Bachelor of Arts Program Requirements

General Requirements

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History must meet the requirements listed  below in order to be eligible for graduation.

History (Non-Comprehensive) (BA)

Bachelor of Arts

Major requirements (39 hours):

Note: Six hours may double count toward General Education requirements.

  1. Core requirements (18 hours):
    1. HST 121(3) and 122(3).
    2. One course from: HST 392(3), 393(3), 394(3).
    3. HST 210(3), 390(3), 598(3).
  2. Six hours from two of the following areas:
    1. Africa: HST 323(3), 334(3), 335(3), 338(3), 339(3), 532(3).
    2. Asia: HST 380(3), 381(3), 382(3), 571(3), 572(3).
    3. Latin America: HST 350(3), 362(3), 364(3), 383(3), 384(3), 395(3), 587(3), 588(3).
    4. Middle East: HST 370(3), 371(3), 541(3), 542(3), 543(3), 574(3).
    5. Interregional and cross-regional: HST 340(3), 343(3), 345(3), 369(3), 383(3), 384(3), 388(3), 395(3), 504(3), 514(3), 529(3), 541(3), 563(3).
  3. Three hours in European history: HST 343(3), 351(3), 352(3), 354(3), 356(3), 360(3), 361(3), 545(3), 548(3), 549(3), 555(3), 559(3), 562(3), 564(3), 566(3).
  4. Three hours in United States history: HST 312(3), 313(3) 314(3), 315(3), 324(3), 329(3), 331(3), 332(3), 375(3), 509(3), 510(3), 516(3), 517(3), 518(3), 519(3), 521(3), 523(3), 524(3), 525(3), 528(3), 531(3), 536(3), 537(3), 538(3).
  5. Nine additional hours of upper division history courses: HST 312(3), 313(3), 314(3), 315(3), 323(3), 324(3), 329(3), 331(3), 332(3), 334(3), 335(3), 338(3), 339(3), 340(3), 343(3), 345(3), 350(3), 351(3), 352(3), 354(3), 356(3), 360(3), 361(3), 362(3), 364(3), 369(3), 370(3), 371(3), 375(3), 380(3), 381(3), 382(3), 383(3), 384(3), 388(3), 395(3), 397(3), 399(3), 496(3), 504(3), 509(3), 510(3), 514(3), 516(3), 517(3), 518(3), 519(3), 521(3), 523(3), 524(3), 525(3), 528(3), 529(3), 531(3), 532(3), 536(3), 537(3), 538(3), 541(3), 542(3), 543(3), 545(3), 548(3), 549(3), 555(3), 559(3), 562(3), 563(3), 564(3), 566(3), 571(3), 572(3), 574(3), 587(3), 588(3), 597(3), 599(3).
  6. Of courses in numbered items 2, 3, 4, and 5 above:
    1. At least two must be pre-modern history courses: HST 313(3), 315(3), 323(3), 324(3), 331(3), 335(3), 338(3), 340(3), 343(3), 345(3), 350(3), 351(3), 352(3), 360(3), 369(3), 370(3), 380(3), 383(3), 384(3), 395(3), 509(3), 510(3), 516(3), 517(3), 518(3), 529(3), 532(3), 538(3), 541(3), 542(3), 545(3), 548(3), 549(3), 587(3).
    2. At least two must be modern history courses: HST 312(3), 313(3), 314(3), 315(3), 323(3), 324(3), 329(3), 331(3), 332(3), 334(3), 335(3), 338(3), 339(3), 340(3), 350(3), 354(3), 356(3), 361(3), 362(3), 364(3), 370(3), 371(3), 375(3), 381(3), 382(3), 383(3), 384(3), 388(3), 395(3), 504(3), 509(3), 514(3), 516(3), 517(3), 519(3), 521(3), 523(3), 524(3), 525(3), 528(3), 529(3), 531(3), 536(3), 537(3), 538(3), 543(3), 555(3), 559(3), 562(3), 563(3), 564(3), 566(3), 571(3), 572(3), 587(3), 588(3).
    3. At least one must be a 500 level American History course: HST 509(3), 510(3), 516(3), 517(3), 518(3), 519(3), 521(3), 523(3), 524(3), 525(3), 528(3), 531(3), 536(3), 537(3), 538(3).
    4. At least one must be a 500 level World History course: HST 504(3), 514(3), 529(3), 532(3), 541(3), 542(3), 543(3), 545(3), 548(3), 549(3), 555(3), 559(3), 562(3), 563(3), 564(3), 566(3), 571(3), 572(3), 574(3), 587(3), 588(3).
  7. Public Affairs Capstone Experience will be fulfilled by completion of HST 598(3).
  8. Minor required (or second major).
  9. Specific Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements

University level requirements:

  1. General Education Program and Requirements
  2. General Baccalaureate Degree Requirements