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Academic Program
The Department of History offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in history, a minor program, and general and specific courses for all students interested in studying history for personal enrichment or for meeting their professional needs. Survey courses are offered by which students may fulfill the liberal learning curriculum requirements, major or minor prerequisites, and education certification requirements. Courses are offered in American, European, Latin American, African, Middle Eastern, and Asian history, as well as themes in ancient and modern eras.
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN HISTORY
Full History Curriculum (Click link, View beside College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, then History) In addition to requiring successful completion of the liberal learning curriculum, the Bachelor of Arts degree in history requires successful completion of the following courses: 1) Select three from the following: HIST 111, 112, 121, 122;
2) A minimum of 24 additional credit hours. At least six credits must be taken at the 400-level and no more than three credits may be taken at the 200-level. A student selects a minimum of:
- 6 credits of American history,
- 6 credits of European history,
- 6 credits of the history of the Other Regions of the World (African, Asian, Latin American, Caribbean, Middle Eastern) and Special Subjects,
- 6 credits of electives at the 200-level or higher of the student’s choice, excluding HIST 491 and 499;
3) HIST 390W;
4) HIST 490;
5) A maximum of six hours in HIST 295/395/495 courses may be applied toward the Bachelor of Arts degree in history.
PUBLIC HISTORY FOCUS The Bachelor of Arts degree in history can help prepare students for a career in public history, material culture, and museum studies. For more information, click the link to our Public History webpage.
THE PRE-LAW PROGRAM The Bachelor of Arts degree in history represents an excellent schedule of rigorous analytical courses recommended for both admission to and success in law school. History majors routinely score higher on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) than other majors in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The American Bar Association (ABA) recommends courses to develop your analytical, research, and writing skills rather than courses with subject matter about the law specifically. Therefore, history majors seeking careers in law should take as many 400-level history seminars as possible because they emphasize skills over content. Specific course requirements and recommendations for both the history major and the 18-hour government minor are available from the department pre-law advisor.
THE HISTORY-BUSINESS PROGRAM The Bachelor of Arts degree in history may be taken with a minor program in business administration to attain a liberal arts education plus preparation for a career in business. The total program of study must satisfy all requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree in history and the minor program in business administration. For details, see the minor in Business Administration. (Click link, View beside College of Business & Leadership, then Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing.)
THE MINOR IN HISTORY The minor program in history requires successful completion of the following 21 credits in history courses: HIST 111, 112, 121, 122; plus nine credits in history courses of the student's choosing at the 300-400 level.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT CREDITS
Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree in history or the minor program in history may complete the 100 and 200-level requirements in the Department of History through coursework or alternatively through the successful completion of "Advanced Placement History" in high school and the earning of an acceptable score on the Advanced Placement (History) Examination of the College Entrance Examination Board.
TEACHER PREPARATION IN HISTORY/SOCIAL SCIENCE
Those students who wish to become teachers should apply to the five-year Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. Application to the program must be made in spring of the junior year and will require: 3.0 GPA; passing scores on the PRAXIS I exam or SAT score of 1100 with at least 530 verbal and quantitative subtests; essay specifying the reason for applying to the program; and two letters of recommendation. Students will earn a BA in History after the first four years and then complete an additional year of study leading to an MAT degree. The courses and degree requirements for the MAT are found in the Graduate Catalog (pdf). Students accepted into this program must complete one of the following tracks with the bachelor's degree:
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