Major in History (BA) 120 hours
University Requirement – 2 hours
GSTD 1002 Freshman Seminar
General Education – 26 hours (3 hours foreign language and 6 hours of history included in major requirements)
History – 36 hours
HIST 1003 World History I
HIST 1013 World History II
HIST 2013 U.S. History I
HIST 2023 U.S. History II
HIST 3133 Research Methods
Electives – 21 hours
6 upper level U.S. history
6 upper level non-U.S. history
9 upper level history
Other requirements – 15 hours
SPCH 1113 Introduction to Public Speaking
3 hours of electives in geography
Foreign language (6 hours) which may be fulfilled by freshman-level courses in the same language or a satisfactory score on a language proficiency exam. Three hours of foreign language may be double counted to meet the general education requirement.
In consultation with a faculty advisor, students will complete three semester hours in an upper-level non-creative writing course or completion of HIST 4353 Senior Paper Research.
Students may choose to complete a minor area in consultation with their advisor.
Completion of remaining hours to total 120 hours. Depending upon the chosen minor, student may need additional upper-level hours to complete the required 40 junior/senior hours.
Minor Requirements:
Minor in History – 18 hours
HIST 1003 World History I
HIST 1013 World History II
HIST 2013 U.S. History I
HIST 2023 U.S. History II
3 hours of upper-level U.S. History
3 hours of upper-level non-U.S. History
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.