Jan 13, 2025

2010-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

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History Major

Degree Requirements

Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking Total Credits: 9-10
PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning
and two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab.
Social Science Total Credits: 9

(see notes below)

Foreign Language/Foreign Culture Total Credits: 6

Humanities Total Credits: 6

Fine Arts Total Credits: 6

History Major Requirements Total Credits: 42

At least four courses (12 credits), as specified below.
At least one from among the following courses that are devoted substantially to the time period prior to 1800:
HIST 105 - European Civilization to 1648
HIST 208 - World History I
HIST 227 - Introduction to Latin American History and Culture I
At least one from among the following courses that are devoted substantially to the time period since 1650:
HIST 106 - European Civilization Since 1648
HIST 209 - World History II
HIST 228 - Introduction to Latin American History and Culture II
At least one from among the following courses which offer geographical and thematic breadth:
HIST 101 - United States: Colonial Period to 1877
HIST 102 - United States Since 1877
HIST 103 - Global Problems in Historical Perspective *
HIST 110 - History of Multicultural America *
HIST 150 - Introduction to Chinese Civilization
HIST 151 - Introduction to Japanese Civilization
(*=may be taken twice if two different topics.)
HIST 251 - Introduction to Historical Methods
HIST 451 - Capstone Research Seminar
Four upper-division (300- or 400- level) HIST courses in major area of interest
Two upper-division (300- or 400- level) HIST courses in minor area of interest
Two additional upper-division (300- or 400-level) HIST courses

All history courses must be completed with a grade of C- or higher to be counted towards the degree program.
Students majoring or minoring in history should take
HIST 251
  after having taken at least three credits of lower-division history courses. Students should take
HIST 251
   before the end of their sophomore year. Students should take
HIST 451
  before the end of the junior year.
HIST 251
  is a prerequisite for
HIST 451
.
Only six credits of 300–level work count for a major in history; only three credit hours of 300–level work count for a minor in history.
Majors may take up to six credits of Independent Study (
HIST 497
) upon arrangement with instructors. Before registering for Independent Study, the student must complete a contract with the instructor of the Independent Study.
HIST 497
may be taken in increments of one, two or three credits.
Majors may take no more than eight credits Advanced Historical Studies, (
HIST 498
).
Majors may take no more than six credits of
HIST 495
.
Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.