33800War and Society in the Twentieth Century

3

HIS 35500Europe Since 1945

3

Three courses of United States history, two of which must be at or above the 30000 level, selected from the following options:

HIS 20700American Military History though World War Two

3

HIS 21400American Military History Since 1941

3

HIS 23200History of American Sports

3

HIS 30800The Origins of the United States to 1800

3

HIS 30900The Age of Jackson

3

HIS 31000The Civil War and Reconstruction

3

HIS 31200The Growth of Modern America, 1877-1914

3

HIS 31400Economic History of America

3

HIS 31500History of Gender in America

3

HIS 31600A Biography of the Constitution

3

HIS 31700The American West 1830-1960

3

HIS 31800History of Race in America

3

HIS 32000The United States 1918-1945: Prosperity, Depression, and War

3

HIS 32100The United States in the Age of the Cold War

3

History majors must take one of the following:

GEO 20100World Regional Geography

3

GEO 20200Concepts of Geography

3

GEO 20700World Economic Geography

3

GEO 30100World Historical Geography

3

which will fulfill a cross cultural general education requirement.

History majors must take:

HIS 15500U.S. Government: Politics and History

3

Or

PS 15500American Government: The Nation

3

to fulfill the general education US history/government requirement.

History majors must take:

ECON 23010Survey of Economics

3

Or

HIS 31400Economic History of America

3

to fulfill one of the general education social science requirements. If students take HIS 31400 for economics credit, they cannot count it as a history (HIS) elective.

It is recommended that history majors take:

HIS 22100Global History Since 1500

3

HIS 21500American History to 1865 Advanced Survey

3

HIS 21600American History Since 1865 Advanced Survey

3

to fulfill the general education world history and the United States survey history requirements.

*Credit hour requirements have been updated or revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.