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:
One course selected from the following options:
One course selected from the following options:
HIS 21600 | American History Since 1865 Advanced Survey | 3 |
HIS 10600 | America: Civil War to World Power | 3 |
One course selected from the following options:
One course selected from the following options:
Two courses of European history selected from the following options:
Three courses of United States history, two of which must be at or above the 30000 level, selected from the following options:
HIS 20700 | American Military History though World War Two | 3 |
HIS 21400 | American Military History Since 1941 | 3 |
HIS 23200 | History of American Sports | 3 |
HIS 30800 | The Origins of the United States to 1800 | 3 |
HIS 30900 | The Age of Jackson | 3 |
HIS 31000 | The Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 |
HIS 31200 | The Growth of Modern America, 1877-1914 | 3 |
HIS 31400 | Economic History of America | 3 |
HIS 31500 | History of Gender in America | 3 |
HIS 31600 | A Biography of the Constitution | 3 |
HIS 31700 | The American West 1830-1960 | 3 |
HIS 31800 | History of Race in America | 3 |
HIS 32000 | The United States 1918-1945: Prosperity, Depression, and War | 3 |
HIS 32100 | The United States in the Age of the Cold War | 3 |
History majors must take one of the following:
which will fulfill a cross cultural general education requirement.
History majors must take:
HIS 15500 | U.S. Government: Politics and History | 3 |
| Or | |
PS 15500 | American Government: The Nation | 3 |
to fulfill the general education US history/government requirement.
History majors must take:
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 22100 | Global History Since 1500 | 3 |
HIS 21500 | American History to 1865 Advanced Survey | 3 |
HIS 21600 | American 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.