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Bachelor of Arts in History (BA.HIS)
Upon completion of an academic major in History, students will be able to demonstrate:
1. Broad knowledge of world history, ancient to present, including knowledge of
chronology, place, and significance.
2. Ability to conduct quality research using primary and secondary sources.
3. Ability to identify and evaluate bias and perspective in written and audio-visual
materials, including digital, Internet and broadcast media.
4. Broad knowledge of major fields of history and schools of historical interpretation.
5. Understanding of the role of the past in causing current events, conflicts, and problems,
and its richness as a source of possible solutions.
All majors must complete a minimum of 48 credits: 36 credits in history, 15 credits of
which must be at or above the 3000 level and 12 credits in the Social Sciences.
The 36 credits in History must include:
HIS 1111 World History I
HIS 1112 World History II
HIS 3560 Theories and Practice of History
HIS 4770 History/Social Studies Senior Seminar
one course above the 1000 level in each of the following areas:
African History
Asian History
European History
Latin American History
United States History
one Topical History course from among the following:
HIS 2530 Women in History
HIS 3015 Intermarriage in U.S.: Race, Sex, and Power in a Multicultural Society
HIS 3035 History of Women in the U.S.
HIS 3045 The Evolution of Whiteness
HIS 3055 From Sambo to Nat Turner: The Nature of Slavery in the U.S.
HIS 3065 History of the Nature-Nurture Debate
HIS 3170 Environmental History: The U.S. Conservation Movement
HIS 3476 Women and Gender in African History
HIS 3570 History, Memory and War
HIS 3580 Democratic Revolutions as Worldwide Experience
and History Electives (6 cr)
The 12 credits in the Social Sciences must include one course in each of the following disciplines:
Economics
Geography
Political Science
Sociology or Anthropology
It is strongly recommended that History majors also complete either an academic minor,
or 12 credits in another academic discipline chosen in consultation with the advisor,
or education licensure requirements; and demonstrate the ability to read a foreign
language.
Students with either second majors, or wishing to be licensed to teach in elementary or
secondary schools, must have an advisor from both sponsoring departments.
All courses taken to fulfill the History major requirements may also be used to fulfill
the general education and academic minor requirements.
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