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

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