36 credits (Total does not include prerequisite courses)
Major Requirements
| HIS-280 | Historical Research Methods | 3 credits |
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| HIS-400 | Seminar in Historical Methods | |
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| HIS-480 | Senior Thesis: Historiography | 2 credits |
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| HIS-481 | Senior Honors Thesis: Monograph | 4 credits |
Complete one research intensive course, including successful completion of the research project.
HIS-280 should be taken in the Spring of the sophomore year. HIS-280 must be completed before a student can complete the “research intensive” project requirement.
Asia
Complete 1 course from the following:
| HIS-338 | Modern India | 3 credits |
| HIS-340 | Pre-Modern Chinese History | 3 credits |
| HIS-345 | Modern China | 3 credits |
| HIS-354 | History of Southeast Asia | 3 credits |
| HIS-358 | People's Republic of China | 3 credits |
| HIS-359 | Pre-Modern Japan | 3 credits |
| HIS-364 | The Life of Jesus: History and Archaeology | 3 credits |
| HIS-376 | History of Zionism and Modern Israel | 3 credits |
| HIS-384 | Modern Japan | 3 credits |
Europe
Complete 1 course from the following:
| HIS-314 | Tudor and Stuart England | 3 credits |
| HIS-328 | Mythology: Classical History and Archaeology | 3 credits |
| HIS-331 | Ancient Greece | 3 credits |
| HIS-332 | Ancient Rome | 3 credits |
| HIS-334 | 19th-Century Europe: The Industrial Nation and Its Discontents | 3 credits |
| HIS-346 | Reformation of the 16th Century | 3 credits |
| HIS-347 | 18th-Century Europe: The Fall of the Old Regime | 3 credits |
| HIS-348 | 20th-Century Europe: The Trials of Modernity | 3 credits |
| HIS-349 | Modern European Intellectual History | 3 credits |
| HIS-352 | England to 1688 | 3 credits |
| HIS-353 | Modern Britain | 3 credits |
| HIS-363 | The Rise of Christianity: Classical History and Archaeology | 3 credits |
| HIS-364 | The Life of Jesus: History and Archaeology | 3 credits |
| HIS-374 | Women and Gender in Jewish Societies | 3 credits |
Latin America
Complete 1 course from the following:
| HIS-380 | Colonial Latin America | 3 credits |
| HIS-382 | Modern Mexico | 3 credits |
| HIS-386 | Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica | 3 credits |
| HIS-388 | Comparative Slavery in the Americas | 3 credits |
| HIS-389 | Latin American-U.S. Relations | 3 credits |
United States
Complete 1 course from the following:
| HIS-300 | The United States Since 1945 | 3 credits |
| HIS-301 | History of American Ideas | 3 credits |
| HIS-302 | History of U.S. Foreign Policy | 3 credits |
| HIS-304 | The American Westward Movement | 3 credits |
| HIS-306 | The American South Since 1865 | 3 credits |
Social Science
Complete 1 theory-based course outside the History Department from the following:
| ATH-101 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 credits |
| ATH-202 | Cultural Diversity | 3 credits |
| ATH-302 | Ritual, Myth, and World View | 3 credits |
| ATH-305 | Culture Change and the World System | 3 credits |
| ATH-308 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 credits |
| POE-120 | International Politics | 3 credits |
| POE-205 | Social Order and Disorder | 3 credits |
| POE-250 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | 3 credits |
| POE-263 | Introduction to Political Economy | 3 credits |
| POE-350 | Topics in Political Philsophy | 3 credits |
| POE-360 | Comparative Politics | 3 credits |
| POE-380 | International Political Economy | 3 credits |
| PSY-206 | Social Psychology | 3 credits |
| PSY-301 | Development of Personality | 3 credits |
| SOC-100 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 credits |
| SOC-320 | Family Sociology | 3 credits |
| SOC-349 | Social Stratification | 3 credits |
Complete 15 credits in the following:
| HIS ELEC - | History Elective Courses according to Student Interest | 15 credits |
(12 additional HIS credits for those accepted for Senior Honors)
Students pursuing a major in history are strongly advised to study at least one foreign language. Knowledge of at least two 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-100 Essentials of American Government 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.