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Major Requirements
The Bachelor of Arts degree in History requires a minimum of 45 semester hours with a grade of "C" or better. Program requirements include:
- Twelve hours of core requirements in History
- Eighteen hours of History electives
- Fifteen hours of supporting coursework
At least 21 hours in history courses and six hours in supporting courses must be taken at the upper division. The major requires completion of HIS 300 Historical Methods which should be scheduled early in the student's program of study and HIS 498 History Pro-Seminar, to be completed as an exit project during the student's final semester.
Core Requirements
The core requirements consist of 6 semester hours:
Lower or upper division requirements: A two semester survey in the United States History or European History or World History. This requirement may also be satisfied by six hours of supporting course work in one of the following upper division survey sequences: American Survey.
| LCH 310/HIS 305 |
American Systems I (L, H, C) |
| LCH 320/HIS 303 |
American Cultures I (SB, H C) |
| LCH 311/HIS 306 |
American Systems II (L, H, C) |
| LCH 321/HIS 304 |
American Cultures II (SB, H) |
| LCH 330 |
Introduction to American Lives (C) |
| European Survey |
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| HIS 355 |
Europe and the World I (G, H) and |
| HIS 356 |
Europe and the World II (G, H) |
Upper Division Requirements
| HIS 300 |
Historical Methods (L, H) (3) and |
| HIS 498 |
History Proseminar (L) (3) |
History electives
History majors are required to complete 18 semester hours of history electives, of which a maximum of three hours may be taken at the lower division. The 15 semester hours of upper division course work must be distributed as follows: six hours in American history, six hours in European history, and three hours in comparative history.
Supporting course work.
A minimum of 15 hours of supporting course work may be taken in American Studies, Ethnic Studies, English and American literature, Religious Studies, foreign language courses, or in other related fields as approved by the History faculty advisor.
Optional
Students considering graduate studies upon completion of the baccalaureate degree should prepare themselves with proficiency in a foreign language.
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