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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

History - World History Concentration (BA)

Historical Knowledge - graduating majors will be able to:
- identify reliable primary and secondary historical sources
- tell stories that place specific experiences in wider historical scope, with a focus on World history (global regions beyond Europe and the United States)
- explain and identify historical continuity and historical change over time
- locate past events in wider geographic and temporal contexts
Historical Practice - graduating majors will:
- to the extent possible, work with archival resources that they have collected, organized, and questioned in terms of credibility, position, perspective, and relevance
- craft their own research questions and be able to research these questions on their own
- analyze texts in order to develop their own, original interpretive accounts of the human past-while evaluating competing historical arguments, where relevant
- demonstrate familiarity with the ethics of historical inquiry including acknowledgement of their sources, their informants, and the work of other historians
- produce historical texts that speak to a range of audiences in a variety of media
History, Citizenship, and Public Engagement - graduating majors will:
- offer new approaches to existing analyses and narratives in light of new evidence
- explain competing perspectives and clarify complex historical phenomena through the consideration of conflicting sources
- summarize, appraise, and synthesize historical arguments
- be able to connect their considerations of the past with the present in order to become better citizens

Four Year Plan

Please refer to the Four-Year Plan for departmental recommended path toward graduation.

University Requirements:

ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing (C- minimum)
First Year Seminar (FYS) (0-4 credits)
Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) (three credits)
Multicultural Requirement (three credits)
University Breadth Requirements (C- minimum):
- Creative Arts and Humanities (three credits)
- History and Cultural Change (three credits)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (three credits)
- Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (three credits)
Capstone Experience

College Requirements:

College Breadth Requirements:

The College Breadth requirements are in addition to the University Breadth requirement. Up to three credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements. Minimum grade C- required for courses used to satisfy College Breadth.

GROUP A: Creative Arts and Humanities (Nine credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units)
GROUP B: History and Cultural Change (Nine credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units)
GROUP C: Social and Behavioral Sciences (Nine credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units)
GROUP D: Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (Ten credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units and including a minimum of one course with an associated laboratory)

*If the grade earned is sufficient, a course may be applied toward more than one requirement (e.g., breadth and major requirements), but the credits are counted only once toward the total credits for graduation. If all but one course in a group has been taken in one department or program, a course cross-listed with that program will not satisfy the distribution requirement.

Second Language:

Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 202) in a language other than English with minimum grades of D-.
- Languages offered include American Sign Language (ASLC), Ancient Greek (GREK), Arabic (ARAB), Brazilian Portuguese (PORT), Chinese (CHIN), French (FREN), German (GRMN), Hebrew (HEBR), Italian (ITAL), Japanese (JAPN), Korean (KORE), Latin (LATN), Russian (RUSS), and Spanish (SPAN).
Students with four or more years of high school work in a second language, or who have proficiency in a language other than English, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination through the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Mathematics:

The math requirement must be completed by the time a student has earned 60 credits. Students who transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences with 45 credits or more must complete this requirement within two semesters.

Complete one of the following four options (minimum grade D-):

Option One:

MATH 113 - Contemporary Mathematics Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who do not intend to continue to the study of mathematics)

Option Two:

One of the following:

MATH 114 - College Mathematics and Statistics Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who do not intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 115 - Pre-Calculus Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 117 - Pre-Calculus for Scientists and Engineers Credit(s): 4 (designed to prepare students for MATH 241 )

Option Three:

Successful completion of any 200-level or higher mathematics course except: MATH 201 , MATH 202 , MATH 205 , MATH 251 , MATH 252 , MATH 253 , and MATH 266 .

Option Four:

Successful performance on a proficiency test in mathematics administered by the Department of Mathematical Sciences (0 credits awarded).

Second Writing Requirement:

A Second Writing Requirement approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed.

History Major Requirements:

Requirements:

36 credits in HIST minimum; 45 credits maximum.

One of the following:

HIST 101 - European History to 1648 Credit(s): 3
HIST 103 - World History to 1400 Credit(s): 3
HIST 105 - U.S. History to 1865 Credit(s): 3

One of the following:

HIST 102 - European History since 1648 Credit(s): 3
HIST 104 - World History since 1400 Credit(s): 3
HIST 106 - U.S. History Since 1865 Credit(s): 3

Additional Course Requirements:

Two additional courses at the 100- or 200-level, excluding HIST 101 , HIST 102 , HIST 103 , HIST 104 , HIST 105 , HIST 106 , and HIST 268 (6 credits).

HIST 268 - History Methods Seminar Credit(s): 3

Capstone Requirement

HIST 400 - History Capstone Seminar Credit(s): 3

Concentration Requirements:

Six courses in the field of emphasis (18 credits):
- Four of which must be History courses at or above the 300-level .
- With written approval of the advisor, a student may take two of these courses outside the Department of History.

Additional Requirements

One HIST course must be in Asian, African, Latin American, or Middle Eastern History , excluding HIST 268.
One HIST course must be in history before 1700 , excluding HIST 101, HIST 103 and HIST 105.

Electives:

After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.

History - World History Concentration (BA)

Four Year Plan

University Requirements:

College Requirements:

College Breadth Requirements:

Second Language:

Mathematics:

Option One:

Option Two:

Option Three:

Option Four:

Second Writing Requirement:

History Major Requirements:

Requirements:

One of the following:

One of the following:

Additional Course Requirements:

Capstone Requirement

Concentration Requirements:

Additional Requirements

Electives:

Credits to Total a Minimum of 124

Last Revised for 2023-2024 Academic Year