History Major, B.A./B.S.

Required Courses (15 hours)

• HIST 261 - Early World History to 1300 Credits: 3
• HIST 262 - Early Modern World History, 1300 - 1700 Credits: 3
• HIST 263 - Modern World History, 1700 - present Credits: 3
• HIST 298 - Historical Methods Credits: 3

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• HIST 498 - Senior Seminar in American History Credits: 3 or
• HIST 499 - Senior Seminar in World History Credits: 3

Elective Courses (21 hours)

History majors must select nine hours from one of the elective areas of history, and six hours from each of the other two areas:

Area I - United States History

Area II - European History

Area III - African, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Russian/Soviet History

At least two of the elective courses must be taken at the 400-level. HIST 498  and/or HIST 499  will be counted in the appropriate elective area if taken as different topics.

History Teaching (optional)

For students seeking licensure to teach history (5-12), the optional History Teaching track emphasizes identified courses of greatest benefit.  In response to changes in teacher licensing and preparation, a multi-subject Social Science Secondary Education degree is no longer offered.  Under the new system students are required to complete a degree in a particular social science area, such as history, and the Secondary Education Minor.

Students seeking to teach history as a secondary school teacher (grades 5-12) are required to complete the History Teaching major, 6 additional hours  (shown below) and the secondary education licensure minor.

• POLS 102 - Introduction to American Politics Credits: 3

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• GEOG 112 - Earth System Science Credits: 3 or
• GEOG 330 - World Geography Credits: 3

Secondary Education Licensure minor

Students seeking a teaching major that leads to licensure as a secondary school teacher (grades 5-12) are required to complete the Secondary Education Licensure Minor .