History Major

SSH PEAK

Major Requirements

33 credits

Research Methods and Capstone (6-9 credits)

HIS-270Writing History

3 credits

HIS-390Research Paper

0 credits

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HIS-401Seminar in Historical Methods

3 credits

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or

HIS-480Senior Thesis: Historiography

2 credits

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and

HIS-481Senior Thesis: Monograph

4 credits

History majors are required to complete HIS-390 prior to enrolling in HIS-401 .

Asia (3 credits)

Complete one course.

HIS-308The War in Vietnam& America in 1960s

3 credits

HIS-340Pre-Modern Chinese History

3 credits

HIS-345Modern China

3 credits

HIS-358People's Republic of China

3 credits

HIS-384Modern Japan

3 credits

Europe (3 credits)

Complete one course.

HIS-339National Socialism & the Final Solution

3 credits

HIS-34718th-Century Europe: Empires and Modernity

3 credits

HIS-34819th-Century Europe: Revolutions and Empires

3 credits

HIS-34920th-Century Europe: Conflict and Unity

3 credits

HIS-350Creating Russia: Extending Europe into Eurasia

3 credits

HIS-351History of Science

3 credits

HIS-360Britain, Empire, and World, 1639-1832

3 credits

HIS-361Britain, Empire, and World, 1832-2010

3 credits

HIS-362European Jewish History

3 credits

Latin America (3 credits)

Complete one course.

HIS-232Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the Modern United States

3 credits

HIS-234Twentieth-Century Mexico

3 credits

HIS-377Women and Feminisms in Modern Latin America

3 credits

HIS-380Colonial Latin America

3 credits

HIS-381Indigenous Narratives about the Spanish Conquest

3 credits

HIS-385Conquest and Encounters

3 credits

HIS-387Cuba

3 credits

HIS-388Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Latin America

3 credits

Mediterranean (3 credits)

Complete one course.

HIS-328Mythology: Classical Hist and Archaeology

3 credits

HIS-331Ancient Greece

3 credits

HIS-332Ancient Rome

3 credits

HIS-333Jews Under Islam

3 credits

HIS-364The Life of Jesus: History and Archaeology

3 credits

HIS-376History of Modern Israel/Palestine

3 credits

United States (3 credits)

Complete one course.

HIS-300The United States Since 1945

3 credits

HIS-301Vast Early America

3 credits

HIS-305The Presence of the Past: Intro to Public Hist

3 credits

HIS-307The American West

3 credits

HIS-310Jewish History and Culture in the Americas

3 credits

History Electives (9-12 credits)

Complete 12 additional credits according to student interest. Students accepted for HIS-480 and HIS-481 must complete only 9 additional elective credits.

HIS-
Elective HIS coursework, any level

12 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. 

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this major, students:

1)  Will be able to compare human experiences from a variety of historical, cultural, and geographical frames of reference;

2)  Will be able to critically evaluate historical evidence by cultivating an awareness of bias, perspective, context, and reliability;

3)  Will understand the principles and practice of history as an interpretive discipline and the different ways in which historians have practiced their craft over time;

4)  Will be able to formulate and research historical questions in order to articulate historical arguments; and

5)  Will satisfy the Social Science PEAK outcome by being able to articulate the normative cultural, social, and political expressions of human experience, as well as the normative schema used by historians for interpreting, arranging, and narrating historical evidence.