History Major

SSH PEAK

36 credits (Total does not include prerequisite courses)

Major Requirements

HIS-280Historical Research Methods

3 credits

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HIS-400
Seminar in Historical Methods

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or

HIS-480Senior Thesis: Historiography

2 credits

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and

HIS-481Senior 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-338Modern India

3 credits

HIS-340Pre-Modern Chinese History

3 credits

HIS-345Modern China

3 credits

HIS-354History of Southeast Asia

3 credits

HIS-358People's Republic of China

3 credits

HIS-359Pre-Modern Japan

3 credits

HIS-364The Life of Jesus: History and Archaeology

3 credits

HIS-376History of Zionism and Modern Israel

3 credits

HIS-384Modern Japan

3 credits

Europe

Complete 1 course from the following:

HIS-314Tudor and Stuart England

3 credits

HIS-328Mythology: Classical History and Archaeology

3 credits

HIS-331Ancient Greece

3 credits

HIS-332Ancient Rome

3 credits

HIS-33419th-Century Europe: The Industrial Nation and Its Discontents

3 credits

HIS-346Reformation of the 16th Century

3 credits

HIS-34718th-Century Europe: The Fall of the Old Regime

3 credits

HIS-34820th-Century Europe: The Trials of Modernity

3 credits

HIS-349Modern European Intellectual History

3 credits

HIS-352England to 1688

3 credits

HIS-353Modern Britain

3 credits

HIS-363The Rise of Christianity: Classical History and Archaeology

3 credits

HIS-364The Life of Jesus: History and Archaeology

3 credits

HIS-374Women and Gender in Jewish Societies

3 credits

Latin America

Complete 1 course from the following:

HIS-380Colonial Latin America

3 credits

HIS-382Modern Mexico

3 credits

HIS-386Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

3 credits

HIS-388Comparative Slavery in the Americas

3 credits

HIS-389Latin American-U.S. Relations

3 credits

United States

Complete 1 course from the following:

HIS-300The United States Since 1945

3 credits

HIS-301History of American Ideas

3 credits

HIS-302History of U.S. Foreign Policy

3 credits

HIS-304The American Westward Movement

3 credits

HIS-306The American South Since 1865

3 credits

Social Science

Complete 1 theory-based course outside the History Department from the following:
ATH-101Cultural Anthropology

3 credits

ATH-202Cultural Diversity

3 credits

ATH-302Ritual, Myth, and World View

3 credits

ATH-305Culture Change and the World System

3 credits

ATH-308Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective

3 credits

POE-120International Politics

3 credits

POE-205Social Order and Disorder

3 credits

POE-250Introduction to Political Philosophy

3 credits

POE-263Introduction to Political Economy

3 credits

POE-350Topics in Political Philsophy

3 credits

POE-360Comparative Politics

3 credits

POE-380International Political Economy

3 credits

PSY-206Social Psychology

3 credits

PSY-301Development of Personality

3 credits

SOC-100Introduction to Sociology

3 credits

SOC-320Family Sociology

3 credits

SOC-349Social 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.