All History majors are required to take six credits from His 101, 102, 103, and six credits in His 205 and 206. In addition, they are normally required to take eight courses beyond the introductory level, including His 381 and 481. Some upper division Political Science courses may be substituted with the approval of the department chairperson.
Majors in the adolescence initial certification program must elect six credits in History other than European or American, three credits in geography, and six credits in economics, and six credits in political science. In most instances 100- or 200-level courses will satisfy these social science requirements. Students must also take Lst 301 (Language and Literacy Development).
For the Senior Experience, History majors complete His 481 (History and Historians). In addition, they are required to complete a comprehensive examination which has a written and oral component. In both the written and oral parts of this examination, the students are required to give evidence of the integration of their major with areas of the Liberal Studies core -philosophy, art, religion, literature as examples.
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