History Major (B.A.)

Major Requirements

40 credits

Research Methods and Capstone (8 credits)

HIST-2770	Writing History	4 credits
HIST-3080	Research Paper	0 credits
HIST-4980	Seminar in Historical Methods	4 credits

United States (4 credits)

Complete one course numbered HIST-3100 through HIST-3199.

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Elective HIST course numbered 3100 through 3199

4 credits

Regular offerings include Vast Early America; The American West; The U.S. Civil War Era; and The United States since 1945, but students are not limited to these options.

Asia (4 credits)

Complete one course numbered HIST-3200 through HIST-3299.

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Elective HIST course numbered 3200 through 3299

4 credits

Regular offerings include Premodern China; Modern China; Modern Japan; People’s Republic of China; and The Vietnam Wars, but students are not limited to these options.

Europe and Mediterranean (4 credits)

Complete one course numbered HIST-3300 through HIST-3499.

HIST-

Elective HIST course numbered 3300 through 3499

4 credits

Regular offerings include National Socialism and the Final Solution; European Jewish History; Creating Russia; Minorities and Migrations in European History; History of Modern Israel/Palestine; and Jews under Islam, but students are not limited to these options.

Latin America (4 credits)

Complete one course numbered HIST-3500 through HIST-3599.

HIST-

Elective HIST course numbered 3500 through 3599

4 credits

Regular offerings include Colonial Latin America; Women and Feminisms in Modern Latin America; and Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the Modern U.S., but students are not limited to these options.

History Electives (16 credits)

Complete an additional 16 credits of HIST coursework, 2000-level or higher.

HIST-

Elective HIST coursework, 2000-level or higher

16 credits

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this major, students will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate historical evidence by cultivating an awareness of bias, perspective, context, and reliability;
2. Understand the principles and practice of history as an interpretive discipline and the different ways in which historians have practiced their craft over time;
3. Formulate historical questions, develop basic skills for locating resources to answer those questions, and demonstrate proficiency at engaging primary and secondary sources to articulate historical arguments; and
4. Demonstrate a critical understanding of social science inquiry and can critically assess the normative dimensions of human experience.