Bachelor of Arts in History

Admission Requirements Graduation Requirements
HIST A101Western Civilization Before 16503
HIST A102Europe in the Modern World3
HIST A131History of the United States I3
HIST A132History of the United States II3
Complete 6 credits of the following non-Western history courses:6
HIST A121
The Making of East Asian Civilization
HIST A122
East Asia in the Modern World
HIST A321
 Modern China
HIST/INTL/PS A325
Northeast Asia in 21st Century
HIST A330
Russia in East Asia
HIST A390
Themes in World History 1
Complete 15 credits from the following list of upper-division history electives15
HIST A306
The Roman Empire
HIST A310
Renaissance/Reformation Europe
HIST A312
Princes, Pirates, and Puritans: Europe 1600-1789
HIST A314
Nineteenth Century Europe
HIST A316
Twentieth Century Europe
HIST A321
 Modern China
HIST A325
Northeast Asia in 21st Century
HIST A330
Russia in East Asia
HIST A341
History of Alaska
HIST A355
Major Themes in US History
HIST A390
Themes in World History
HIST A402
The Second World War
HIST A425
History of the Soviet Union
HIST A427
Post-Soviet Culture and Society
HIST A431
America: Colonies and Revolution
HIST A434
Government, Indigenous Peoples, Slaves, and Capitalists in Early United States, 1800-1850
HIST A437
Slavery and the Civil War
HIST A440
The American West Since 1850
HIST A451
Gilded Age and Progressive Era America, 1865-1912
HIST A453
Cold War America, 1945-1980
HIST A454
United States History in the New Gilded Age: 1980s to the Present
HIST A490
Selected Topics in History
HIST A490G
Selected Topics in the History of Gender
HIST A495
History Internship
HIST A377Historiography: The Uses and Abuses of History3
HIST A477Senior Seminar3
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May be repeated once with a change in subtitle.

A minimum of 120 credits is required for the degree, of which 39 credits must be upper division.

Honors in History

The award of honors in history recognizes distinguished achievement by undergraduate majors in the study and writing of history.

To be eligible for departmental honors a student must satisfy the following requirements:

  • Be a declared history major;
  • Satisfy all the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in History;
  • Meet the requirements for Graduation with Honors;
  • Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.50 in courses specific to the history major;
  • Complete HIST A377 with a grade of A.
  • Complete HIST A477 paper with a grade of A.

Honors designees in history must submit a typographically correct, formal copy of their senior paper to the department for deposit in the departmental archives. This must be done before graduation day of the year in which the paper is completed.