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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 (44 hrs.)

A minimum grade of "C" in all history 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:

6 hours of the following:

HIST 1301United States History I [TCCN: HIST 1301]
and
HIST 1302United States History II [TCCN: HIST 1302]

6 hours of the following:

HIST 2321World Civilizations I [TCCN: HIST 2321]
and
HIST 2322World Civilizations II [TCCN: HIST 2322]

3 hours of the following:

HIST 3300Historical Methods and Research

upper-division world history courses (6 hours from the following)

HIST 3301Patterns of World History
HIST 3382Mediterranean Civilization
HIST 3395History of Russia
HIST 4360African History I
HIST 4377American Borderlands
HIST 4391Colonial Latin America
HIST 4392Modern Latin America
HIST 4393Japanese Civilization
HIST 4394Chinese Civilization
HIST 4395Modern Middle East
HIST 4397Topics in History

HIST 4397: when applicable

upper-division European history courses (6 hours from the following)

HIST 3352Renaissance Europe
HIST 3353Reformation Europe
HIST 3354Medieval Europe
HIST 3356Seventeenth Century Europe
HIST 3357Eighteenth Century Europe
HIST 3358Nineteenth-Century Europe
HIST 3359Twentieth-Century Europe
HIST 3383Tudor and Stuart England
HIST 3395History of Russia
HIST 4397Topics in History

HIST 4397: when applicable

upper-division United States history courses (9 hours from the following)

HIST 4320History of Texas
HIST 4322The American South
HIST 432320th Century Presidential Leadership
HIST 4327Early American Diplomatic History
HIST 4328Modern American Diplomatic History
HIST 4329Early American Military History
HIST 4330Modern American Military History
HIST 4334Women in US History
HIST 4371History of Mexican-Americans
HIST 4372History of African Americans
HIST 4376Native American History
HIST 4377American Borderlands
HIST 4379The Age of Jackson
HIST 4384Colonial America
HIST 4385Revolutionary America
HIST 4386Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 4387Industrial and Progressive America
HIST 4388America During the World Wars
HIST 4389America Since 1945
HIST 4397Topics in History

HIST 4397: when applicable

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.

Electives

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.