Admission Requirements
- Complete the Admission Requirements for Baccalaureate Programs.
Graduation Requirements
- Complete the General University Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees.
- Complete the General Education Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees.
- Complete the following major requirements:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST A101 | Western Civilization I | 3 |
| HIST A102 | Western Civilization II | 3 |
| HIST A131 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| HIST A132 | History of the United States II | 3 |
| Complete 6 credits of the following non-Western history courses: | 6 | |
| East Asian Civilization I | ||
| East Asian Civilization II | ||
| Modern China | ||
| Modern Japan | ||
| Northeast Asia in 21st Century | ||
| Russia in East Asia | ||
| Latin America to 1800 | ||
| Modern Latin America: Revolutions, Dictatorships, and Democracy | ||
| Themes in World History 1 | ||
| The Rise, Fall, and Reinvention of the Samurai | ||
| "Communist" China | ||
| Complete 15 credits of upper division history electives | 15 | |
| HIST A377 | Historiography: The Uses and Abuses of History | 3 |
| HIST A477 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
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May be repeated once with a change in subtitle.
A minimum of 120 credits is required for the degree, of which 39 credits must be upper division.
Honors in History
The award of honors in history recognizes distinguished achievement by undergraduate majors in the study and writing of history.
To be eligible for departmental honors a student must satisfy the following requirements:
- Be a declared history major;
- Satisfy all the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in History;
- Meet the requirements for Graduation with Honors;
- Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.50 in courses specific to the history major;
- Complete HIST A377 with a grade of A.
- Complete HIST A477 paper with a grade of A.
Honors designees in history must submit a typographically correct, formal copy of their senior paper to the department for deposit in the departmental archives. This must be done before graduation day of the year in which the paper is completed.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
The desired student learning outcomes for the Department of History are:
- Demonstrate the ability to write clear and precise English.
- Demonstrate advanced level historical research skills (proper use of historical citation style, critical use of primary and secondary sources, adequate research base, ability to frame a good historical question).
- Demonstrate advanced historical skills (recognition of significance, cause and effect, continuity v. discontinuity, historiographical conversancy and perspective, critical and integrative thinking).
Sample Plan
The academic plan below is one pathway through the degree/certificate. It includes all requirements, taking into account recommendations from program faculty. Each student’s plan may vary according to their initial course placement, intended course load, additional majors and/or minors, and their placement into required prerequisite courses. Any change in the plan below can have an unforeseen impact on the rest of the plan. Therefore, it is very important to meet with your academic advisor to verify your personal academic plan.
Please review the following terms, definitions, and resources associated with the sample academic plan below.
- Each course in the far left column links to a pop-up bubble with a course description, prerequisite requirements, and associations with university requirements. For example, if a course fulfills a general education requirement, you will see that in the pop-up bubble.
- GER: indicates a General Education Requirement. GERs that also count toward degree/certificate requirements appear as a specific course in the plan. For these courses, "GER" is not indicated explicitly in the table, but if you click on the course, you will see the course's GER status in the pop-up bubble.
- Program Elective: indicates a specific course selection determined by program faculty to fulfill a degree/certificate requirement. Students should seek assistance from their academic advisor.
- Elective: indicates an open selection of 100-400 level university courses to fulfill elective credits needed to meet the minimum total credits toward the degree/certificate.
- Upper Division Program Elective: indicates a specific 300-400 level course selection determined by the program faculty to fulfill a degree/certificate requirement. Students should seek assistance from their academic advisor.
- Upper Division Elective: indicates an open selection of 300-400 level courses to fulfill elective credits needed to meet the minimum total credits toward the degree/certificate. These courses must be upper division in order to meet General University Requirements for the particular degree/certificate type.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| HIST A101 | Western Civilization I | 3 |
| HIST A131 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| WRTG A111 | Writing Across Contexts | 3 |
| GER Oral Communication Skills | 3 | |
| GER Quantitative Skills | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| HIST A102 | Western Civilization II | 3 |
| WRTG A211 | Writing and the Humanities | 3 |
| GER Fine Arts | 3 | |
| GER Natural Sciences | 3 | |
| GER Natural Sciences Lab | 1 | |
| Credits | 13 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| GER Alaska Native-Themed | 3 | |
| GER Natural Sciences | 3 | |
| GER Social Sciences | 3 | |
| Program Elective (Non-Western History) | 3 | |
| Upper Division Program Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| GER Diversity & Inclusion | 3 | |
| GER Social Sciences | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Program Elective (Non-Western History) 1 | 3 | |
| Upper Division Program Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| GER Integrative Capstone | 3 | |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 | |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 | |
| Upper Division Program Elective | 3 | |
| Upper Division Program Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| HIST A377 | Historiography: The Uses and Abuses of History | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 | |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 | |
| Upper Division Program Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HIST A477 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 118 | |
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HIST A390 may be repeated for the Program Elective: Non-Western requirement with a change in topic.