History (BA)

Admission Requirements

Before being admitted to this program, a student must satisfy the requirements listed in the SAT/ ACT Placement section of this catalog.

General Education Requirements

General education requirements (University and Degree Core requirements) for the BA in history are listed in the General Education Requirements section of this catalog. History majors must achieve a sophomore level foreign language competence, either through pre-university experience or by completing six hours of sophomore-level foreign language (FL__ 221 and 222). See the Foreign Language section for further information.

Specifications in the University Core:

• HIST 221.

Specifications in the BA Degree Core:

• HIST 222.

Departmental requirements for the BA in history are as follows:

1. History, 6 hours: HIST 117, 118.
2. Advanced history, 18 hours: evenly distributed between U.S. history and other history courses. (HIST 496 may not be used to fulfill major requirements.)
3. A minimum GPA of 2.25 for courses in major.

General Electives

To obtain a total of 128 credit hours, the student majoring in history must take 36 hours of general electives, arranged to ensure 33 semester hours of advanced work. Electives may include deficiency requirements in science and foreign language.