2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog | 20243

History, B.A. major

Required Credits: 43
Required GPA: 2.50

Note: All History and non-history courses required for the major must reflect a letter grade of C- or better. In addition, HST 1898 and HST 1899 must reflect a letter grade of B- or better.

I REQUIRED COURSES

Complete the following courses with a B- or better:

*HST 1898 taken concurrently with either HST 1304 or HST 1305
*HST 1899 taken concurrently with either HST 1114 or HST 1115

• HST 1898 Introduction to Writing a World History Paper (1 credit)
• HST 1899 Introduction to Writing an American History Paper (1 credit)

I ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSES

Complete three of the following courses:

• HST 1114 United States History I, to 1877 (3 credits)
• HST 1115 United States History II, since 1877 (3 credits)
• HST 1304 World History I, Prehistory-1500 (3 credits)
• HST 1305 World History II, 1500-Present (3 credits)

Complete the following courses:

*HST 3500 must be taken with any 3 credit 3000 level topical History course taught
by same instructor as HST 3500 or another appropriate course approved by instructor.

• HST 3500 History Research and Writing (1 credit)
• HST 4000 Historiography (3 credits)
• HST 4500 Historical Methods (3 credits)

Complete one of the following courses:

• HST 4600 History Portfolio (1 credit)
• HST 4783 Senior Thesis in History (3 credits)

II REQUIRED ELECTIVES

A. American/United States
Select 1 of the following courses:

• HST 2667 Men and Women: Gender in America (3 credits)
• HST 3117 American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1800 (3 credits)
• HST 3128 Testing Democracy: Reform in Antebellum America, 1787-1865 (3 credits)
• HST 3137 The American Civil War (3 credits)
• HST 3159 The World at War, 1931-1945 (3 credits)
• HST 3187 American West (3 credits)

B. European
Select 1 of the following courses:

• HST 2218 Medieval Europe (3 credits)
• HST 2219 Medieval European Culture (3 credits)
• HST 2228 Renaissance and Reformation Europe (3 credits)
• HST 3208 Greece And Rome, 1500 BCE-500 CE (3 credits)
• HST 3258 The Roman Civil Law Tradition (3 credits)
• HST 3799 Tudor and Stuart England, 1485-1714 (3 credits)
• HST 3800 Georgian Britain, 1688-1820 (3 credits)

C. Non-Western
Select 1 of the following courses:

• HST 2700 The History of World Religions (3 credits)
• HST 3409 Colonialism and Modernization in the Non-Western World (3 credits)
• HST 3419 East Asia (3 credits)
• HST 3429 South and Southeast Asia (3 credits)
• HST 3459 Latin America (3 credits)

III OTHER REQUIRED ELECTIVES

Select 15 credits of History or Allied courses as indicated:
a. History courses numbered 3000 or above (minimum of 6 credits)
b. History courses numbered 2000 or above
c. Allied courses from the following list (maximum of 6 credits)

• ENGL 2340 The American Film (3 credits)
• ENGL 2330 American Literature to 1865 (3 credits)
• ENGL 2337 American Literature from 1865 to Present (3 credits)
• ENGL 2357 British Literature to 1800 (3 credits)
• ENGL 2358 British Literature from 1800 to Present (3 credits)
• INST 2201 Creation to Contact (3 credits)
• INST 2202 Survivance Since Contact (3 credits)
• INST 3307 Ojibwe History (3 credits)
• PHIL 3310 Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (3 credits)
• PHIL 3320 Modern Philosophy (3 credits)
• PHIL 3330 Nineteenth Century Philosophy (3 credits)
• PHIL 3340 Twentieth-Century Philosophy (3 credits)
• POL 3100 American Foreign Policy (3 credits)
• POL 3140 Canadian Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3180 International Law and Organization (3 credits)
• POL 3400 Political Theory (3 credits)
• POL 3410 Legislative and Executive Relations (3 credits)
• PSY 4487 History and Systems of Psychology (3 credits)
• SPAN 4426 Latin American Culture and Civilization (3 credits)
• SPAN 4427 Spanish Culture and Civilization (3 credits)