History, B.A.

Major Requirements

Credit Hours: 30+

In addition to completing the requirements for this major, students must also complete the degree requirements specified in the Academic Regulations section of this catalog.

Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult the Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements for more information.

Required Courses:

HIST 299 The Historian’s Craft (3) *

Note:

*All majors must take HIST 299 no later than concurrently with their history class numbered 200 or higher.

Select one course from each of the following five areas of distribution:

1. Pre-Modern. Choose one:

2. Modern Europe Since 1500. Choose one:

3. Modern Asia, Africa and Latin America. Choose one:

4. United States. Choose one:

5. Comparative/Transnational. Choose one:

Select 9 additional credit hours of history electives:

The electives may be selected from any of the above five distribution areas and the following:
HIST 293 Introduction to Public History: Theory and Methods (3)

Senior Capstone:

3 credit hours in a capstone research seminar, senior paper, or bachelor’s essay (normally taken in the senior year, which requires a substantial paper).

Notes:

All majors must have passed at least one 200-level course before taking a 300-level course.
All majors must have passed at least one 300-level course before taking a 400-level course.
All majors must have taken at least two related (one 200-level and one 300-level or two 300-level) courses before seeking permission to take a capstone research seminar, senior paper or bachelor’s essay.
No more than 9 credit hours from HIST 210 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 15 credit hours from HIST 241 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 6 credit hours from HIST 250 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 9 credit hours from HIST 261 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 12 credit hours from HIST 310 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 6 credit hours from HIST 370 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 12 credit hours from HIST 402 may be applied towards the program requirements.

Coursework Meeting Major Requirements Excluded from the Major GPA Calculation

None. All courses that may apply toward completion of course requirements within the major apply toward the major GPA calculation.