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History Major

SSH PEAK

34 credits (Total does not include prerequisite courses)

Major Requirements

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 Honors Thesis: monograph

4 credits
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HIS-490Research Preparation

1 credit

History majors are required to complete at least one research paper in one of the "Research-Intensive" designated courses. HIS-490 Research Preparation must be taken in conjunction with the appropriate course

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-357Popular Culture in Modern Chinese History

3 credits
HIS-358People's Republic of China

3 credits
HIS-359Pre-Modern Japan

3 credits
HIS-384Modern Japan

3 credits
HIS-399TSpecial Topics in History

1-3 credits

Research Intensive courses include: HIS-340, HIS-345, HIS-358, HIS-359, and HIS-384

HIS-399T: Environmental History of East Asia

Europe

Complete 1 course from the following:

HIS-314Tudor and Stuart England

3 credits
HIS-335Europe, 1648-1848

3 credits
HIS-336Europe, 1848-2001

3 credits
HIS-344Medieval Europe

3 credits
HIS-346Reformation of the 16th Century

3 credits
HIS-352England to 1688

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

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

3 credits
HIS-369Jews in the Age of the Renaissance

3 credits
HIS-370Jewish History From the Diaspora to 1948

3 credits
HIS-374Women and Gender in Jewish Societies Ages

3 credits
HIS-375From Moses to Jon Stewart: Classic-Heretical Jewish Voices

3 credits

Research Intensive courses include: HIS-314, HIS-335, HIS-336, HIS-346, HIS-352, HIS-360, HIS-361, HIS-369, HIS-372, HIS-374

Latin America

Complete 1 course from the following:

HIS-380Colonial Latin America

3 credits
HIS-382Revolutionary Mexico

3 credits
HIS-385Conquest and Encounters

3 credits
HIS-386Religions in Latin American

3 credits
HIS-387Cuba

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

3 credits
HIS-389Latin American-U.S. Relations

3 credits

Research Intensive courses include: HIS-382, HIS-385, HIS-387, HIS-389 

Mediterranean

Complete 1 course from the following:

HIS-328Mythology: Classical History and Archaeology

3 credits
HIS-331Ancient Greece

3 credits
HIS-332Ancient Rome

3 credits
HIS-364The Life of Jesus: History and Archaeology

3 credits
HIS-367The History of Jewish Art

3 credits
HIS-376History of Zionism and Modern Israel

3 credits

Research Intensive courses include: HIS-328, HIS-331, HIS-332, HIS-364, HIS-367, HIS-376

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

History Electives

Complete 15 additional credits (6 credits must be 300- or 400-level) in the following:

HIS ELEC -
History Elective Courses according to Student Interest

15 credits

Students accepted for Senior Honors (HIS-480 and HIS-481) must complete only 12 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-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.