History Major

SSH PEAK

33 credits

Major Requirements

HIS-270	Writing History	3 credits
HIS-390	Research Paper	0 credits
-
HIS-401	Seminar in Historical Methods	3 credits
-	or
HIS-480	Senior Thesis: historiography	2 credits
-	and
HIS-481	Senior Honors Thesis: monograph	4 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-344	Medieval Europe	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

 

 

Latin America

Complete 1 course from the following:

HIS-380	Colonial Latin America	3 credits
HIS-382	Revolutionary Mexico	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
HIS-383	Authoritarian Governments 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-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-302	History of U.S. Foreign Policy	3 credits
HIS-306	The American South Since 1865	3 credits
HIS-308	The War in Vietnam& America in 1960s	3 credits
HIS-307	The American West	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-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.