Bachelor’s Degree in History Requirements

Expected Outcomes:

• Students will demonstrate knowledge of fundamental themes and narratives in history.

• Students will demonstrate a grasp of the historical method by conducting original research.

• Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate historical knowledge and explanations to others.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

General Education Core

Note: The Core should include

HIS 111	History of Civilization I	3
HIS 112	History of Civilization II	3
HIS 221	American Government	3

History Core Courses (15)

HIS 201	History of the United States I	3
HIS 202	History of the United States II	3
HIS 241	World Geography	3
HIS 300	Historiography and Historical Method	3
HIS 495	History Capstone	3

Required Courses (9)

United States History (Choose one from the following) (3)

HIS 350	Jeffersonian & Jacksonian America, 1800-1848	3
HIS 354	American Civil War Era, 1848-1877	3
HIS 370	The United States Since 1945	3

European History (Choose one from the following) (3)

HIS 321	Early Medieval Europe, 395-1000	3
HIS 323	High Middle Ages, 1000-1400	3
HIS 324	Renaissance and Reformation	3

World History (Choose one from the following) (3)

HIS 408	History of the Far East	3
HIS 412	History of the Middle East	3
HIS 465	The World Since 1945	3

Topic or Theory Courses (Choose from the following) (6)

HIS 435	Social and Cultural History of U.S.	3
HIS 440	Religion in America	3
HIS 451	History of Monotheism	3
HIS 462	Germany from Bismark to Hitler	3
HIS 470	History of Gender	3

History Electives (choose from the following or from additional classes above) (9)*

HIS 320	Ancient Greece and Rome	3
HIS 333	The French Revolution and Napoleon	3
HIS 338	Europe, 1914-1945	3
HIS 418	Latin America	3
HIS 422	The American South	3
HIS 425	The American West	3
HIS 430	American Environmental History	3
HIS 433	American Environment in Film	3
HIS 437	America and the Vietnam Conflict	3
HIS 444	The Comic Book in American History	3
HIS 453	History of Heresy	3
HIS 455	Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1714	3
HIS 460		3
HIS 480	Readings in History	3
HIS 498	History Internship	3
HIS 499	Special Topics in History	3

*No grade below a “C-” in History classes can count toward the degree.

Minor and/or General Electives (30-33)

Note: A minimum of 12 hours must be 300 or above

Total Credit Hours: 121

See catalog reference or program coordinator for degree requirements for either B.A. or B.S. degree