Academic Catalog 2024-2025

Bachelor of Arts in History

120 credits

Major Requirements (33 crs)

Required Courses

HI 301Historical Methods

3

HI 569Capstone Seminar for History Majors

3

Upper Level History Electives

9

History Electives

6

 

The Americas - choose at least two of the following:

HI 133United States History I: 1776-1877

3

HI 134United States History II: 1877-1992

3

HI 135Perspectives in United States History

3

HI 215The American Civil War

3

HI 327North American Environmental History

3

HI 331Conquest and Resistance: The History of Peoples in the American Borderlands

3

HI 340The Struggle for Equality: African American History in the 20th Century

3

HI 345The Quagmire: The History of the Vietnam War and the Rise of the American Counterculture

3

HI 360Witches, Cranks and Assassins: Political Hysteria and Conspiracy Theory in United States History

3

HI 380American Sports History

3

HI 420Anarchists and Radicals: Challenges to American Capitalism

3

HI 455Kansas and the American West

3

 

The World - choose at least two of the following

HI 155Themes in World Civilizations I

3

HI 156Themes in World Civilizations II

3

HI 343Tradewinds: The History of the Modern Middle East

3

HI 355The History of Genocide

3

HI 390The Holocaust and its Legacy

3

HI 401The Great War and Failed Peace

3

HI 402The History of World War II

3

HI 440The Long Cold War: America and the Soviet Union, 1919-1989

3

Three (3) credits of general education requirements are met through the history major

General Education for the Bachelor’s Degree (36 crs)

General Education Requirements

 
COM 120Public Speaking

3

Or

COM 125Interpersonal Communication

3

 

EN 110Principles of Composition

3

Or

EN 111English Composition I

3

 

EN 112English Composition II

3

TH 112Introduction to Spirituality

3

Arts

3

Mathematics - MA 134 or higher

3

Humanities - must be from two different areas of study

6

Natural Science with Lab

3-4

Social or Behavioral Sciences - must be from two different areas of study

6

Theology

3

 

Electives to reach 120 credit hours

General Electives

Electives

54