Daemen College : Academics & Research : Division of Arts & Sciences : History & Government : Undergraduate Programs : Bachelor of Arts in History and Government
Bachelor of Arts in History and Government
Essential Courses
Successful completion of one foreign language through the intermediate level.
HG 103 Introductory Colloquium
MTH 104 Survey of Statistics
MIS 231 Visual Software
or MIS 280 Computer Studies & Problem Solving
Six credit hours in U.S. history
HIS 220 American History to 1877 and
HIS 221 American History from 1877 to the Present
Six credit hours in world history
HIS 105 Introduction to World History I and
HIS 106 Introduction to World History II
Twelve credit hours in government
GVT 113 Introduction to American Politics
or GVT 114 State and Local Government and
GVT 101 Comparative Politics
or GVT 121 International Relations and
Six elective hours in government
*AND:
HG 331 Introduction to Historiography
or GVT 331 Political Science Research Methods
HG 442 Thesis Research
HG 443 Research Project
* Note: HG 331 or GVT 331 and HG 442 are prerequisites for HG 443. Students will not be allowed to take HG 443 until they successfully complete these courses.
Electives: Students must take 12 credit hours (four courses) of history electives. One must be taken from each of the following three categories and at least two must be at the 300-level:
Non-Western History
HIS 230 Problems of the Third World
HIS 304 Modern China
HIS 308 Modern Latin America
HIS 312 Sub-Saharan Africa
HIS 317 The Middle East
HIS 324 Global Environmental History
European History
HIS 206 20th Century Europe
HIS 216 History of Medieval Europe
HIS 224 History of the Byzantine Empire
HIS 229 History & Film
HIS 237 History of Early Modern Europe
HIS 248 Ancient Mediterranean World
HIS 313 History of Russia to 1801
HIS 314 Russia: 1801 to Present
HIS 315 Modern Political Thought
HIS 319 20th Century Russia & Eastern Europe
HIS 325 Introduction to Polish Culture
HIS 345 Introduction to Russian Culture
U.S. History
HIS 125 Historical Approaches to Contemporary Problems
HIS 137 African-American History
HIS 207 American Society and the Vietnam War
HIS 215 Introduction to Women’s Studies
HIS 219 Colonial Americas
HIS 222 Urban America
HIS 223 U.S. Foreign Policy: World War II to the Present
HIS 309 Introduction to the History of American Women
Daemen’s Fall Open House
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