History, B.A.

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Degree Requirements (120 Credits)

Core Curriculum Requirements

Core Curriculum (36-40 Total Credit Hours)

Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements (3-6+ Credits) *

Foundation Requirements (0-12 Credits) *

Choose three 100-200 level history courses:

Including one from each of the following categories:

Choose one 100 or 200 level pre-modern history course from a rotation of current offerings
Choose one 100 or 200 level modern history course from a rotation of current offerings
Choose one 100 or 200 level U.S. history course from a rotation of current offerings

Complete the following course:

HIST 289 Q* Exploring Careers in History - 3 credits

Note:

* Course credit hours only count once toward the total university graduation credit hour requirements. Click on Credit Sharing for more information.

Major Requirements (33 Credits)

Complete the following hours from each category:

1. History Research Methods - 6 hours required from the following courses:

HIST 250 Historical Research and Writing - 3 credits
OR
HIST 300 Historical Methods - 3 credits
(History majors may not enroll in more than six hours of upper-level history courses without completing HIST 300 with a grade of ‘C’ or better. Students may not enroll in HIST 498 before having completed HIST 300 with a grade of ‘C’ or better.)
And take 3 additional hours from the following:
HIST 311 Environmental History - 3 credits
HIST 320 Topics in Cold War History - 3 credits
HIST 321 Topics in Diplomatic History - 3 credits
HIST 328 Renaissance Europe, 1250-1517 - 3 credits
HIST 329 Reformation Europe, 1517-1648 - 3 credits
HIST 335 History of England: 1485-1714 - 3 credits
HIST 356 History of Latin American Foreign Relations - 3 credits
HIST 360 The Early Republic 1783-1820 - 3 credits
HIST 361 Antebellum Period 1820-1850 - 3 credits
HIST 363 Black Atlantic & African Diaspora - 3 credits
HIST 440 Pacific Front of World War II - 3 credits
HIST 447 History of Western Medicine from Antiquity to the Renaissance - 3 credits
HIST 448 Early Modern Science and Medicine - 3 credits
HIST 455 Q* Special Topics in Latin American History - 3 credits
HIST 463 Q* Topics in Race and Ethnicity - 3 credits
HIST 497 Research Seminar in History - 3 credits
HIST 498 Senior Seminar - 3 credits
HIST 499 Senior Thesis - 3 credits

2. Applied History Methods - 6 hours required from the following courses:

3. History Communication Methods - 9 hours required from the following courses:

4. Cultural Fluency and Diversity - 9 hours required from the following courses:

5. Critical Analysis - 6 hours required from the following courses:

HIST 490 Readings Seminar in History - 3 credits OR
Any additional 300 or 400 level History course

Cognate Requirements (12 Credits)

Cognate courses are upper-level courses numbered 300 or 400 in disciplines other than the student’s major, but that support the major. Upper-level courses taken while enrolled in a CCU approved study abroad program may also count toward the cognate requirement. Cognate courses should be chosen in consultation with the student’s academic adviser. Alternatively, history majors may choose a minor to replace the cognate requirement. Requirements for the minor are set by the minor department. The cognate requirement is subsumed by the minor.