History B.A./B.S.

Objectives

The history program provides each student the opportunity to pursue a broad based liberal arts program that best suits individual intellectual interests and career goals. Programs are designed for careers in a variety of fields, including elementary, secondary, and higher education; law; the ministry; library and archival work; business; and government.

Degree Requirements - Total Semester Credit Hours=120

 

University Core Curriculum (42 hrs.)

A minimum grade of "C" in all history courses.

Required Courses

A minimum of 36 semester hours in history, 24 of which must be upper division, and 6 upper-division hours in the major must be taken at this university:

15 hours of the following:

HIST 1301	United States History I [TCCN: HIST 1301]
HIST 1302	United States History II [TCCN: HIST 1302]
HIST 2321	World Civilizations I [TCCN: HIST 2321]
HIST 2322	World Civilizations II [TCCN: HIST 2322]
HIST 3300	Historical Methods and Research

World History upper-division courses (6 hours)

HIST 3301	Patterns of World History
HIST 3382	Mediterranean Civilization
HIST 3395	History of Russia
HIST 4360	African History I
HIST 4361	African History II
HIST 4377	American Borderlands
HIST 4391	Colonial Latin America
HIST 4392	Modern Latin America
HIST 4393	Japanese Civilization
HIST 4394	Chinese Civilization
HIST 4395	Modern Middle East

HIST 4397 Topics in History when applicable

European History upper-division courses (6 hours)

HIST 3352	Renaissance Europe
HIST 3353	Reformation Europe
HIST 3354	Medieval Europe
HIST 3356	Seventeenth Century Europe
HIST 3357	Eighteenth Century Europe
HIST 3358	Nineteenth-Century Europe
HIST 3359	Twentieth-Century Europe
HIST 3383	Tudor and Stuart England
HIST 3395	History of Russia

HIST 4397 Topics in History when applicable

United States History upper-division courses (9 hours)

HIST 4320	History of Texas
HIST 4322	The American South
HIST 4323	20th Century Presidential Leadership
HIST 4327	Early American Diplomatic History
HIST 4328	Modern American Diplomatic History
HIST 4329	Early American Military History
HIST 4330	Modern American Military History
HIST 4334	Women in US History
HIST 4371	History of Mexican-Americans
HIST 4372	History of African Americans
HIST 4376	Native American History
HIST 4377	American Borderlands
HIST 4379	The Age of Jackson
HIST 4384	Colonial America
HIST 4385	Revolutionary America
HIST 4386	Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 4387	Industrial and Progressive America
HIST 4388	America During the World Wars
HIST 4389	America Since 1945

HIST 4397 Topics in History when applicable

Minor

A minor of at least 18 hours in a single related discipline or at least 18 hours of guided electives to be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor.

FOR THE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE: At least four semesters of a single foreign language or a satisfactory grade on a written examination approved by the foreign language faculty.

FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE: Six hours from economics, geography, and/or computer science in addition to those otherwise counted as lower-division preparation.