History, BA

Major in History

Austin Allen, PhD, Interim Coordinator
N1007, 713-221-5217

A Bachelor of Arts in History provides students with the intellectual discipline as well as the research, analytical, and communication skills that will prepare them for careers in teaching, government, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. Students interested in pursuing a professional degree in law, history, library studies, public history, or other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities will find the skills offered by the History Degree to be particularly useful to them in their future studies.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates who earn a BA in History will be able to:

Recognize and identify the significance of historical development in the United States.
Recognize and identify the significance of historical global change.
Recognize context and make careful generalizations based on factual evidence.
Use research skills to effectively locate and present competing historical interpretations of a subject.
Apply academic conventions of historical writing, including the development of clear and convincing compositions and the application of proper source attribution.
Communicate effectively and succinctly through informed spoken discourse.

NOTE: Students must select either the standard concentration or the education concentration in order to complete a BA in History.

Degree Requirements

To complete a BA in History, students must satisfy the “Requirements for CHSS Majors ” and fulfill the coursework listed below.

Common Core Requirements

See listing under Common Core Requirements in this catalog.

Preparatory Requirements

(Courses in this area may be reused from the common core)

6-8 Hours of Foreign Language:

Complete 6-8 semester credit hours in the same foreign language. Semester credit hours are contingent upon placement exams, courses taken, or transfer credit. Semester credit hours bypassed by placement must be made up in elective credits. Hours earned in excess of three semester credit hours for any foreign language course may be applied to the elective area.

Major Requirements

(Courses in this area are used to calculate the major GPA)

6 SCHs reused from the core 060 area
HIST 2315 - Introduction to World History I
HIST 2316 - Introduction to World History II
HIST 2302 - Historian’s Craft (Students should take this course early in the sequence).
HIST 4098 - History Portfolio

9 Upper-Level Hours in Non-U.S. HIST:

Complete 9 semester credit hours from the following:

HIST 3301 - 20th Century Europe
HIST 3308 - History of Mexico
HIST 3310 - 20th Century Russia
HIST 3317 - Middle Eastern History
HIST 3318 - Latin American History
HIST 3324 - Nineteenth Century Europe
HIST 3325 - History of Brazil
HIST 3326 - Modern African History
HIST 3327 - Warfare in the Western World, 1648-1945
HIST 3333 - Antislavery Movements
HIST 3334 - Britain and Its Empire, 1688-ca.1870
HIST 3335 - Rome: Republic to Empire
HIST 3336 - Ancient Greece
HIST 4310 - Nazi Germany
HIST 4320 - Slavery in the Americas
HIST 4321 - The Rise of Modern Women
HIST 4322 - History of Twentieth Century Diplomacy
HIST 4340 - World War I
HIST 4350 - The History of World War II
With approval of the program coordinator, any upper-level course with significant non-U.S. history content

Note:

HIST 4390 - Special Topics in History ; HIST 3399 - Directed Study in History courses; and HIST 3342 - History in Film may be applied to this area if the course content focuses upon non-U.S. topics.

9 Upper-Level Hours in U.S. HIST:

Complete 9 semester credit hours from the following:

Note:

HIST 4390 - Special Topics in History ; HIST 3399 - Directed Study in History courses; and HIST 3342 - History in Film may be applied to this area if the course content focuses U.S. topics.

6 Hours in HIST:

Complete 6 semester credit hours in any level history.

Free Electives

Upper or lower division courses may be applied to this area, with the exceptions described under the “Requirements for CHSS Majors ,” so that the student’s entire coursework, including the above requirements, totals 120 semester credit hours.