History, B.A.

Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Credit Hours: 30+

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.