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Nov 24, 2024
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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
History, BA
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Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts with a major in history are supported by the History Help Center, which can assist you with preparing for exams and writing papers. There are also opportunities for hands-on research with professors specializing in a wide range of topics.
Degree requirements
The following requirements must be satisfied for a Bachelor of Arts with a major in history.
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Upper-level history courses, 18 hours
18 semester hours of advanced work (3000-4000 level), with at least one class in each Group (A, B and C):
Each student will choose a focus for his or her advanced course work by taking at least four courses in one of the three groups: Group A (U.S. history), Group B (European/Western history), or Group C (African, Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American History). Students must take at least one course from each of the other two groups outside of their focus. Students must finish a history course with a grade of C or better for it to count toward the history major.
Group A: Advanced United States history
- HIST 3150 - Historical and Cultural Development of the Mexican-American Community
- HIST 4150 - Mexican Immigration and the Chicano Community
- HIST 4155 - Mexican American Autobiography
- HIST 4160 - Chicano Political History: 19th and 20th Century
- HIST 4170 - History of Tejanos/as
- HIST 4200 - The Spanish Frontier in North America
- HIST 4210 - Southern Plains Indian History
- HIST 4261 - Topics in United States History
- HIST 4270 - The American West
- HIST 4271 - Hollywood and the Wild West
- HIST 4272 - Explorers of North America
- HIST 4275 - American Environmental History
- HIST 4276 - Animal Histories
- HIST 4280 - French Frontier in North America
- HIST 4282 - Settler Colonialism and Empire
- HIST 4303 - Age of Empire 1848-1914
- HIST 4315 - History of Anti-Semitism from Ancient Times to the Present
- HIST 4391 - War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice
- HIST 4400 - Intellectual, Cultural and Social History of the United States to 1865
- HIST 4405 - History of the Body
- HIST 4406 - Sickness and Health in U.S. History
- HIST 4407 - Fitness Culture in U.S. History
- HIST 4410 - Intellectual, Social and Cultural History of the United States Since 1865
- HIST 4411 - Pirates, Smugglers, and States in the Atlantic World, 1600-1856
- HIST 4420 - United States Constitutional Development, 1783–Present
- HIST 4430 - United States Political Parties, 1783–Present
- HIST 4435 - American Jewish Experience
- HIST 4440 - African American History and Culture to 1865
- HIST 4450 - African American History and Culture Since 1865
- HIST 4451 - African-American History During Segregation Era
- HIST 4455 - History of Black Women in America
- HIST 4460 - History of Sexualities in U.S.
- HIST 4461 - Gender, Race, Class and Policy since World War II
- HIST 4465 - Women in the United States to 1900
- HIST 4470 - Women in the United States Since 1900
- HIST 4475 - Jewish Women in Modern America
- HIST 4480 - Colonial America
- HIST 4490 - The American Revolution – Causes and Consequences
- HIST 4495 - United States Food History
- HIST 4630 - U.S. Navy, 1775–Present: Sails
- HIST 4640 - Early United States Military History to 1815
- HIST 4641 - History of U.S. Military in 20th Century
- HIST 4642 - War and American Society, 1608-2001
- HIST 4700 - Texas
- HIST 4770 - U.S. in the World to 1898
- HIST 4771 - U.S. in the World 1898-1945
- HIST 4772 - U.S. in the World Since 1945
- HIST 4780 - Indian Policy in United States History
- HIST 4830 - The Old South
- HIST 4840 - The New South
- HIST 4850 - The Early National Period of the United States, 1789–1848
- HIST 4860 - The Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST 4870 - Making of the Modern United States, 1877–1929
- HIST 4871 - America in the Gilded Age
- HIST 4875 - Prosperity, Depression and a New Deal, 1918-1941
- HIST 4880 - United States Since 1929
- HIST 4890 - Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in the U.S.
- HIST 4895 - American Economic History
Group B: Advanced European history
- HIST 3762 - Rome: The Biography of a City
- HIST 3770 - Ancient and Medieval Women, Gender and Sexuality
- HIST 4002 - Ancient Greece
- HIST 4003 - The Roman Republic and Augustus
- HIST 4004 - The Roman Empire
- HIST 4005 - The Byzantine Empire
- HIST 4006 - Roman Law and Order
- HIST 4007 - Roman Warfare
- HIST 4008 - Ancient Religion and Magic
- HIST 4050 - Russia from the 9th to the 19th Century
- HIST 4055 - The Russian Empire from 1700 to 1917
- HIST 4060 - Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- HIST 4061 - Russian Cultural History of the 20th Century
- HIST 4070 - World War II: European Theater
- HIST 4080 - History of Early England from the Anglo-Saxons Through the Tudors
- HIST 4090 - Britain and Ireland in the Age of Revolution, 1603–1832
- HIST 4100 - Modern Britain Since 1830
- HIST 4104 - The British Raj
- HIST 4105 - Britain Since 1945
- HIST 4110 - British Empire in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific
- HIST 4114 - Race and Gender in British Imperial Wars 1830-present
- HIST 4124 - Risings, Revolts, and Rebels of the British Empire, 1900-1930
- HIST 4125 - The Military History of England and its Colonies
- HIST 4214 - Ancient Israel
- HIST 4215 - Jews Under Greek and Roman Rule
- HIST 4216 - Rome’s Jewish Wars and the Roman Near East
- HIST 4217 - Jew, Greek and Roman: Backgrounds of Early Christianity
- HIST 4218 - Early Medieval Europe, ca. 312–1095
- HIST 4219 - Late Medieval Europe, 1095 to 1400
- HIST 4220 - The Renaissance
- HIST 4221 - Early Modern Europe and the World
- HIST 4222 - Medieval Travelers
- HIST 4230 - The Age of the Reformation
- HIST 4262 - Topics in European History
- HIST 4282 - Settler Colonialism and Empire
- HIST 4290 - Intellectual, Cultural and Social History of Medieval and Early Modern Europe
- HIST 4300 - The French Revolution, 1774–1799
- HIST 4301 - Napoleonic Europe, 1799–1815
- HIST 4302 - Wars of Napoleon, 1792–1815
- HIST 4303 - Age of Empire 1848-1914
- HIST 4310 - Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe
- HIST 4315 - History of Anti-Semitism from Ancient Times to the Present
- HIST 4320 - Anti-Semitism in Europe, French Revolution to Present
- HIST 4330 - Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1648–1789
- HIST 4335 - Age of Revolutions: Europe, 1700–1918
- HIST 4340 - Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1815–1914
- HIST 4350 - Europe, 1914–1945
- HIST 4360 - Europe since 1945
- HIST 4364 - Germany from Luther to Napoleon, 1500 to 1815
- HIST 4365 - Modern Germany, 1815–Present
- HIST 4370 - Intellectual, Cultural and Social History of Modern Europe since 1789
- HIST 4380 - The European Witch Hunts
- HIST 4385 - Nazi Germany
- HIST 4390 - The Holocaust, 1933–1945
- HIST 4391 - War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice
- HIST 4411 - Pirates, Smugglers, and States in the Atlantic World, 1600-1856
- HIST 4650 - Evolution of Warfare to Napoleon
- HIST 4660 - Evolution of Warfare from Napoleon
Group C: Advanced African, Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American history
- HIST 3450 - Islam and its Empires
- HIST 3460 - Modern Middle Eastern History
- HIST 4000 - Ancient Near East
- HIST 4001 - Ancient Egypt
- HIST 4005 - The Byzantine Empire
- HIST 4008 - Ancient Religion and Magic
- HIST 4075 - The Korean and Vietnam Wars
- HIST 4104 - The British Raj
- HIST 4110 - British Empire in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific
- HIST 4114 - Race and Gender in British Imperial Wars 1830-present
- HIST 4124 - Risings, Revolts, and Rebels of the British Empire, 1900-1930
- HIST 4171 - Latin America: The Colonial Experience, 1492–1821
- HIST 4172 - Modern Latin America: 1810-Present
- HIST 4175 - History of Brazil: 1500–Present
- HIST 4180 - Colonial Mexico and the Spanish Southwest
- HIST 4190 - Mexico, 1810–Present
- HIST 4200 - The Spanish Frontier in North America
- HIST 4214 - Ancient Israel
- HIST 4215 - Jews Under Greek and Roman Rule
- HIST 4216 - Rome’s Jewish Wars and the Roman Near East
- HIST 4217 - Jew, Greek and Roman: Backgrounds of Early Christianity
- HIST 4221 - Early Modern Europe and the World
- HIST 4222 - Medieval Travelers
- HIST 4240 - Nationalism, Zionism and Islamism in Modern Middle Eastern History
- HIST 4245 - Gender, Race and Class Issues in Middle Eastern History
- HIST 4246 - Imperialism in the Modern Middle East
- HIST 4263 - Topics in African-, Asian- or Latin American History
- HIST 4282 - Settler Colonialism and Empire
- HIST 4283 - Decolonization in Asia and Africa
- HIST 4303 - Age of Empire 1848-1914
- HIST 4315 - History of Anti-Semitism from Ancient Times to the Present
- HIST 4391 - War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice
- HIST 4395 - The State of Israel
- HIST 4550 - Imperial China
- HIST 4560 - Modern China
- HIST 4565 - Chinese Military History, 1750-Present
- HIST 4570 - Japanese History
- HIST 4580 - Africa to the Nineteenth Century
- HIST 4590 - Modern Africa
- HIST 4605 - History of South Asia, 1757–1947
- HIST 4610 - Contemporary South Asia
Other course requirements
None. Electives
Hours required for electives may vary based on course selection and the University Core Curriculum requirements. Electives may be required to satisfy the advanced hour requirement (42) and/or the minimum total hours required for the degree. For specific information see an academic advisor in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
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