| Department: | History, Political Science, & Geography / College of Liberal & Performing Arts |
| Hours Required: | 120 |
| Categories: | Major, Minor, Undergraduate |
| Delivery: | On-Campus |
Graduates in history enter a variety of professional fields and work as historians in government agencies, archives, museums, libraries, and non-profit institutions. Those earning degrees in political science understand the governing process and its relationship to complex issues arising in a modern society. Political science graduates are also prepared for many professions and find employment in both the private and public sector.
The department also provides a curriculum for history or political science majors who plan to enter law school following graduation.
Learning Goals
- Our graduates effectively communicate a written historical argument.
- Our graduates examine cultural, social, or political aspects of the history of a nation other than the United States.
- Our graduates plan, organize, and resolve historical problems, questions, or controversies.
- Our graduates demonstrate familiarity with the sources of information, methods of analysis, digital tools and contextual literature necessary for the research of historic events, developments, and issues.
- Our graduates demonstrate a broad and sophisticated knowledge of major historical epochs and of developments unfolding across time.
- HIST 1003 World History I
- HIST 2013 U.S. History I
- HIST 3133 Research Methods
- HIST 3113 Western Thought
- HIST 3213 Eastern Thought
University Requirement (2 hours)
GSTD 1002 – Freshman Seminar
General Education (26 hours)
Note: 3 hours of fine arts/humanities and 6 hours of social science requirements are included in the major.
History (36 hours)
HIST 1003 – World History I
HIST 1013 – World History II
HIST 2013 – United States History I
HIST 2023 – United States History II
HIST 3133 – Research Methods
6 hours upper-level U.S. History electives
6 hours upper-level Non-U.S. History electives
9 hours upper-level History electives
Other Requirements (15 hours)
PSCI 2003 – American Government: National
HIST 4353 – Senior Paper Research or 3 hours of upper-level non-creative writing
3 hours of Geography electives
6 hours of Foreign Language (may be fulfilled by freshman-level courses in the same language or a satisfactory score on a language proficiency exam)
Electives (41 hours)
13 hours of upper-level electives
28 hours of unrestricted electives
Minor Requirements:
Minor in History (18 hours)
HIST 1003 – World History I
HIST 1013 – World History II
HIST 2013 – United States History I
HIST 2023 – United States History II
3 hours of upper-level U.S. History electives
3 hours of upper-level non-U.S. History electives
