33 credits
Major Requirements
| HIS-270 | Writing History | 3 credits |
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| HIS-401 | Seminar in Historical Methods | 3 credits |
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| HIS-480 | Senior Thesis: historiography | 2 credits |
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| HIS-481 | Senior Honors Thesis: monograph | 4 credits |
| HIS-390 | Research Paper | 0 credits |
History majors are required to complete HIS390 prior to enrolling in HIS-401.
Asia
Complete 1 course from the following:
| HIS-340 | Pre-Modern Chinese History | 3 credits |
| HIS-345 | Modern China | 3 credits |
| HIS-357 | Popular Culture in Modern Chinese History | 3 credits |
| HIS-358 | People's Republic of China | 3 credits |
| HIS-359 | Pre-Modern Japan | 3 credits |
| HIS-384 | Modern Japan | 3 credits |
Europe
Complete 1 course from the following:
| HIS-339 | National Socialism & the Final Solution | 3 credits |
| HIS-347 | 18th-Century Europe: Empires and Modernity | 3 credits |
| HIS-348 | 19th-Century Europe: Revolutions and Empires | 3 credits |
| HIS-349 | 20th-Century Europe: Conflict and Unity | 3 credits |
| HIS-351 | History of Science | 3 credits |
| HIS-360 | Britain, Empire, and World, 1639-1832 | 3 credits |
| HIS-361 | Britain, Empire, and World, 1832-2010 | 3 credits |
| HIS-362 | European Jewish History | 3 credits |
Latin America
Complete 1 course from the following:
| HIS-380 | Colonial Latin America | 3 credits |
| HIS-382 | Revolutionary Mexico | 3 credits |
| HIS-383 | Authoritarian Governments in Latin America | 3 credits |
| HIS-385 | Conquest and Encounters | 3 credits |
| HIS-386 | Religions in Latin American | 3 credits |
| HIS-387 | Cuba | 3 credits |
| HIS-388 | Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Latin
America | 3 credits |
Mediterranean
Complete 1 course from the following:
| HIS-328 | Mythology: Classical History and
Archaeology | 3 credits |
| HIS-331 | Ancient Greece | 3 credits |
| HIS-332 | Ancient Rome | 3 credits |
| HIS-333 | Jews Under Islam | 3 credits |
| HIS-364 | The Life of Jesus: History and
Archaeology | 3 credits |
| HIS-376 | History of Zionism and Modern Israel | 3 credits |
United States
Complete 1 course from the following:
| HIS-300 | The United States Since 1945 | 3 credits |
| HIS-301 | Vast Early America | 3 credits |
| HIS-305 | The Presence of the Past: Introduction to Public History | 3 credits |
| HIS-307 | The American West | 3 credits |
| HIS-310 | Jewish History and Culture in the Americas | 3 credits |
History Electives
Complete 12 additional credits according to student interest.
Students accepted for Senior Honors (HIS-480 and HIS-481) must complete only 9 additional elective credits.
All history majors are strongly advised to study at least one foreign language. Knowledge of at least two foreign languages, including French or Spanish and area-specific languages depending on region of interest, are especially important for students who plan to attend graduate school in history.
History majors intending to apply for teaching certification in history as a first teaching field in the State of Idaho must include HIS-200 Introduction to US History and one other 300-level US History course in their major coursework. They may also want to include POE-110 United States Political Economy or an equivalent POE course dealing with American Government in their overall college curriculum. For more specific detail on the courses necessary to achieve certification in history as a first teaching field students should consult the Education Department.