History, B.A.

The History major provides an excellent foundation for careers in business, education, law, and public service. The study of history enables students to find and evaluate a wide variety of information and develops analytic and critical skills. The study of history also encourages students to examine closely the institutions, ideas, and systems that shape our world. Requirements for the history major broaden students’ understanding of other cultures and their historical interconnections, and thereby sharpen the skills essential to all historical inquiry. History makes a unique contribution to a liberal education. It requires the attainment of a sympathetic appreciation of events and developments seen, not in isolation, but as part of a complex process. The study of history is compatible with any minor, including business, to prepare students for success in their career and professional choices.

Requirements for the History Major

Core Curriculum Requirements:

48-63 Credit Hours dependent on courses taken, including

History Requirement:

Included within the major.

Major Requirements:

36 credit hours, as follows

3 hours of Historical Perspectives

21 hours of additional electives from HIST 200-399:

HIST 200-399 (Refer to Course Descriptions .)
6 of these credit hours should be drawn from 200-level survey courses (HIST 200-201, HIST 220-221, HIST 247-248, HIST 250-251, HIST 270-271)

6 hours of two seminars from HIST 400-498:

HIST 400-498 (Refer to Course Descriptions .)

Also included must be two courses each, at any level, in:

(1) U.S., (2) European, (3) African, Asian, or Latin American history.

Note(s):

A 2.000 cumulative average must be attained in these history courses.

Public History Concentration

History majors have the option to add a concentration in Public History by completing the following additional courses.

HIST 290 - Introduction to Public History
HIST 415 - Practicum in Public History
HIST 416 - Public History & Communities
DIFT 104 - Video Production Non Electronic Media or ARTS 215: Web Design

TOTAL Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120 Semester Hours

B.A. History

This block serves as a guideline for progress toward a degree. See your academic advisor.

Freshman Year

First Semester

HIST 199 (Historical Perspectives)
ENGL 105 or ENGL 115
CORE 100
Scientific Perspectives
Second Language I
CORE 101

Second Semester

History elective
PHIL 100
THEO 111
Mathematical Perspectives
Second Language II
CORE 102

Sophomore Year

First Semester

History elective (Survey I)
History elective
Literature & Moral Imagination
Social Sciences elective
Theological Perspectives

Second Semester

History elective (Survey II)
History elective
Natural Sciences elective
Philosophical Perspectives
Creative Perspectives

Junior Year

First Semester

History seminar
History elective
E/RS elective
General elective
General elective

Second Semester

History elective
General elective
General elective
General elective
General elective

Senior Year

First Semester

History seminar
History elective
General elective
General elective
General elective

Second Semester

History elective
General elective
General elective
General elective
General elective

Scheduling Notes:

Consult the “Undergraduate Core Curriculum ” requirements of the Catalog.
Students may satisfy diversity-, writing-, oral-, and quantitative-flag courses in the history department, but are not required to do so.