Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023

History (BA)

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 11 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3 to 4

IC: Critical Thinking 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

ID: Scientific Method

 

           

Choose course from approved list

0 to 1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

 

 

 

 

 

 

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

HIST 1113

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transformative Developments in
Western Civilization (1500-present) 

 3

IIE: Government 

POSC 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Government

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

HIST 1111

 

 

 

 

 

 

World History to the Mid-17th Century

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

 

           

Choose course from approved list

6 to 9

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:46-51

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

History Major

HIST 1112World History Since the Mid-17th Century

3

HIST 2212Pivotal Moments in Recent U.S. History

3

HIST 2280Introduction to Historiography

3

HIST 4480Historiography

3

3000-Level or Above History (HIST) Electives

24

Total Credit Hours:36

General Electives

General Electives

34-39

Total Credit Hours:34-39

Total Credit Hours: 121