History Major (BA)
General Education Course Requirements: (Other Core 35 + following 18 = 53 hrs)
Concurrent and in addition to college requirements, the following courses will be successfully completed:
HIS Ancient World (3)
HIS Medieval World (3)
HIS Modern World (3)
HIS US History to 1877 (3)
HIS US History Since 1877 (3)
POL American Government (3)
One year of Foreign Language (8 hrs):
Students may study any foreign language, though German is highly recommended for the history field:
SPN Elementary Spanish I & II (8)
JAP Elementary Japanese I & II (8)
GER Elementary German I & II (8)
General Education Course Recommendations (0-12 hrs):
These courses are not required, but are highly recommended:
GEO Intro to Geography (3)
PHL Intro to Philosophy (3)
POL Intro to Political Science (3)
REL Religion in America (3)
Upper-Division Course Requirements (48 hrs):
Note: If less than nine hours are earned during the Internship, the student must fill the remaining hours with Directed Studies or take additional History courses to equal nine hours with a thesis project.
HIS Humanities I (4)
HIS Humanities II (4)
REL 300/400 Religion (3)
ENG 300/400 English (3)
-- Two of the following: 300/400 Art; 300/400 Theatre; or 300/400 Music (6)
PHL Study of Human Nature (3)
| HIS 300/400 History (3)* HIS 300/400 History (3)* HIS 300/400 History (3)* HIS 300/400 History (3)* HIS History Seminar (4) |
* = Four 300/400courses in at least Two Periods: Period I = Ancient/Medieval Period II = Modern Euro/American Period III = World |
Program Subtotal: 109 hrs (Required), including HIS Subtotal: 48 hrs.
128 credit hours minimum at 2.50 GPA for Bachelor of Arts degree, including 3 credits each in a (G) Global, (S) Speech, and (W) Writing Course.


