Mar 13, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

History Major, 39 hours: B.S.-Minor Required

Location(s): On Campus

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CIP: 540101

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Core Requirements for Majors in History (18 hours)

HUM 26102 - Western Civilization I: The Ancient World to 1500 Credit Hours: 3
OR
HUM 26202 - Patterns in World Societies to 1500 Credit Hours: 3
HUM 26103 - Western Civilization II: 1500 to the Present Credit Hours: 3
OR
HUM 26203 - Patterns in World Societies Since 1500 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33155 - The United States to 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33156 - The United States since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33301 - The Historian’s Craft and Its Uses Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33591 - Research Seminar in History Credit Hours: 3

Note:

HUM 26102 , HUM 26103 , HUM 26202 , HUM 26203 , HIST 33155 , and HIST 33156 can be used to fulfill Northwest Core Requirements and Core Requirements in the History major but can only count once towards the degree.

American History Electives (12 hours)

Choose 4 courses from the following:

HIST 33225 - Race and Ethnicity in America Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33302 - Digital Humanities Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33313 - American History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33314 - Environmental History of the U.S. Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33320 - Public History in the U.S. Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33325 - Protest and Activism in American History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33350 - American Military History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33360 - Women and Gender in U.S. History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33362 - The History of Missouri Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33365 - American Religious History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33388 - The History of the American Economy Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33444 - Practicum in American Local History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33491 - Historical Resources Internship Credit Hours: 1 to 6
HIST 33522 - The American Colonies Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33524 - The Early American Republic Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33525 - United States Since 1945 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33534 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33556 - The Gilded Age and Progressive Era Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33582 - The American West Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33591 - Research Seminar in History Credit Hours: 3

Note:

A maximum of 3 credit hours of HIST 33491 - Historical Resources Internship can be counted toward the major

World History Electives (9 hours)

Choose 3 courses from the following:

HIST 33303 - Global Health in History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33305 - The Ancient World Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33306 - The Modern World Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33310 - France Since Louis XIV Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33323 - The World at War Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33370 - History of the Near and Middle East Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33375 - History of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33380 - Humanitarian Crises of the Modern World Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33386 - The Pacific Rim Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33389 - Early Modern Europe: The West Meets the World Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33491 - Historical Resources Internship Credit Hours: 1 to 6
HIST 33503 - The Middle Ages Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33510 - History of Russia Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33511 - The Long Nineteenth Century Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33514 - The Violent Twentieth Century Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33521 - History of Modern Germany Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33532 - History of the Atlantic World Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33591 - Research Seminar in History Credit Hours: 3

Note:

A maximum of 3 credit hours of HIST 33491 - Historical Resources Internship can be counted toward the major.

Minor requirements and/or free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours

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