Bachelor of Arts in History

Admission Requirements
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Graduation Requirements
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  • Complete the following major requirements:
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡101Western Civilization Before 16503
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡102Europe in the Modern World3
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡131History of the United States I3
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡132History of the United States II3
Complete 6 credits of the following non-Western history courses:6
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡121
The Making of East Asian Civilization
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡122
East Asia in the Modern World
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡321
 Modern China
HIST/INTL/PS A325
Northeast Asia in 21st Century
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡330
Russia in East Asia
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡390
Themes in World History 1
Complete 15 credits from the following list of upper-division history electives15
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡306
The Roman Empire
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡310
Renaissance/Reformation Europe
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡312
Princes, Pirates, and Puritans: Europe 1600-1789
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡314
Nineteenth Century Europe
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡316
Twentieth Century Europe
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡321
 Modern China
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡325
Northeast Asia in 21st Century
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡330
Russia in East Asia
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡341
History of Alaska
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡355
Major Themes in US History
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡390
Themes in World History
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡402
The Second World War
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡425
History of the Soviet Union
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡427
Post-Soviet Culture and Society
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡431
America: Colonies and Revolution
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡434
Government, Indigenous Peoples, Slaves, and Capitalists in Early United States, 1800-1850
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡437
Slavery and the Civil War
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡440
The American West Since 1850
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡451
Gilded Age and Progressive Era America, 1865-1912
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡453
Cold War America, 1945-1980
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡454
United States History in the New Gilded Age: 1980s to the Present
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡490
Selected Topics in History
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡490G
Selected Topics in the History of Gender
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡495
History Internship
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡377Historiography: The Uses and Abuses of History3
±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡477Senior Seminar3
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A minimum of 120 credits is required for the degree, of which 39 credits must be upper division.

Honors in History

The award of honors in history recognizes distinguished achievement by undergraduate majors in the study and writing of history.

To be eligible for departmental honors a student must satisfy the following requirements:

  • Be a declared history major;
  • Satisfy all the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in History;
  • Meet the requirements for ;
  • Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.50 in courses specific to the history major;
  • °ä´Ç³¾±è±ô±ð³Ù±ðÌý±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡377 with a grade of A.
  • °ä´Ç³¾±è±ô±ð³Ù±ðÌý±á±õ³§°ÕÌý´¡477 paper with a grade of A.

Honors designees in history must submit a typographically correct, formal copy of their senior paper to the department for deposit in the departmental archives. This must be done before graduation day of the year in which the paper is completed.