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Bachelor of Arts Degree in History

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.

All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in History must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 9-13 of this catalog. Top

Degree Requirements

A. 33 semester credit hours in the major, 21 of which must be at the upper-division level:

1. HIS 2003 Historical Methods
(students should take this course as early as possible in their program and no later than their second semester after declaring the major).

2. 9 semester credit hours selected from the world civilization sequence (IDS 2203 and IDS 2213) or from courses numbered HIS 2203 to HIS 2583.

3. 18 upper-division semester credit hours of history courses, including at least one U.S., one European, and one Latin American, African, or Asian studies. Up to 6 semester credit hours from the following may be used to fulfill this requirement:

AMS 3013 Early American Culture
AMS 3023 Modern American Culture
ANT 3273 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
ANT 3673 Ancient Civilizations of the Near East, Egypt, and Europe
CLA 3513 Topics in Classical History
ECO 3163 Evolution of Economic Thought
ECO 3183 Economic History of the United States
POL 3113 American Political Theory
POL 3133 Political Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval
POL 3143 Political Philosophy: Modern
POL 3323 Constitutional Law
PSY 4003 History of Psychology
SOC 3533 Border and Transnational Relations

4. 3 semester credit hours from HIS 4973 Seminar in History

B. 9 semester credit hours in approved upper-division support work from one of the following areas outside history: social and behavioral sciences, research methodology, or cultural studies. The student may choose another option: the completion of 6 semester credit hours at any level in a single language other than English and another 3 hours in a related area of study. The student must consult with his or her faculty advisor to define a cohesive support area, and the faculty advisor's approval is required.

C. 36 semester credit hours of electives Top

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