The study of history helps students discover and interpret the innately complex and fascinating past. It broadens and enlightens minds and prepares students to become more active and effective participants in the future. Only an informed awareness of the past can provide the key to understanding what we are today and to influence what we will be tomorrow. Students majoring in history will find many fields open to them. Skills developed from this study, such as organization of diverse facts and opinions, and a clear presentation of conclusions drawn from those facts and opinions, are of fundamental importance in many professions. Researchers, librarians, lawyers, teachers, and others all benefit from the skills acquired through using methods of historical study.
Major Requirements
Summary of Requirements
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2009-2010
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| General Studies |
40
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| Pre-Major Courses |
12
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| Major Courses |
24
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| Free Elective Courses |
44
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| TOTAL |
120
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Requirements for a Major in History
Required pre-major courses 12 hours
To be taken in the freshman or sophomore year:
HIS 101 World Civilization I (3)
HIS 102 World Civilization II (3)
HIS 111 American History I (3)
HIS 112 American History II (3)
Required history courses 6 hours
HIS 287 Research Methods in History (3)
HIS 493 Senior Seminar (3)
Elective history courses 18 hours
A history major will be allowed to substitute one government course for a history elective in the major. Such substitution must be done with the approval of academic advisors.
U.S. history courses
Choose one course:
HIS 331 History of the American Deaf Community (3)
HIS 332 History of Mass Media and the Deaf Community (3)
HIS 340 Nineteenth Century American Deaf History (3)
HIS 377 The United States in the Twentieth Century (3)
HIS 378 U.S. Women's History (3)
HIS 400 Deaf Women's History (3)
HIS 460 American Colonial History (3)
European history courses
Choose one course:
HIS 300 Nazi Germany and World War II Through Film (3)
HIS 345 Nineteenth-Century Europe (3)
HIS 346 Twentieth-Century Europe (3)
HIS 380 The History of Sexuality (3)
HIS 435 The Renaissance (3)
HIS 440 The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon (3)
Africa, Asia, Russia, Middle East, and Latin America
Choose one course:
HIS 343 Modern Russia (3)
HIS 344 History of the Modern Middle East (3)
HIS 351 History of Africa (3)
HIS 362 The Far East (3)
HIS 430 History of Latin America (3)
Choose the remainder of the 18 credits in consultation with the department. Any elective course listed above or below may be taken.
Other elective history courses
HIS 321 Introduction to Physical Geography (3)
HIS 322 Cultural Geography (3)
HIS 495 Special Topics (1-3)
HIS 499 Independent Study (1-3)
