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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [OFFICIAL CATALOG]

History, B.A.

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General: 120 minimum total hours, including 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and 30 hours in residence

First-Year Colloquium (0-3 hours)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit.

Core (35 hours)

See General Education Requirements.

Second Language Proficiency (0-9 hours)

Completion of 2000-level second language course or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.

Major (36 hours)

World History Surveys (6 hours)

HIST 1311 - History of Civilization I (Also counts toward the core.)
HIST 1312 - History of Civilization II (Also counts toward the core.)

US History Surveys (6 hours)

HIST 2311 - U.S. History to 1877 (Also counts toward the core.)
HIST 2312 - U.S. History since 1877 (Also counts toward the core.)

Methods Class (3 hours)

HIST 4309 - The Historian’s Craft

Capstone Seminar (3 hours)

Students are required to take one of the following:

Program Electives (18 hours)

Upper-level US history electives (6 hours)
Upper-level Non-US history electives (6 hours)
Upper-level electives in either US or Non-US history (6 hours)

Minor

(12-29 hours—typical minor requires 18)

Unrestricted General Electives

Remaining hours, if any, to reach 120 minimum total hours, 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and/or 30 hours in residence.

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