B.A. in History

Summary of Requirements

	2022-2023
Core Curriculum	43
Pre-Major Courses	12
Major and Related Courses	24
Free Elective Courses	41
TOTAL	120

Students who wish to major in history must have a 2.0 GPA for admission. Students with a major in history must maintain a 2.0 GPA in history courses with no more than two grades of D+ or lower in major courses.

 

Required pre-major courses 12 hours

To be taken in the freshman or sophomore year:

HIS 101	World Civilization I	3
HIS 102	World Civilization II	3
HIS 111	American History I	3
HIS 112	American History II	3

Required history courses 6 hours

HIS 287	Research Methods in History	3
HIS 493	Senior Seminar	3

Elective history courses 18 hours

Students must take at least one 300- or 400-level history course in each of the three following geographical areas: Europe, the United States, and a non-Europe non-U.S. area (Latin America, Africa, or Asia). The remaining nine hours (three courses) may be satisfied with any 200-level or higher history course. A history major will be allowed to substitute one government course for a history elective in the major. Such substitution must be done with the approval of academic advisors.

U.S. history courses

Choose one course:

HIS 331	History of the American Deaf Community	3
HIS 332	History of Mass Media and the Deaf Community	3
HIS 333	History of Disability in the U.S.	3
HIS 340	Nineteenth Century American Deaf History	3
HIS 375	African American History: Civil War to the Present	3
HIS 376	The History of the American City	3
HIS 377	The United States in the Twentieth Century	3
HIS 378	U.S. Women's History	3
HIS 381	Gay & Lesbian History	3
HIS 400	Deaf Women's History	3
HIS 460	American Colonial History	3

European history courses

Choose one course:

HIS 300	Nazi Germany and World War II Through Film	3
HIS 345	Nineteenth-Century Europe	3
HIS 346	Twentieth Century Europe	3
HIS 380	The History of Sexuality	3
HIS 440	The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon	3

African, Asian, Middle-Eastern, and Latin American history courses

Choose one course:

HIS 344	History of the Modern Middle East	3
HIS 351	History of Africa	3
HIS 352	Social Movements and Revolution in Modern Latin America	3
HIS 353	History of Race, Gender and Culture in Latin America	3
HIS 430	History of Latin America	3

Other elective history courses

HIS 150	Introduction to Women's Studies	3
HIS 322	Cultural Geography	3
HIS 323	Geography and the Environment	3
HIS 495	Special Topics	1-5
HIS 499	Independent Study	1-3

Program Outcomes

1. Demonstrate understanding of some significant historical concepts, events, people, and themes.

2. Demonstrate understanding of how historians think and approach the past using debate or argument.

3. Apply historical methods to historical problems, including how changes occurred over time, in research, writing, and presentation.

4. Articulate understanding of diversity within and among past cultures and societies.

5. Demonstrate the application of historical approaches to historical issues and problems in written English and American Sign Language.

6. Demonstrate ability to contextualize and evaluate primary and secondary source evidence.

Subject:

History